Author Topic: Looking for info on El Paso and Ft. Bliss, TX (Read 809 times)

VWE · « **Reply #15 on:** August 01, 2007, 11:05:05 AM »

Originally posted by texasmom

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But if his buddy is willing to trade Campbell for Bliss... wouldn't his buddy be equally deserving?

Ahhh, no... if he can't do a little research about the two places then he deserves to learn from his mistakes.

AWMac · « **Reply #16 on:** August 01, 2007, 11:13:00 AM »

Did they forget to mention the Killer Bees around El Paso?

Mac

Tarmac · « **Reply #17 on:** August 05, 2007, 04:40:27 PM »

Busy week, took me a while to respond again.

Fort Campbell is a long shot, as I'd have to talk my buddy into it and the only big upside for him is that Bliss is closer to his family. I'd almost feel bad if he took it.

Anyhow, I've been hearing lots over the past week about crime, car theft, gangs, Mexicans, and all sorts of other undesirable stuff. Great. There's a slight chance that I can get my orders changed for Ft Hood, and maybe I'd even go for Korea. I'll see, but any input is appreciated.

rpm · « **Reply #18 on:** August 05, 2007, 05:26:22 PM »

Ft.Hood is not a step up from Bliss.

tedrbr · « **Reply #19 on:** August 05, 2007, 06:30:18 PM »

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Originally posted by rpm
Ft.Hood is not a step up from Bliss.

Well, Fort Hood is a really small step up from Fort Bliss at any rate. A bit closer to some civilization (both good and bad). Korea not a great tour either, especially hard if you have dependents, but the pay and tax rate is a lot better than Hood or Bliss, if that is a factor. Housing is "iffy" as are MWR's depending on where you are at.

You said USAF? Why can't you pull a decent Air Force billet? Or at least a decent Army base billet? Don't no one there like you? You make a life long enemy with rank?

If someone told me my choices were Hood, Bliss, or Korea,... I'd be asking about Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.

culero · « **Reply #20 on:** August 05, 2007, 06:42:48 PM »

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Ft.Hood is not a step up from Bliss.

Well, being a relatively short drive from Austin, its a helluva lot better of a location to be in when you have a day or two of leave (read: PARTY!

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texasmom · « **Reply #21 on:** August 05, 2007, 06:56:22 PM »

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Originally posted by rpm
Ft.Hood is not a step up from Bliss.

I love it here at Fort Hood. TxDad retired here a few years ago. It's out a little ways from anything... but at least it's close enough that you can day trip to fun places.

culero · « **Reply #22 on:** August 05, 2007, 07:09:54 PM »

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I love it here at Fort Hood. TxDad retired here a few years ago. It's out a little ways from anything... but at least it's close enough that you can day trip to fun places.

I actually really like Belton. Its a nice town, rich with history, cool lake. Good place to live IMO.

bj229r · « **Reply #23 on:** August 05, 2007, 07:23:49 PM »

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Originally posted by texasmom
lots of information about Terry Allen there at one of their local colleges. That alone would be worth a tour there.

Read a lot about him in a book called "An 'Army at Dawn"--seemed like our only competent commander in early North Africa. Fascinating guy

rpm · « **Reply #24 on:** August 05, 2007, 09:47:07 PM »

To be honest with you, a year ago I would have said the Killeen area was a great place. Since then I have seen the amount of crime that area has personally. It's become a disgrace.

tedrbr · « **Reply #25 on:** August 05, 2007, 11:00:31 PM »

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To be honest with you, a year ago I would have said the Killeen area was a great place. Since then I have seen the amount of crime that area has personally. It's become a disgrace.

Didn't happen to pick up a lot of folks from New Orleans after Katrina, did you? Seems to be some correlation between an influx of refugees and crime.

culero · « **Reply #26 on:** August 05, 2007, 11:01:04 PM »

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To be honest with you, a year ago I would have said the Killeen area was a great place. Since then I have seen the amount of crime that area has personally. It's become a disgrace.

Yeah, I remembered that soon after I replied earlier. Sorry, man, that's gotta be a tough pill to swallow.

texasmom · « **Reply #27 on:** August 06, 2007, 12:45:18 AM »

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Originally posted by bj229r
Read a lot about him in a book called "An 'Army at Dawn"--seemed like our only competent commander in early North Africa. Fascinating guy

I read about him in that one too.
Fascinating indeed. He really loved his enlisted guys. I could write a ton of threads about why I admire Terry Allen.

Get 'terrible terry allen' off ebay for a few bucks. It's worth the read.

texasmom · « **Reply #28 on:** August 06, 2007, 12:46:42 AM »

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To be honest with you, a year ago I would have said the Killeen area was a great place. Since then I have seen the amount of crime that area has personally. It's become a disgrace.

Sorry hotdgmn

Tarmac · « **Reply #29 on:** August 07, 2007, 05:02:06 PM »

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Originally posted by tedrbr
You said USAF? Why can't you pull a decent Air Force billet? Or at least a decent Army base billet? Don't no one there like you? You make a life long enemy with rank?

If someone told me my choices were Hood, Bliss, or Korea,... I'd be asking about Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.

I'm in the TACP career field, so I knew I'd be living on Army bases when I signed up. As for the base, I think I just got unlucky with Bliss, and Hood is the biggest TACP base which is why I have a chance of being able to switch there.

However it works out, I'll make the best of it.

Author Topic: Looking for info on El Paso and Ft. Bliss, TX (Read 809 times)

VWE