Are Naval aviators really away from home more than Air Force pilots?

[MIDNJAC]

Having been stationed at Miramar before being stationed at Lemoore, I'd say let's never compare or conflate the two ever again.

Lemoore is the worst place I've ever been. I said what I said.

At least last time I was there, after either of us flew from Miramar, there is a chipotle. Not that it's saying much, but it has never been Lemoore.

 

[Python]

Indeed, I've seen that Chipotle with my own eyes!

 

[hscs]

That might work on the mainland, but not way out here. NEXCOM can't force a vendor to open up shop here. 90 Sailors doesn't move the needle on anyone's bottom line, and you can't honestly justify things like uniform shop, tailor, dry cleaner, etc. There isn't even a dry cleaner on the island of Kauai. We're lucky to have a barber 3 days per week. As a result, we do a lot of business with the NEX/MCEX on Oahu. It's an adjustment, but ultimately not a significant hardship.

Price of living in paradise. 🤙🌺

Comment was from perspective where NEXCOM has facilities to man but then doesn’t keep up their end of the bargain to the support sailors. The civilians there don’t think about the sailors. For example, they forgot they owed our MWR $100k due to a single point of failure.

 

[Leo203]

A friend's 18 year old kid is heading to Lemoore as a maintainer and asked me what I would give as a "graduation/going away" gift. I said "a car, because that's the only way to escape Lemoore on the weekends". I honestly have no idea how the junior enlisted guys in the barracks do it when the only thing to do without a car is work out and go to McDonalds.

Lemoore, and being told I had to take orders keeping me there, was one of (not the only, but certainly up there) the reasons why I punched. Air Guard has been the way to go on the other side.

 

[robav8r]

Nellis is amazing, spent a ton of time there. Probably the best Exchange and Commissary I’ve ever been to.

Camp Humphreys in the ROK is saying: "hold my beer."

 

[ChuckMK23]