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I am new to Barksdale AFB. I have been here since march and this is my first assignment. Before I even PCSed here everyone told me this place was going to be terrible and it's alright. There's plenty of stuff around and I think an assignment is just what you make of it...
Your thoughts?
Your thoughts?
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Posted 9 y ago
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You are the one that makes it good or bad. Take what assignment you get and make the best of it. If you spend your time complaining about it then you will never like it. Do not become a barracks rat. Get out and explore your surroundings.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
Excellent advice, SSG Willis Baker . My only add would be, it is your God-given right to bit@%, moan and complain with your buddies. If it makes you a tighter team, great. Just don't believe all your own gripes. Enjoy your time in Shreveport, and get down to New Orleans next Feb, and stay safe.
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MSgt James Mullis
Col Joseph Lenertz - My Dad (a retired SNCO) used to say a little bit@%-ing is OK. It's just people being people. The time to worry is when you stop hearing the bit@%-ing. Why? Because it means they are bit@%-ing about You.
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SSG Willis Baker
A1C (Join to see) - I spent 6½ years in Italy and during that time I turned down an assignment to Ft. Lewis and one other good assignment. When It was time for me to leave, I was assigned to Ft. hood, Tx., which some told me was the armpit of the Army. I found it just the contrary. I was assigned there twice with a Korea assignment in-between. So don't believe what people tell you about your future assignments. You do not want to PCS with a bad attitude going in to a new unit.
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SSG Ray Murphy
Excellent advice for most people, some of the times. At various times throughout some Fort and Base's existence, they sucked no matter what you did to alleviate the pain and suffering. Example: Fort Polk in the early 80's was a toxic Fort all around. Was there fun things to do on and around the base? Sure there was, but the leadership still made the assignment miserable, but don't take my word for it, if you can find them, look at the suicide stats for 1983-1985 there, we were averaging one a month for a while. I re-enlisted there just so I would leave almost a year before I was scheduled to. Sometimes having a great MWR, or places to do fun things can't make up for toxicity.
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I've been on 7 army bases and 2 air bases ... Some of the 'bad base' comments come from the weather, nothing to do because of location, sometimes the barracks are on the WW2 side, but overall I agree with everyone else it is what you make it. You have to make the choice for yourself wherever you go to embrace the suck or find the brighter side. Yes, every base/installation has it flaws from small commissary selections, no AC gyms, etc. At the same time being in the military gives you a free travel experience, if you take it. I know people from my high school that have never left the state let alone the country. You don't know what you will find, like, enjoy, or dislike until you get out and explore.
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Every assignment, from Japan to Iraq and everything in between, is only going to be as good as your attitude and what you make of it. I knew guys in Germany that said being stationed there sucks because there was nothing to do, but I had a GREAT time there.
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