Let's play other names for military installations

[Bob Dedmon]

I'll start. Seymour Johnson AFB: Surgemore Johnson, Shady J, the Plantation, or See My Johnson, Langley AFB the Laughing Academy, Pentagon, Disneyland on the Potomac, Altus AFB: It's not the end of the world but you can see it from there, Asshole AFB, Kadena: The Rock

[kdahm]

Do you mean the game the Biden and Trump DoD have been playing? Surely to be reversed by the next Administration?

[Craiglxviii]

RAF Saxa Vord, in the Orkneys: Sexual Void.

[Rocket J Squrriel]

RAF Saxa Vord, in the Orkneys: Sexual Void.

Not Orkneys, the isle of Unst in the Shetland Islands. Shetland is on my bucket list.

[Nightwatch2]

"Disneyland on the Potomac"

too close to reality

[Craiglxviii]

RAF Saxa Vord, in the Orkneys: Sexual Void.

Not Orkneys, the isle of Unst in the Shetland Islands. Shetland is on my bucket list.

They’re all the same once one gets past Carlisle

<dons tin hat & waits for incoming>

[Pdf27]

They’re all the same once one gets past Carlisle Watford Gap

<dons tin hat & waits for incoming>

Fixed it for you...

[Craiglxviii]

They’re all the same once one gets past Carlisle Watford Gap

<dons tin hat & waits for incoming>

Fixed it for you...

<compares Watford Gap to Nottingham> hey!

[Poohbah]

29 Palms: 29 Stumps

Port Hueneme: Port Who Needs Me

[Johnnie Lyle]

Point of order.

Why not, Minot was not a name for the installation.

It was the tourist bureau ad campaign slogan.

[Bob Dedmon]

Point of order.

Why not, Minot was not a name for the installation.

It was the tourist bureau ad campaign slogan.

maybe so but we tacked the response to it and the whole thing stuck.

[Johnnie Lyle]

Point of order.

Why not, Minot was not a name for the installation.

It was the tourist bureau ad campaign slogan.

maybe so but we tacked the response to it and the whole thing stuck.

Getting stuck in Minot violates the 8th Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment.

[Nightwatch2]

Point of order.

Why not, Minot was not a name for the installation.

It was the tourist bureau ad campaign slogan.

It’s Freezin’s the Reason

(From my Northern Tier experienced crewmates on my Offutt tour. I was glad that I didn’t join them for that particular adventure. They commented that us Navy sailors didn’t have an equivalent. (Checked coordinates on Blue Nose Certificate from CV-62. “Yea, sure”) )

[MikeKozlowski]

....Wurtsmith AFB, MI: Ice Station Zebra, Happyland, and a delightful call and response:

CALL: "Wurtsmith!"

RESPONSE: "SUCKS!!!!!!!!"

Mike

[Micael]

There’s a training/firing range in Sweden called Villingsberg. Frequently referred to as Villingsnam by bitter soldiers who doesn’t fully appreciate its boggy marshes and bone chilling humid cold.

[Poohbah]

Fort Leonard Wood: Fort Lost in the Woods