What did you put on your Dream Sheet?

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 17:18:44 -0400

Don't quite remember mine but I think they were something like Presidio of San Francisco, Vicenza, Italy and Spain or Japan. After Jump School, I received my orders to Ft Bragg ... So very not like any of my choices.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 12 at 2016 5:23 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 17:23:17 -0400

When I first went Active Duty back in 1996, I put FT Carson, FT Lewis, and Hawaii............I got FT Irwin

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 12 at 2016 5:29 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 17:29:18 -0400

MSG Private RallyPoint Member I am not sure what it was called back then. When I left Vietnam, I was told to specify three possible duty stations. I put down MCRD San Diego, Camp Pendleton, and Naval Weapons Station, Pittsburg, Ca. They sent me to MCB 29 Palms, which is a terrible place to be stationed.

Response by SN Greg Wright made Oct 12 at 2016 7:59 PM

SN Greg Wright — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:59:10 -0400

I was 3rd in my class, so the day we graduated they had orders for all of us on the board, and we got to pick in order of class standing. I picked Yokota AFB, Japan. So, no dream sheet for me.

Response by SFC George Smith made Oct 12 at 2016 9:19 PM

SFC George Smith — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 21:19:18 -0400

Have No idea what one is...
But i did 2 years in Vicenza with the 509th...
5 1/2 years at Ft Bragg as an instructor... and
5 years in Okinawa Japan with 1/1SFG. and
6 1/2 years at Ft lewis Wa...
... awarded German... Brit... Thai... Phil and Japanese Jump wings... and senior US wings

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 12 at 2016 9:43 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 21:43:24 -0400

If I ever had the chance to fill one out, I'd hide it. If the Army knew where I wanted to go I'd never get there.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 12 at 2016 9:49 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 21:49:59 -0400

There is such a thing? Haha. Never seen one

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 12 at 2016 11:14 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 23:14:18 -0400

KPBG, KLIZ, KRME? (forgot Griffis ICAO) MSG Private RallyPoint Member

Response by CPO Bill Penrod made Oct 13 at 2016 4:06 AM

CPO Bill Penrod — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 04:06:52 -0400

I always had one on file but never used it because I called my detailer for orders. I had broken service in 1970 when I reenlisted I was sent to the Philly Naval Station for orders (No dream sheet) anyways my orders came in for Naval Facticity Cape Hatteras, NC. Great, great, great duty..................

Response by MSgt Richard Rountree made Oct 13 at 2016 5:11 AM

MSgt Richard Rountree — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:11:44 -0400

Didn't know the Army called their assignment preference form a 'dream sheet' too. The USAF was using that term when I enlisted in 1972...don't know how far back from there it's been in use. I had 7 duty stations during my 20 years of service. I always got my first choice, or very close to my first choice of assignments. I had learned how to ski at Garmisch on the Zugspitz while at my first assignment, Spangdahlem AB, in Germany. The rest of my career I would volunteer for cold weather assignments near major ski areas. That worked for me. My first dream sheet I asked for a small radar site in St Albans VT. I was assigned, in 1974, to Plattsburgh AFB NY instead...almost directly across Lake Champlain from St Albans. The base had bought several season passes to nearby Whiteface Mountain Ski Area in Lake Placid NY. We could rent the passes for $3 a day!! Other areas close by were Jay Peak VT, Stowe VT, Smuggler's Notch VT, and many others. My next assignment, in 1976, was my first choice of Fresno CA. The ski areas near there were China Peak and Mammoth Mountain in addition to the Lake Tahoe areas. In 1979, I got another first choice: F.E. Warren AFB WY. The Colorado front range ski areas (Eldora mostly) and the Dillon County areas (Arapaho Basin, Keystone, Copper Mountain, and Breckenridge) in addition to Jackson Hole WY were my winter playgrounds. In 1981 I had volunteered to go back to Germany and was selected to go to Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart assigned to the Hq VII Corps Air Liaison Officer (ALO). I skied the Allgau areas, Steibis, Austria, Switzerland, and Garmisch. I left Stuttgart in 1987 bound for RAF Alconbury UK...no skiing there but getting to the European ski areas wasn't impossible. For my last assignment, I told my assignment guy at Randolph that I was tired of cold weather and I'd like to go anywhere warm. He sent me to Los Angeles CA in 1991...best of both worlds...Big Bear ski area was close by and Mammoth Mountain was easy to get to also. The take-away from my experiences is volunteer for unpopular (cold weather) assignments and don't ask for an assignment where your current rank and skill (AFSC, MOS, etc) is not needed. Worked for me.

Response by Cpl Justin Goolsby made Oct 13 at 2016 8:50 AM

Cpl Justin Goolsby — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 08:50:53 -0400

LOL sorry, but I never got choices so specific. My "dream sheet" consisted of East Coast, West Coast, Overseas. Well I'm from the east coast, so I opted to stay on this half of the Country.

Response by CDR Terry Boles made Oct 13 at 2016 3:21 PM

CDR Terry Boles — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:21:36 -0400

A NTDS cruiser out of Pearl Harbor or a NTDS cruiser out of Charleston SC. My orders was to a NTDS cruiser (USS Biddle DLG/CG) with a home-port in Norfolk. At least I was able to get the platform I wanted.

Response by SFC Robert Walton made Feb 28 at 2018 8:47 AM

SFC Robert Walton — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 08:47:59 -0500

Not to be S/A but what was on is what I did not get. I had Japan, Philipeans, (Maybe that is why I didn't get it couldn't spell it right) Alaska. Never ran into anyone in 22+ years that ever got what they wanted.

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 28 at 2018 12:47 PM

LCDR Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:47:57 -0500

After my time with 6th Fleet/Naval Forces Europe and Africa in Italy was up, I put in for
1-funeral honors in Hawaii
2-US Coast Guard 1st District
3-Naval Forces Korea
4-Mobile Surgical Unit (Navy) 8
5-5th Fleet/Naval Forces Central Command
6-Destroyer Squadron 21, attached to 4th Fleet
7-funeral honors Naval Region Northwest

I was offered #2 and #5, chose #2 and before I even got to D1 got deployed to Antarctica for Operation DEEP FREEZE 2017. But I’ve been enjoying D1!

Would love to go to SUBRON6 or a NATO ACT unit. One day maybe.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 28 at 2018 10:41 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:41:38 -0500

I had to do that twice, and I always got Fort Bragg. I was always told, "That's where the Army likes to keep their Paratroopers." All the way and them some, Airborne.

Response by SFC Robert Walton made Jun 19 at 2019 9:13 PM

SFC Robert Walton — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 21:13:28 -0400

every place I didn't get.

Response by SSG Michael Noll made Jun 19 at 2019 9:47 PM

SSG Michael Noll — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 21:47:06 -0400

California, Germany, and Japan.
First duty assignment Ft. Ord, Bitburg AB FRG. Two out of three ain't bad. Also landed in Japan on the way to Korea. Lol

Response by LTC Gary Earls made Jun 20 at 2019 8:32 PM

LTC Gary Earls — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 20:32:43 -0400

I always seem to get my last pick. :-)

Response by SMSgt Lawrence McCarter made Jun 21 at 2019 1:13 AM

SMSgt Lawrence McCarter — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 01:13:07 -0400

After I left Vietnam I put in as 1st Choice USAF Hanscom Field, MA and got it, next 1st choice, Lowry AFB, CO, got that also then Hickham, AFB, HI, got that also. Three first choice bases in a row !

Response by SGT David Petree made Jun 21 at 2019 11:00 AM

SGT David Petree — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 11:00:29 -0400

Ft. Riley Ks. & Germany . I went to Germany 2 times ,N .M. ! time & Va.1 time never saw Kansas.