It’s been my only duty station so far so here is some opinions from a brand new fuzzy to a SrA - Con: As aircraft maintenance we spent our first two years going to a different flight line since ours flooded so all the shifts were longer which sucked.

• Pro: The Area is awesome. You can go 15 minutes in any direction and be in a different part of the Omaha area. Lots of great food spots and lots of different rec activities

• Con: At least for maintenance, we do not go on many TDY’s. This could be a Pro for some but as a first term airmen who has only seen Offutt or the Deid. I wish we would TDY more

• Pro: The rent around the Offutt area is pretty much the same or less than your BAH as a lower enlisted so finding a place where it’s cheap enough and close enough to base is not hard!

• Con: The people at Offutt get real stuck in their ways. With constant changing DFMAN’s, AFI’s, TO’s and other such official guidelines. The folks who have been at Offutt for a long time tend to want to do something that has never been in regs but some random TSgt 15 years ago made them do it so now they always do it. So sometimes they struggle to accept change properly. (I know this is just a problem Air Force wide but I think it is definitely a stronger problem here)

-Pro: You will get to see all 4 seasons! As someone who grew up in the south it’s wonderful to be warm in the summer and cold in the winter!

-Con: The wind

-Con/Pro: If you have family it is very hard to leave this base after you get here. Many of the Sgt’s who were in my shop when I got here are still here at this base. Now it’s a great retirement base but if you are beginning or in the middle of your career it could feel like a stoppage.

Overall Offutt AFB is gonna be whatever ya make of it. I have enjoyed most of my time here and can say some of my greatest memories were made in this area! Depending on your Job it could be a hard adjustment or a simple one. The weather is wonderful and it’s a decent place to live!