C17Driver Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123316390 WTF! Are transient aircrew and army still staying in tents? Folks still get tax free for being there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetfreezer Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Now that wives are there, what are they going to do with the article 15s of everyone who got busted for going into their spouses room to talk with the door open? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ Kind Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Belongs in WTF thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuggyU2 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 No mention of specifically what base they're on. Keep it secret... and tell the dependents to keep their blindfolds on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourFans Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I just threw up a little. Champ already said it, but it bears repeating. I like the active duty less and less each day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockheedFix Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 So they're sending dependents to a base where you still get CZTE? Do the kids get to go to the SF Squadron and put on battle rattle and hold an M-4 to show all their friends what they got to do on their deployment? Will your wife get chiefed at 3 am if she goes to the bathroom without a reflective belt on? Will she get an Article 15 if she lets another spouse have one of her 3 drinks per day? This raises so many questions that will require at least twelve more chiefs, seven more execs and five more directors of staff out there to solve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeHoler Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 So they're sending dependents to a base where you still get CZTE? Do the kids get to go to the SF Squadron and put on battle rattle and hold an M-4 to show all their friends what they got to do on their deployment? Will your wife get chiefed at 3 am if she goes to the bathroom without a reflective belt on? Will she get an Article 15 if she lets another spouse have one of her 3 drinks per day? This raises so many questions that will require at least twelve more chiefs, seven more execs and five more directors of staff out there to solve. They live downtown. It is a PCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cragspider Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) So one question? Can we take our families with us to Korea if we get sent there? Or are those still just a 365? So why don't we just make those PCS locals as well since there is no danger what so ever I Korea but we have known threats in that aor. There is just so many reasons why this is a bad idea. I wonder how many divorces this will create because of this locale. Hell I think Cannon just got upgraded from one of the worst locale's to not so bad anymore. Edited September 1, 2012 by cragspider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawnman Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 So one question? Can we take our families with us to Korea if we get sent there? Or are those still just a 365? So why don't we just make those PCS locals as well since there is no danger what so ever I Korea but we have known threats in that aor. There is just so many reasons why this is a bad idea. I wonder how many divorces this will create because of this local. Hell I think Cannon just got upgraded from one of the worst locals to not so bad anymore. I believe the word you are searching for is "locale". "Local", when used as a noun, refers to someone who lives in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsplayr Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Hell I think Cannon just got upgraded from one of the worst locals to not so bad anymore. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here... This is a joke, how can you say you're an "Expeditionary" anything when you have the wife and kids along for the ride? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czecksikhs Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Moving all my wife's shoes and knick knacks halfway around the world would be quite an expedition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockheedFix Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 They live downtown. It is a PCS. But apparently they're allowed on base, no? I'm assuming that's where the A&FRC is. Still the opportunity to get chiefed. Are dependents allowed in the man-stew, I mean base swimming pool? That could be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kayla Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) What will happen to the family if the member is deported out of the country for doing something as stupid as handing the agents your ID card in the wrong hand? Or slapping your ID card on the counter? Or going the wrong way through a doorway? etc etc etc. Is there going to be a culture class for spouses? So we know how to act in public, and, yes, even what is appropriate to wear? I understand that it's not Saudi and maybe not as strict, but still, we should be mindful and respectful of that culture. Well, the plus side for my family: We were medically denied England. I highly doubt we'll be authorized or medically cleared to go here. Just my $0.02 as a spouse. Edited September 1, 2012 by The Kayla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Texan Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Heard they're building privatized housing on base to meet the future demand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntledemployee Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Heard they're building privatized housing on base to meet the future demand... That is in Tunisia. Check the map, just south of the Gulf of Gabes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guineapigfury Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Well, the plus side for my family: We were medically denied England. I highly doubt we'll be authorized or medically cleared to go here. Just my $0.02 as a spouse. Thread derail here, but ... DON"T GO OVERSEAS UNLESS YOU'RE CLEARED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napoleon_Tanerite Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 So one question? Can we take our families with us to Korea if we get sent there? Or are those still just a 365? So why don't we just make those PCS locals as well since there is no danger what so ever I Korea but we have known threats in that aor. There is just so many reasons why this is a bad idea. I wonder how many divorces this will create because of this locale. Hell I think Cannon just got upgraded from one of the worst locale's to not so bad anymore. Don't confuse the base with the city. Doha isn't terrible, while Clovis is. There is a TON of stuff to do in Doha and a lot of fun to be had there. The reason that undisclosed location sucks so bad is 100% the fault of the Americans and their asine policies. All indications point to that base not going anywhere... ever. I have heard MANY different senior leaders express the desire to make it "The Ramstein of the middle east". With that said, I think we need as many spouses there as possible, because as this thread highlights, the "normalcy" of having spouses there runs counter to the idiocy of that base, and may actually go a long way to get the place changed for the better. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe1234 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I love how everyone just assumes that the entirety of the middle east is literally Afghanistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawnman Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Don't confuse the base with the city. Doha isn't terrible, while Clovis is. There is a TON of stuff to do in Doha and a lot of fun to be had there. The reason that undisclosed location sucks so bad is 100% the fault of the Americans and their asine policies. All indications point to that base not going anywhere... ever. I have heard MANY different senior leaders express the desire to make it "The Ramstein of the middle east". With that said, I think we need as many spouses there as possible, because as this thread highlights, the "normalcy" of having spouses there runs counter to the idiocy of that base, and may actually go a long way to get the place changed for the better. My wife would skip the divorce option and go straight to murder if I moved her to a Muslim country where it is 110 in the shade for 6 months out of the year, no matter how many fancy malls and cultural centers they build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockheedFix Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I love how everyone just assumes that the entirety of the middle east is literally Afghanistan. Please show me where anybody in this thread wrote anything even remotely similar to that. From what I can tell (except for the post AFTER yours) people on here have been making fun of having dependents at the mutha fuckin' 'Deid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe1234 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Please show me where anybody in this thread wrote anything even remotely similar to that. From what I can tell (except for the post AFTER yours) people on here have been making fun of having dependents at the mutha fuckin' 'Deid. Oh ok, I guess your browser is broken or something and won't let you scroll up... I wonder how many divorces this will create because of this locale. Hell I think Cannon just got upgraded from one of the worst locale's to not so bad anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsplayr Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Please show me where anybody in this thread wrote anything even remotely similar to that. From what I can tell (except for the post AFTER yours) people on here have been making fun of having dependents at the mutha fuckin' 'Deid Undisclosed location in SW Asia. OPSEC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedburg43 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=130101&page=1#.UETObJY8XEM......OPSEC is slightly marginalized in this instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepGuyC17 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Don't confuse the base with the city. Doha isn't terrible, while Clovis is. There is a TON of stuff to do in Doha and a lot of fun to be had there. The reason that undisclosed location sucks so bad is 100% the fault of the Americans and their asine policies. All indications point to that base not going anywhere... ever. I have heard MANY different senior leaders express the desire to make it "The Ramstein of the middle east". With that said, I think we need as many spouses there as possible, because as this thread highlights, the "normalcy" of having spouses there runs counter to the idiocy of that base, and may actually go a long way to get the place changed for the better. We must not have been to the same Doha. That place is an absolute shithole. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsplayr Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) We must not have been to the same Doha. That place is an absolute shithole. Disagree...Doha certainly isn't my first choice for cities (or weather for that matter) but shithole may be a little extreme. Anywhere with air conditioning and passable food and satellite TV and people driving Mercedes Benz SUVs does not qualify as a shithole in the grand scheme of the world. As an overseas PCS it's way behind Europe and Japan on my list but for a "deployed location" it's pretty freaking ok. Edited September 3, 2012 by nsplayr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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