Originally Posted by
cargo hopeful
From experience, whether you’re still in the service or left a long time ago, where are the best deployments in your opinion? State side or across the pond? Why?
General Answer: Where the threat is low, and the Per Diem high.
Specific Answer: Overseas, because the artificial environment of being "Americans in a strange land" means you have better comraderie with your squadron. You hang with your squadron buds because you're all in the same unfamiliar situation, so you look to your squadron for something familiar--a piece of America. You develop life-long friendships in these situations.
Supporting Answer: Scrappy, I don't know you, but can vouch that the local talent in Iceland is the 8th natural wonder of the world!