Did you remain in the area you were stationed in when you separated? Why did you decide to stay? How did you decide where to move?

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I was at fort Gordon now called Eisenhower. Wouldn’t mind going back tbh. Looking for jobs in the IT field anyway and what better place than the home of signal? But top places are near fort Meade or northern va

When I ETS I went back to my home of record. Although that was not my intent. I was stationed in Kaneohe. Being a Houlie there wasn't any way I was going to stay there. At the Time of my separation Seattle was the spot. Microsoft hadn't taken over the world yet. Boeing was the center of the Washington universe. 90 days give or take before I went on terminal leave Boeing layed off a ton of their workforce I think it was along about 10,000.
So I decided to go back home to a mostly shuttered steel mill with very few other opportunities. The deciding factor was 180 days of rain ever year. That is about a hundred days a years more than home. So a sad depressing little town with no future or a sad depressing city with no future and rain?

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Dear lord no, it was Texas, so wasn’t trying to have my personal liberties trampled after fighting to defend them for others.

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That's how we felt getting on a one way flight from Houston.

No way I was staying in South Dakota.

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Ellsworth. Too cold , too windy, too desolate

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Technically. Was at NSA. Left for grad school and came back but to NoVa/DC

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Nope! I was at Fort Sill. Lmao I wouldn’t dare live in Lawton, OK. I relocated back to Atlanta, GA.

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Lmao yep unfortunately if you’re FA, you’ll end up back at Sill at some point in your military career

Yes, spouse got a civilian job on base and I was going to college. Finally moved when I transferred to a 4 year college and spouse got a different job.

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Yes. First four were on the opposite coast. I dated in the Reserves for another 21 years.

Better economy here than Upstate NY.

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“Stayed” in the Reserves.

If I could have found a job in Greece, yes lol

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Nope. Was stationed in Arizona and immediately left for California for school and job opportunities.

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Hahaha. Clearly nothing worth staying for in Jacksonville.

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Sounds snowy and isolated.

Not hardly. Guam, 'nuf said.

nice ain’t done a shipwreck dive b4 on the bucket list

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Fair enough!

I am impressed you decided to go back at all.

Greece sounds epic!

I was at Fort Bragg and stayed in NC though not close to the base. Loved the state but not Joes, pawn shops, and strip clubs.

Durham held a lot of promise but has been horribly mismanaged and is only getting worse.

I've heard good things about NC!

CA. State sucks balls but I stayed out here.

I was in Jacksonville FL, I left the next day 😅

In reality I could have hung around for a bit since I hadn’t really settled on what I was going to do next at the time.

I love that for you!! 😂

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