How many different duty stations did you have your first 4 years in the military?

Question

How many different duty stations did you have your first 4 years in the military?

Answer 1

I did basic and AIT at Fort Benning then went to Fort Stewart, GA for two years, Fort Carson, Colorado for a year, and was then sent to Vilseck, Germany for a couple.

Answer 2

1. Great Lakes, IL - Bootcamp (8wks and 4 days)

2. Philadelphia, PA - NAVDAMCONTRACEN, HT "A" School (12 wks)

3. Kings Bay, GA - USS Canopus (AS-34) (2 yrs)

4. San Diego, CA - Service School Command, NonDestructive Testing of Metals, HT "C" School  (8 wks)

5. Philadelphia, PA -  USS John F. Kennedy(CV-67) in drydock for COH (on the JFK for a total of 3 yrs)

Answer 3

my husband had four...and at 19 years 8 months he is at 8 thats not counting any deployment bases

Answer 4

4 - Basic, AIT, Germany & classified assignment !

(1974-1978)

CAREER!

Answer 5

Counting basic, AIT, and other training...........5.

Regular "duty" stations was 2. Ft Bragg NC and Ft Sheridan IL

Answer 6

My husband is coming up on 4 years and he has stayed within the same base the whole time.

Answer 7

3, but 4 if I count Boot, and not counting Deployments, they aren't the same.

Answer 8

MCRD Parris Island SC

Camp Lejeune NC  NATO,CARIB ,MED,MED,MED

Okinawa Japan

Answer 9

I had 2.  I had a short tour for my first base though. Don't recommend it.  

Answer 10

If I do like most and count Infantry OSUT then; 4.

-FT. Benning,GA School for Boys 1988

-FT. Irwin 1988-1990 OPFOR!

-Dugway, UT 7th Ranger Trng BN 1990-1991

-FT. Bliss, TX 7th Ranger Trng BN (we moved the whole unit south) 1991-1993

I am not going to count deployments or TCS's.  Not after 20 years in the game lol. Just where I kept my shoes and car at not training missions.

*Me and my deserts....(plus Iraq,Kuwait and Afghanistan lol. I guess I am a subject matter expert)

Answer 11

Three.  Basic, Tech School and first permanent duty station.

Lackland AFB

Sheppard AFB

Langley AFB

Answer 12

Just 2 - Ft Benning GA and Ft Bragg NC

Answer 13

my husband has been in since July 14, 2005 and he was in Basic in Missouri and ever since hes been in germany and we are here till 2013. the military tries not to move them around to much because of how expensive it is. they would have to increase tax payers even more if they did

Answer 14

2  When I graduated from Navy "A" school in Memphis TN. I requested any place on the west coast.  My assignment was a carrier squadron at NAS Cecil Field in Jacksonville FL.  I was off and on different carriers till I received orders to NAS Lemoore CA.  Lemoore was so new that no one on the ship knew where I was going.

Answer 15

1 Ft. Bragg all 3 years of active duty.

My brother spent his first 6 years at the same station in Germany.

My other brother has been stationed at Luke AFB for all 6 years of his carrer. ( except for short tours in the sand box)



A friend of mine from active duty has been assigned to various units but ALL of them have been at Ft. Bragg all 10 years of his carrer. ( except for time in the sand box)

My cousin mike however had 2 differant units in his first 4 years.

Answer 16

It was a long time ago 1971-74.  Fort Dix, Ft Lee, Camp Humphreys, Korea, and Ft Jackson, S.C,  That was in 3 years

Answer 17

I counted six from boot camp at Bainbridge, Maryland, assignment to a destroyer escort, Hospital Corps School at Great Lakes, Naval Hospital Beaufort South Carolina, Field Medical Service School Camp Lejeune and Second Service Battalion Camp Lejeune. Had about six on my second hitch too. That's because I was part of a special group called SBDTT (Sea Bag Durability Testing Team) LOL!