Has anyone been to Camp Murray, WA?

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:01:14 -0500

I'm reclassing to 92Y from Infantry for an AGR job. Just wondering who has been to Camp Murray, WA?

Specifically:

Weekends / Evenings
POV / Rental Cars
General view on the school house and environment

I absolutely love Washington. When I was active duty I did some sick training at Fort Lewis and was all over the place during every free minute. Repeat of that? Yes, please! Thanks for your time and input, gang.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 22 at 2016 10:03 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:03:52 -0500

Camp Murray, yes...my last unit was positioned there until 2013. It is the state HQ.

Response by 1SG David Niles made Nov 22 at 2016 3:48 PM

1SG David Niles — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:48:08 -0500

Spent many years at camp Murray, you are right at Ft. Lewis so if you know the area from Ft Lewis then you know camp Murray . Good post but small with some older buildings. Politics like every place but I enjoyed my time there. Retired in 2007 so things could have changed

Response by SSG Mark Franzen made Nov 22 at 2016 10:43 PM

SSG Mark Franzen — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:43:48 -0500

what is a 92 Y and I have Driven By there many time when I was at Ft Lewis 1974 -1978 1986-88

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Nov 23 at 2016 4:23 PM

CAPT Kevin B. — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:23:40 -0500

If you like being at a large MIL complex with the BX, Commissary, large hospital, etc., you're good to go. It's south of Tacoma, schools on the slightly above average side, I-5 commute is a bear. I don't call that area the "real" Washington primarily due to the Tacoma industrial side and traffic. I loved west Puget Sound up to about 7 years ago when that area got ever more packed with people. So I left two years ago for much more rural.

Weekends/Evenings: You'll have to drive to whatever you want to do. You'll have to drive to get food, you name it. So POV is a must. Takes about an hour and a half to get up to the Seahawks game, but you're better off parking and taking the train. They do get "B Circuit" acts in a the Tacoma Dome so it isn't like you're in the netherworld, but it doesn't draw like LA, Chicago, etc.

Response by SPC Dawn Appelberg (Johnson) made Dec 1 at 2016 1:23 PM

SPC Dawn Appelberg (Johnson) — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:23:53 -0500

Spent 10 years there at USPFO...what you want to know?

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2016 8:15 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:15:44 -0500

Great place, quite and American Lake is at the door step. There is a 3.4 MILES perimeter course that you can run and scenes of American Lake, woods, and a stretch of I-5 (noisy and busy). I am with the USPFO and work as the PBO in BLDG 32. Come and visit sometime.

There is lots to do here:

snowboarding, skiing, hiking, fishing, national parks, 3.5 hours within reach to Vancouver, Canada Seattle/Tacoma/Olympia night life, etc...