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Son in law wanted to come back to Ft. Campbell, Ky., to retire. He likes being outdoors and Kentucky and Barkley lakes and the 170,000 acre Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area were nearby. Also, Nashville is about an hour away.
I was stationed at MacDill and like the Tampa, St Petersburg, and Clearwater area. But after the AF, I moved out west and like the ID, UT, NV states. From all green to all tan. If you want an excellent place to raise a family, I would recommend UT. Sure, the LDS Church has a strong influence in the state, and maybe sometimes too much in some issues, but if you want a safe and family friendly social environment, UT is an excellent state. I used to ride with some guys from Hill AFB and our 'biker gang' regularly ran up/down the ID/UT region.
My favorite place was Gaeta Italy. Hated the ship but loved the city. Small Italian city located roughly half way between Naples to the south and Rome to the north. Friendly people, good food, and good hiking paths. Take a bus to the next city over and you can hop a train to across Italy. Clean beach and good weather in summer. Winter was mild.
We loved Dunoon Scotland. It is too bad the Navy shut it down, it was a fantastic culture and area.
I retired from the Navy in 2001, our first two years of retirement were spent within the 40-mile radius of military bases which locked us into services on-base. Since then we moved away from military bases. I would never again live near a base.
Favorite.....Saigon/Cho Lon....until the Tet Offensive.
I plan on visiting Saigon some day in the near future. I did make a trip to DaNang in 2019. It is a very beautiful place. I hope to return to DaNang again to explore more.
Favorite duty station was Colorado Springs, or more specifically up Ute Pass somewhere. My fantasy retirement home would have been overlooking Pike's Peak so I could sip tea and watch the snow fall. We would have loved to retire there, but it has changed so much since we were stationed there that it's not the same place anymore.
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