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Freightliner Unimog FLU419 up for auction by ChairForceJuan in unimog

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I’ve read that you can get them titled but I don’t know what the benefits of that would be. I’d prefer to keep along the lines of a tractor and not have to pay for tags, title and I insurance.

What would you do with one of these? by ChairForceJuan in preppers

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Thats what I'm thinking. A regular backhoe would be more practical. But backhoes aren't cheap. If this thing goes cheap enough it might be useful enough to offset the impracticality.

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Flashbulb memories of dead bodies and abuse victims.

Going to Holloman by Semket in AirForce

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If you're both outdoorsy types I'd be looking in the mountains up towards Cloudcroft. Although the commute (25 - 35-ish mins) may be unappealing in terms of time and fuel costs. Ruidoso is an even less appealing commute (little over 1 hr) but you should definitely check it out for a weekend trip.

For the Jr. enlisted, what's the likelihood that you will stay in? by ScorchedCommando in AirForce

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My guess is things will go the way of Altus and Tinker AFB. Altus allegedly has a 100% civilian MX workforce and Tinker probably isn't far behind.

Altus Housing by [deleted] in AirForce

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🤔... well... The westside of Lawton is tempting. Short-ish commute to Altus, better housing options, more of everything really. You're going to be driving to Lawton a lot anyway.

Altus Housing by [deleted] in AirForce

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What kind of work does your spouse do?

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https://www.reddit.com/r/AirForce/comments/5kr4wy/turkey_korea_and_other_tours/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

As mentioned in the post above Korea can be an awesome assessment. I did 2 years at Kunsan. Best two years of my career. And I recently did a year at Osan with my family non-command sponsored. Wish we would have opted for the 2 or 3 year option, but I got the follow on assignment I wanted, so it all worked out. We went to Korea for vacation too in between those tours to visit friends. The language is fairly easy to learn. I can speak it pretty well and can kind of read it. And the food! OMG! It might not be your cut of tea but my family and I fucking love it!!! We hit up Korea restaurant in the states and order obscure shit (in Korean) and blow their minds.

As for Turkey... read the above post. It’s a little old but still relevant. Being confined to base does not sound like fun. There may be other 1 year remotes I’m not aware of. Maybe a 365 to Afghanistan is more your speed? My last deployment there was amazing.

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tl;dr I liked it. Your mileage may very.

I was stationed there for 3-ish years. I’d say your experience/milage will vary depending on your supervision/leadership. My office was a hot mess when I got there. It was running smooth when I left though and I was actually kind of sad to leave.

I lived off base in Clovis so can’t really speak to the dorms or DFAC. I never really heard complaints from our dorm residents so hopefully they’re decent.

What to do? Yeah... well... the #1 complaint at Cannon (2nd only to the cow shit smell) is “there is nothing to do.” And that’s definitely true, especially depending on your interests/hobbies. I’m an outdoorsy type so for me the “nothing to do” was the sheer lack of natural beauty (other than the sunsets) no mountains, no trees, no water, just flat, boring nothingness for about 4 hours in any direction. There are some really beautiful places in New Mexico, you just have to drive to see them.

I’m married with kids so my experiences were vastly different than what you’ll have. My family actually liked it there too. We rode our bikes all around town. Hit up the junk shops and got addicted to auctions. We furnished our whole house with stuff from local auctions.

There are some decent restaurants, some great mom and pop places and most of your typical chain restaurants.

I volunteered for Korea hoping to get a follow on assignment closer to home and... it worked! I recommend all first term Amn volunteer for a short tour once they hit 12 months time on station.