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Any military in the house?
Le Chuck:
Language school was in Monterey, as I private I lived on old Fort Ord and could see the beach from my house. Coming out of the midwest with a new young wife into the west coast and the military life was a helluva adjustment. I look back on those years fondly, especially after being stationed places like Polk, LA.
Jimmy, :cheers:.
Dawgz Rule:
I do remember transferring to San Diego and having to make ends meet on E-5 salary. Not fun.
05SRT4:
Yeah after school I was in San Diego for a couple of months before our ship returned from a tour. Verys expensive living, especially on Coronado island. Living in Utah my whole life it was a wake up call with all the poverty (San Diego) there compared to home. Nice vacation but I would never live there.
After that we moved up to Bremerton WA lol big difference!! But we all had our own Barracks, I had my Alienware laptop, Xbox live, High Speed internet and Domino's delivered straight to the door! Our ship was in a 10 month dry dock and our division only worked a couple of hours a day. That's when I learned the amazing world of Emulators.
With doing 2 dry docks in 4 years I only got to do one 7 month tour. Dubai, Malaysia, Singapore and Hawaii. Not a huge tour but it was fun.
Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: 05SRT4 on March 09, 2012, 01:27:39 pm ---Dubai, Malaysia, Singapore and Hawaii. Not a huge tour but it was fun.
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Aaaand now I remember why I shouldve been a squid. Beats the hell out of Aghanistan, Iraq, Aghanistan.....
I would love to go back to Monterey for another tour, being an O3 in Cali vs being an E3 in Cali makes a huge difference in QOL I imagine.
Dawgz Rule:
My brother and I served in Desert Storm together. He was in the desert of Saudi Arabia. I was in the air conditioned submarine.