Pakistan.

#76
#76
JTrainDavis said:
On weekends we'd go Peterson AFB to eat sometimes. Their food was a high end steakhouse compared to the Arby's quality chow in our dfac.
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Best part of leaving Afghanistan was AF's chow in Kurdistan, or however that hell hole is spelled.

Bagram wasn't bad, either.
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#78
#78
fl0at said:
Best part of leaving Afghanistan was AF's chow in Kurdistan, or however that hell hole is spelled.

Bagram wasn't bad, either.
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Did you guys avoid coming back through Kuwait?

We were lucky enough to fly straight out of Iraq on my last tour.
 
#79
#79
therealUT said:
Did you guys avoid coming back through Kuwait?

We were lucky enough to fly straight out of Iraq on my last tour.
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In and out of Iraq, we stopped over in Kuwait.

In and out of Afghanistan, we actually got a brief layover in Turkey, because they were still letting us through, and a night stay in beautiful Kyrgyzstan. Not Kurdistan. Was way off.

Still don't think I spelled the above right, either.
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#80
#80
fl0at said:
In and out of Iraq, we stopped over in Kuwait.

In and out of Afghanistan, we actually got a brief layover in Turkey, because they were still letting us through, and a night stay in beautiful Kyrgyzstan. Not Kurdistan. Was way off.

Still don't think I spelled the above right, either.
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The very sh**tiest part of every deployment is the time spent in Kuwait.
 
#82
#82
therealUT said:
The very sh**tiest part of every deployment is the time spent in Kuwait.
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It was down right boring, for sure. I hated tent city right after change over. Because you get all "the talks," about suicide prevention, adjustment, supplements, for whatever reason, and not treating the ol' lady like a porn star upon feet dry.

Worst. Days. Ever.
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#83
#83
IPorange said:
Why is Kuwait so crappy?
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We weren't out on the town. We were still on a base, confined, bored and waiting on word about return flights.

There was 4 things to do: sleep, shave, get a haircut and smoke.
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#84
#84
Were you at Camp Buehring?

I remember my first time there, at the beginning of September. Stepping off the plane it felt like I stepped right into a hair dryer.

I also remember being impressed with the multitude of TVs in the main DFAC. One morning we didn't have anything to do until around 11 when we had to be at one of the roll-over simulators (waste of time, money, and resources), so I sat down with my platoon and decided we would stay awhile in the A/C and turn on ESPN. I walked up to the closest TV, turned it on, and set down. Maybe a minute later, some E-4 walks up, turns it off, and starts walking off. I told him to turn it back on, he just looks at me, says something about how we were not allowed to watch TV in there, that the TVs were for the unit stationed there not for the units rotating through, and walked off. Of course, I was a butter bar and the NG E-4 knew I had no real authority over him...until, my PSG ran over and ripped that kid a new one.
 
#85
#85
IPorange said:
Why is Kuwait so crappy?
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Two weeks of pandering to a bunch of National Guard trainers who have never been in country, telling you what combat is like and getting off on their power trips. Every active duty unit rotating through there is loaded down with combat veterans, as well, everyone has, in the past two months, rotated through either NTC or JRTC...bottom line, nobody needs the two-weeks of BS training that are mandated in Kuwait. So, you sleep in tents and get ripped off paying for internet that doesn't work.
 
#86
#86
therealUT said:
Were you at Camp Buehring?
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My situational awareness in Kuwait was precisely zero. I have no idea where we were, and don't even recall eating.

I have a picture of me, doc, one of my teammates and my best, in service, friend.

Behind us was absolute nothingness. Apart from smoking a cigar and listening to the platoon ***** about EAS and going to work for Dyn, I remember nothing about Kuwait.

It left that much of an impression.
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#88
#88
therealUT said:
Were you at Camp Buehring?

I remember my first time there, at the beginning of September. Stepping off the plane it felt like I stepped right into a hair dryer.

I also remember being impressed with the multitude of TVs in the main DFAC. One morning we didn't have anything to do until around 11 when we had to be at one of the roll-over simulators (waste of time, money, and resources), so I sat down with my platoon and decided we would stay awhile in the A/C and turn on ESPN. I walked up to the closest TV, turned it on, and set down. Maybe a minute later, some E-4 walks up, turns it off, and starts walking off. I told him to turn it back on, he just looks at me, says something about how we were not allowed to watch TV in there, that the TVs were for the unit stationed there not for the units rotating through, and walked off. Of course, I was a butter bar and the NG E-4 knew I had no real authority over him...until, my PSG ran over and ripped that kid a new one.
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then did you turn the TV back on
 
#89
#89
therealUT said:
Two weeks of pandering to a bunch of National Guard trainers who have never been in country, telling you what combat is like and getting off on their power trips. Every active duty unit rotating through there is loaded down with combat veterans, as well, everyone has, in the past two months, rotated through either NTC or JRTC...bottom line, nobody needs the two-weeks of BS training that are mandated in Kuwait. So, you sleep in tents and get ripped off paying for internet that doesn't work.
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Funny
 
#90
#90
The thought of our soldiers rotated out of combat theaters being told that the taxpayer funded television set "isn't for them" and they can't turn it on while they're just killing time really pisses me off.
 
#95
#95
Got to agree that it's silly when a civilian like myself uses a term like "chairforce" when having never been off the sidelines.
 
#98
#98
I just figured you must be in the military, since you found it fit to denigrate one of its branch services.
 
#100
#100
Sorry for being a little touchy. I heard all the jokes from all the Army and (of all people) the Navy people in tech school.
 
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