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JustABozoOnThisBus

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10. Sure, why wouldn't the Army pay you to live in Berlin?

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #8)

Sat May 1, 2021, 12:10 PM

May 2021

The Army paid me to live in Stuttgart for a year and a half. And I was drafted.

My unit had many draftees. The E7 who had to give the re-enlistment speech had a thick skin, from being laughed at so much.

I never saw Fort Hood. Fort Bliss TX was pretty nice. Fort Polk LA was a shit-hole.

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Army disciplines 21 at Fort Hood in probe of soldier's death [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 OP

Sounds like the Army is taking this issue more seriously now. Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #1

Fort Hood has had a pretty bad reputation among soldiers and families for a long time. SeattleVet Apr 2021 #2

I don't understand that, not that I am saying that your nephew was wrong, but Dan Apr 2021 #5

The entire culture at that base appears to have been totally broken. SeattleVet Apr 2021 #7

Seen it everywhere in the military. Once a command gets a bad reputation haele May 2021 #12

it's a bad area qazplm135 Apr 2021 #6

uniform rape, on the other hand, continues PerceptionManagement Apr 2021 #3

They took some small actions last December - report from CBS SeattleVet Apr 2021 #4

Fort Hood has been a shithole as long as I can remember jmowreader May 2021 #8

i think one of the problems is the poor professional training of the officers soryang May 2021 #9

Sure, why wouldn't the Army pay you to live in Berlin? JustABozoOnThisBus May 2021 #10

My team chief came to Berlin from Fort Polk jmowreader May 2021 #11