AIR FORCE : Where were you 1st stationed? How many moves so far???

Lisa - posted on 06/20/2012

Our first duty station was Cannon AFB (I guess I should say that I am from Portales NM and met my husband in Clovis while stationed at Cannon AFB), our second one was Pope AFB, our third was Hill AFB, our fourth was Cannon AFB again where we were supposed to stay but they realigned it, our fifth base was Davis Monthan AFB, and our latest and worst so far (and hopefully our last after 21 years in) is Misawa AFB Japan.

Tamitha - posted on 06/07/2012

Did you like Mountian home? It's on our list, but we don't know anyone that's been there. Our only base so far has been Germany, but Japan is of our list too...so who knows!

Tamitha - posted on 06/07/2012

Our first (and only so far) was Spangdahlem AB, Germany. Which by the way was NO WHERE on a dream sheet but we love it here, so much so that we extended! We have one year left here before moving on, but we are excited to see where we head next. Due to rank and my hubby's job, we only have 10 bases available to us and half are overseas! Good luck with your future base,

Leisha - posted on 06/07/2012

My husband is still in tech school for Air Traffic Control, but in August we'll be moving (our first move, obviously, lol) to Columbus AFB in Mississippi. I'm super stressed about all of the details, just because I have no clue what's going on on, really. But we'll get everything figured out!

Kaila - posted on 06/06/2012

My husband has been in for four years so far and we've been at McConnell AFB in Wichita KS the whole time. A lot of people spend their whole careers here. We're hoping for orders when we hit the five year mark. Fingers crossed!

Sara - posted on 06/03/2012

My husband first base was Dyess AFB in Texas he was there for 5 years. Then we went to Camp Darby in Livorno Italy. We are going to be here until Jan. 2014.

Meaghan - posted on 06/02/2012

our first and only base so far is Ramstein AFB, Germany. we cant get out of here quick enough! i miss the convience of the states for sure!

Stephanie - posted on 04/13/2012

I was prior service:
Me; Seymour Johnson (Finance)
Hubbie; Nellis (command post) Cleveland (recruiter)
Us: Dover

I was in for two years, he's been in for almost 11 and he hasn't really moved much.

Makena - posted on 03/12/2011

Navy wife here. so it might be a bit different. We married 8 years ago. 6 months in San Diego, two years in Nevada, 1 year in San Diego, 2 years in Guam, 2 years-Japan, 3 years-Italy. And with 2 kids born overseas. It's tough I can't lie but you need to be adaptable. that's just a part of being a military family. there will be up and downs moving so much. you'll make tons of friends from everywhere and get to explore new cities, new countries. Some places you'll hate and beg to leave, some places you'll beg to extend. There are no civilian families I can think of that has a lifestyle like us. But, we're an important part of keeping our military strong. The spouses who support their country. I feel so proud even when our marriage was hit at it's worst. Good luck on your adventure.

Aimee - posted on 11/09/2010

After Lackland, I went across the street to Kelly AFB, TX, then to Osan AB, ROK, to the Presidio of Monterey, CA, to Dyess AFB, TX where I separated and married my AD hubby...who has since moved us to Sheppard AFB, TX and now to Shaw AFB, SC about 3 months ago. I spent 8 years on active duty, and we've now been married 8 years. Hubby spent most of 13 years at Dyess AFB, though, so some career fields move and some don't, and some bases seem like "black holes" where you just kind of go and stay a while. He and I were same AFSC, so in each of our cases it seemed to be the luck of the draw, I guess!

Nicole - posted on 11/06/2010

My husband did tech school at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, TX and we are currently stationed at Hurlburt Fields in Fort Walton Beach, FL. Moving is a way of life and you just have to embrace the good moves, the bad moves, the bases you hate and the ones you will always miss :)

Sarah - posted on 11/06/2010

cannon afb and has been here 3 yrs! only way to get out of cannon is to crosstrain! dont ever accept orders to cannon afb in nm.... its not an amazing place.

Jacqueline - posted on 11/06/2010

My husband has been in for 6 1/2 years now, and we have been stationed at Elmendorf (Now Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson) in Alaska the entire time after he finished tech school. We have had to put in for an extension here, which puts us at 5 years at this base. Not too bad. He works on the C-17 jets but is looking to retrain.

Stephanie - posted on 11/04/2010

My husband was first stations at Whiteman, MI, but we were first stationed TOGETHER at Lajes Field Azores! Good luck!

April - posted on 11/04/2010

This march will be 6 years in for my hubby. our first base was Mcguire AFB in New Jersey and we are currently in Ramstien,Germany until 2012 when his enlistment is up.

Tracy - posted on 11/04/2010

We've been in 12 years...so far, Del Rio (Pilot Training), Ft. Rucker AL (Helo Training), Yokota AB Japan, Andrews AFB MD, Nellis AFB NV, Cannon AFB NM and now Langley AFB VA...we're usually at a base 2 yrs except for the tour in Japan. My hubby is in RPA guy now and lots of basing option coming up for that...hoping to head home to MO next, although I do like traveling an moving...I would LOVE to go back overseas! We have 2 - 5 yr olds that are professional travelers and they enjoying the changes as well!

Kyrie - posted on 11/01/2010

My husband and I have only been stationed at Malmstrom in MT. He's on his second enlistment. We like it here and he's switched jobs a few times. He worked on missiles first, but that schedule is very anti-family. There aren't many places we want to go and most don't have bases like New Zealand, China, Russia, Switzerland... And we put in for Guam which we really wanted but we didn't get it so we'll just stay here until the kids are older and can vote on where they want to be. We bought a house and everything. The only bad part is the long winter.

Caro - posted on 10/21/2009

We are at Travis. It's my husbands first station. I hear we will probably be here for the next 3 years. He's in medical supplies.

Penny - posted on 09/12/2009

My husband's first assignment was McGuire,NJ, then we moved to Kadena in Okinawa, Mt Home, ID (he spent a year in Korea while we were there), then moved to Eielson in Alaska. We have been at Fairchild in WA for a little over 6 years. Hubby is at Qatar for a year, then we are moving on to Elmendorf, AK. Not too bad for 17 years in, he has been assigned to 8 bases (6 with us as a family)

Tina - posted on 09/11/2009

how was eglin we are in Okinawa were living off base but any ways we was wanting to go to eglin next

Tina - posted on 09/11/2009

Mountain home airforce base in Mountain home Idaho 6years

Kadena in Okinawa, Japan will be 4 moving next year

Heather - posted on 09/09/2009

After my hubby finished Tech school he came straight here and he hasnt left since. That was in 2002!!!!! Kirtland is a pretty large base from what I hear and we have visited Nellis and it is pretty small compaired to Kirtland. My hubby is only allowed like 6 bases in the world to be stationed. He is getting ready to re-train....thank goodness!! We would like to go to Charleston AFB!!!!!

Lindsey - posted on 08/19/2009

Still at Charleston AFB in South Carolina. This is our first and only Duty Station so far. Its hard to get out of here. Many people stay here and never get to PCS. It sucks.
Hubby has been here for 8 years. I have been here almost 5.

Kati - posted on 08/05/2009

My husband is in the Air Force, but he is a TACP/JTAC. (So he works with the Army), So our first station was Ft. Campbell Kentucky. We are now on McChord AFB in Washington (Only because it touches Ft. Lewis)....So thats why I'm living on an AFB this time.....We are moving to Oahu, Hawaii in Feb or march, after he gets back from Korea. Depending on how big of a commute it is to the Army post in the middle of the island, we might end up living on Hickam AFB.

Kate - posted on 08/04/2009

My husband has been in for almost 8 years now, We have been stationed at Sheppard AFB, TX for tech school, Dyess AFB, TX for almost 7 years and are currently stationed at Elmendorf AFB, AK, been here almost a year now. Will be here for a total of 4 years unless we try to extend and get it. :)

Ashley - posted on 08/02/2009

oops I'm an idiot lol u said air force...my hubby is a Marine, my bad

Ashley - posted on 08/02/2009

My hubby has been in almost 6 years. Our first station was Camp Lejeune for 4 years and now we are at Kings Bay Naval Base and have been her for about a year and a half

Tabatha - posted on 07/20/2009

Our first base is Langley AF Base in Virginia and we have been here for 3 1/2 years and his 4 year term is up in April of next year. So if he re-enlists we might be going to Germany cause he requested it.

Lauryn - posted on 07/20/2009

We are currently at Ramstein, Germany. This is our first base. We have been here since 2005 and we staying until 2011.

Silke - posted on 07/17/2009

Quoting Susan:

This will tell you how old we are...our first base was Williams AFB in Phoenix AZ. (It hasn't existed in 15 or more years).

A friend of ours went through pilot training there in 89 or 90 while we were at Luke for hubby's F-16 training.

Silke - posted on 07/17/2009

Our first duty station was Del Rio, TX for pilot training... in the 20 years that followed we PCSed 8 times involving 11 moves plus our final move after retirement from the AF... so altogether 12 moves in 20 years. :)

Jamie - posted on 07/15/2009

Our first base was Offutt AFB, Ne where we met. Then we were at Randolph AFB, Tx. We got out and did Guard/Reserves back home in Minnesota Hubby just went back active and we are at Vandenberg AFB, Ca. They say we should be here about 4 years. I am already wondering where we will go from here. Its so exciting!

Nicole - posted on 07/15/2009

Our first base was Lackland in San Antonio, Texas. We have been here 2 years but his area is closing down so I am not sure how long we would have been here if that were not the case. We have orders to go to Mountain Home in Idaho in a few weeks.

Melissa - posted on 07/14/2009

I have been an Air Force wife to my Firefighter husband for 17 years now.. our first base was Ellsworth, SD(were there for 1 year) next was Howard AFB in Panama, Central America(2 years) then on to Columbus AFB in MS(there for 3 years) then on to Kadena AB in Okinawa Japan(my fav base, was there for 4 years) then on to Eielson AFB in Alaska(there for 5 years-very cold) then on to MInot AFB in ND(here 2 years)we leave Minot in 3 weeks to move to Spangdahlem AB in Germany! I love living overseas the best, it is more money, you get COLA over there which is awesome and there is much more stuff to see and do and for your kids the culture they will experience is amazing!

Amanda - posted on 07/14/2009

well my hubby signed up for 6 years when he joined the airforce, three of those years have been with me, he has deployed but we have never PCS, he is re-enlisting so we might be going to germany

Stephanie - posted on 07/13/2009

My husband just finished tech school in mid june and we are at our first base in Aviano Italy. Cant wait to see what is in our future for us and our children!

Ashley - posted on 07/07/2009

We are at his first assignment in Alaska at Elmendorf AFB

Natasia - posted on 07/07/2009

my husband just finished tech school in early feb so we have only had one so far moody AFB, GA

Kristine - posted on 07/04/2009

my first place when i married my hubby was beafort s.c. and we moved so far to new jersery and ca. and in october we are about to do another move to japan.sop i am so excited about the move to japan.we usually move every 3 years.

Stefanie - posted on 06/25/2009

my hubby has been in for 6 years...he was first stationed at charleston AFB, sc. deplyoed to iraq in 2006. then he went to Honduras for a year and we are now at seymor johnson AFB, nc

Kell - posted on 06/22/2009

first base was Malmstrom AFB, MT (and the pp who said it sux is right...we hated it there, thankfully it was only a year and a half!) Since we were 3 yrs at MacDill AFB, FL, 4 yrs RAF Mildenhall UK, 2 yrs Andrews AFB, MD and we're now on year 3 back at RAF Mildenhall. Dh is aircraft maint....so they can move around a lot too! I think it really depends on willingness to go overseas...the friends we have who refuse to go overseas seem to stay at the same base for a long time.

Natasha - posted on 06/20/2009

Hubby gets out of tech school on july 23rd our first station is in Barksdale AFB Louisiana. wish me luck alittle nervous!

Nicole - posted on 06/20/2009

I was wondering the same thing! My husband has been in the Air Force for 6.5 years. We got married right after he got to his first duty station, which is Langley AFB in Va. And that's where we've been the past 6 years! He works on the F-15s and just made tech sgt. so I'm hoping we'll get orders soon. We've been trying for years but no luck. That BOP they offer as an incentive to reenlist is garbage!

Noel - posted on 06/19/2009

I am prior AF too. met hubby when we were both staioned at Travis in CA. we were there for 10 years, then he went to Osan for a year so that we could come to Patrick in FL. have been here for 5 years and hope to retire here.

Kandyce - posted on 06/19/2009

My husband has been in for almost 10 yrs and we have done 2 moves. We were stationed at Vance AFB, OK for 4 years and have now been at the Air Force Academy in CO for the last 5 years. It will be 6 once my husband returns from deployment. At that point he will probably get out.

Krystal - posted on 06/18/2009

Our first duty station is Grand Forks AFB, ND. He just got stationed here in April and unless he reenlists we will be here until he is out.

Misty - posted on 05/10/2009

Our first duty station was Mt. Home AFB, then Langley AFB, then Aberdeen Proving Grounds, then Vandenberg AFB, now FE Warren AFB. All in 11 years, so far.

Brandie - posted on 05/07/2009

My husband just graduated AIT in the beginning of April. We are based at Hill AFB close to Salt Lake City... liking the airforce life so far but finding it hard to meet new friends...

Lesa - posted on 05/06/2009

I remember Williams AFB (my dad was Air Force) once a month we would go to the commissary and PX. I am a military brat as well as prior service and a wife. To bad it doesn't all count for retirement.

Lesa - posted on 05/06/2009

I am prior service myself before marring so here it is:

Me: Portsmouth, NH, Portland, Me., Yorktown, Va.

Us: Cape May, NJ, Miami, Fl., Barber's Point, Hi, Savannah, Ga., Mobile, Al (currently stationed). That makes 5 for us and 8 for me.