Ft Irwin California??
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Ft Irwin California??
Just curious if anyone here has ever been stationed at FT Irwin CA, or lives near here. Army isn't giving me many options on this next PCS, Ft Irwin Ca, Ft Riley Kansas and FT Drum NY. FT Drum is too damn cold and short riding season. Ft Riley the wife says her name isn't Dorothy and we dont own a dog..lol Leaving Ft Irwin. I'm a east coast guy but I figure this is the less of the 3 evils. What's out there? Riding? dealers or a good indy? Thanks in advance.
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Just curious if anyone here has ever been stationed at FT Irwin CA, or lives near here. Army isn't giving me many options on this next PCS, Ft Irwin Ca, Ft Riley Kansas and FT Drum NY. FT Drum is too damn cold and short riding season. Ft Riley the wife says her name isn't Dorothy and we dont own a dog..lol Leaving Ft Irwin. I'm a east coast guy but I figure this is the less of the 3 evils. What's out there? Riding? dealers or a good indy? Thanks in advance.
You will get to see lots of dust, and this fun stuff.
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1. Drum is COLD...you are right
2. Iriwin is inthe middle of nowhere, but you can get on the highway and get to the coast
3. Riley is a nice place, though the wind is there. Closer to "civilization", ie,towns where family can go do stuff.
http://www.irwin.army.mil/Newcomers/...LocalArea.aspx
http://riley.army.mil/NewsViewer.asp...59&nav=OurPost
http://www.drum.army.mil/Newcomers/P...fdni=Newcomers
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Ft%20Irwin&state=CA
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Ft%20Drum&state=NY
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Ft%20Riley&state=KS
The10th & the 1st are good proud units with a long history. Irwin is a great training base an contribtes greatly to desert ops sucess. just depends what your job is and what you are looking for.
2. Iriwin is inthe middle of nowhere, but you can get on the highway and get to the coast
3. Riley is a nice place, though the wind is there. Closer to "civilization", ie,towns where family can go do stuff.
http://www.irwin.army.mil/Newcomers/...LocalArea.aspx
http://riley.army.mil/NewsViewer.asp...59&nav=OurPost
http://www.drum.army.mil/Newcomers/P...fdni=Newcomers
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Ft%20Irwin&state=CA
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Ft%20Drum&state=NY
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Ft%20Riley&state=KS
The10th & the 1st are good proud units with a long history. Irwin is a great training base an contribtes greatly to desert ops sucess. just depends what your job is and what you are looking for.
Last edited by jakenok; Nov 4, 2013 at 09:08 AM.
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Just curious if anyone here has ever been stationed at FT Irwin CA, or lives near here. Army isn't giving me many options on this next PCS, Ft Irwin Ca, Ft Riley Kansas and FT Drum NY. FT Drum is too damn cold and short riding season. Ft Riley the wife says her name isn't Dorothy and we dont own a dog..lol Leaving Ft Irwin. I'm a east coast guy but I figure this is the less of the 3 evils. What's out there? Riding? dealers or a good indy? Thanks in advance.
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I used to live in the high desert until just recently. I worked at Irwin for a while and frequently was out other for other reasons. Be ready to ride in wind, wind, wind. I've ridden out to Irwin and there's no breeze at all, then left and had 60-70 MPH gusts the whole way. And those wind speeds are common there year round.
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I was there from 1999-2001. Not bad but I grew up an hour and half away from there. I will put to you this way; I will not go back. I can't register my bike in Califonia and they don't like my guns so it's not for me. Barstow is the armpit of California and Drum is not fun. Riley is much nicer and as others said there are things to do. We used to spend one day a weekend driving out to Victorville for shopping and dinner. That is where the nearest mall or anything worth a damn. The Barstow Walmart will blow you away.
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In the middle of nowhere and a downright nasty area. However, you can ride in a few hours to Big Bear, Vegas, and the coast. SJ Ron 
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I was there from 1999-2001. Not bad but I grew up an hour and half away from there. I will put to you this way; I will not go back. I can't register my bike in Califonia and they don't like my guns so it's not for me. Barstow is the armpit of California and Drum is not fun. Riley is much nicer and as others said there are things to do. We used to spend one day a weekend driving out to Victorville for shopping and dinner. That is where the nearest mall or anything worth a damn. The Barstow Walmart will blow you away.
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From: Breaux Bridge, LA
Did a couple of NTC rotations at Irwin back in 2002. All I remember was it was in the middle of nowhere, dusty, and hot as hell. Those are pretty crappy choices, I would be stuck between Irwin and Riley. I'd be leaning towards the Big Red 1 though.
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From: Cincinnati
As for the bike, it would need inspection from DMV. The aftermarket pipes and the tuner (that states it can't be registered in California) would probably
cause some problems for me. Hell, my lawnmower has a huge sticker on it that states it can't be sold in California.
Lastly, I don't like paying the outrageous state taxes. As long as I'm not working in the state I don't have to pay them.