Generally speaking, in the Army, when you enlist you can pick your job or you can pick your duty station, but not both. If you stay in the military, you may be able to pick your location as part of a reenlistment option, or there may be opportunities to volunteer or select a particular position.

Army Horizontal Construction Engineers (MOS 12N) are terrific heavy equipment operators. In addition to building infrastructure behind the scenes, MOS 12N also partake in combat engineer missions as well.

Overall, military members stationed within the continental United States (CONUS) are authorized to live in government housing based on certain factors like pay grade and availability. In some locations, civilians and members of the general public are also able to lease homes inside of military housing areas.

Fort Polk is bad because there is not much around it at all and you have to drive at least an hour to find most of the things people take for granted. Fort Polk is bad because there is not much around it at all and you have to drive at least an hour to find most of the things people take for granted.

Fort Polk began as a base for the Louisiana Maneuvers in the 1940s….Fort Polk.

A U.S. soldier assigned to the 10th Mountain Division surveys the back of a CH-47 Chinook during flight over Kabul, Afghanistan on March 3, 2020. WASHINGTON — Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Army announced it will deploy a brigade to Europe, another to South Korea and a third to Afghanistan.

While you may be concerned about the weather, Fort Drum has incredible sights, unique experiences, and even another country nearby (Canada is a day trip!), making it a unique duty station! If you give Fort Drum a chance, it has so much to offer!

Each person who attempts to enter Fort Drum must present a valid DoD ID card. All non-DoD ID card holders may receive a one-day pass, valid from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., without a sponsor. Visitors 18 or older must present a government-issued identification card.

FORT DRUM — Between 600 and 800 Fort Drum soldiers will be headed to Afghanistan to replace another brigade combat team that’s there now. The Department of the Army on Thursday announced the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division will be deployed for the 2020 fall rotation to Afghanistan.

The 10th Mountain Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion is an updated version of the special troops battalion of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Drum, New York. It is the organization for the command elements of the 10th Mountain Division.

Known as the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta SFOD-D, commonly referred to as Delta Force, Combat Applications Group, the unit, Army Compartmented Element, or Task Force Green, depending who you are, Delta is an elite Army special operations force under the control of Joint Special Operations Command.

10th Mountain Division

U.S. Air Force, hands down. The Air Force is the safest, cushiest job in the U.S. Military. They have the most lax military discipline, best food, best utility uniforms and on and on. The next safest is the Navy.

The Marines