Your Best Deployment: Where Did You Go, And Why Is It Your Favorite?

PO1 Ricky Allen — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:34:46 -0400

My best was Singapore: I'll never forget those two weeks there - Had a blast. How about you?

Response by SFC James Baber made Mar 13 at 2014 6:00 PM

SFC James Baber — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:00:09 -0400

My 1st to Honduras in '88 was probably my best and most exciting and a great learning experience. I was a young Soldier with only a few years of service and had never gone to a location where everything wasn't already set up an there for us, so a big learning curve for my job and real world problems and pain.

Response by Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 20 at 2014 2:31 AM

Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:31:02 -0400

The only deployment I had that was not in the AFCENT/CENTCOM AOR was 1 month in Guam. For obvious reasons this deployment was my favorite because of the following:

1. Stayed in a Outrigor Resort on Tumon Beach versus a trailer in a coalition compound, it could have been a motel 6 and still been better then coalition housing.

2. Wore normal clothes during off time.

3. Walked around at night in DT Tumon, sans reflective belts.

4. Being able to use the bathroom without leaving my room in the middle of the night was awesome.

5. The complementary breakfast was also nice every morning.

6. It was not the Deid.

That about sums it up.