Can be ranked by any criteria (e.g. Best assignment, best location, best crew or best AOR) and its not required that you have completed a tour there. Curious which ones repeatedly show up.

My list of top 5 best units

1) ANT Honolulu, HI
2) Station Panama City, FL
3) Station/ANT Pensacola, FL
4) Station Dauphin Island, AL
5) Station Manistee, MI

Most desired, from what I hear, there is one that repeatedly stands out.

1) Station Lake Tahoe

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i lived in lake tahoe for 2 years beautiful place. Not sure if i would want to be stationed there though. Im going to BT in 2 weeks lake tahoe wont be on my list of places even though I have family there. I think san diego would be cool

The Coast Guard has changed much since I retired 15 years ago. However, all things considered and the state of affairs had remained the same since 1993, here would be my list of five (if the Radioman rating still existed):

Any WAGB
Any WLB in the 17th or 14th Districts
Commsta Kodiak
CAMSPAC Point Reyes, CA
ACTEUR London, UK

Absolute least desired duty station: CGHQ Washington DC

1- Any MEC
2- Any HEC
3- Isolated Loran
4- Between those three, I don't think I need a 4 and 5

I've been retired a long time, but if...

Any WYTL
Any WPB 87'
Any WPB 110'
Station Fort Lauderdale
Any unit in Maine.

Isolated Duty; no way, no how. A BM is like a fish out of the water there. Been there, done that. (Sitkinak Island, Class of 1974-75.)

Regardless of duty station, the crew is all-important.

Hey man ... I might as well be doin' my Julio Inglesias imitation "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" ... they were all great.

On a separate, but related note ... I spent so much energy trying to avoid places like San Fran, New York City and Cleveland. Now, I'm older and wiser ... these are all GREAT TOWNS! There is so much to see and do ... especially enjoying Cleveland right now. My advice for Coasties is don't get locked in a mindset ... if you like fishin', certainly go to Grand Isle or Alaska ... but the rest of the Service ain't so bad either.

My 5 favorite in no particular order are:

CGC Saginaw - Mobile, AL
CGC Sweetbrier - Cordova, AK
CGC Anvil - Charleston, SC
CGC Red Cedar - Portsmouth, VA
CG Sta/Ant Portage - Hancock, MI

Mike

Absolute best by a huge margin- CGC Blackhaw while homeported in the Philipines and making regular runs to Nam.

Any buoy tender in the 14th district.

Any WHEC in the 14th
Any buoy tender in the 12th (now 11th)

Any WHEC going anywhere internationally.

1. Any WAGB
2. Sector Portland, ME
3. Sector Seattle, WA
4. Sector Portland, OR
5. MIDET Singapore

1. Air Station Kodiak
2. Air Station San Diego
3. Air Station Sitka
4. Air Station Cape Cod
5. Air Station E-City

I have to qualify it a little further. I have nothing to compare it to today having retired almost 30 years ago.

Single: Base San Juan--Station in St. Thomas--Base Manhattan--Any 82'---Any of the old White Class Tenders.

Married; Group S. Portland--Group St. Pete--Group Humboldt Bay

Any 180 WLB
Any Construction Tender
Any ANT
Any 82 WPB

Least Desired any Instructors Billet.

1: International Training Division
2: Regional Taclet South
3: D7 TACLET
4: Station Miami Beach
5: Station San Juan

quote:

Station San Diego

1. Sector San Diego
2. Sector LA/LB
3. Airsta Clearwater
4. Airsta Borinquen
5. Sector St. Petersburg

I don't know about top five but I've always heard the two best billets a person can have is the one you came from and the one your going to next!

Airdales Best-1. cgad Argentia nfld 2. airsta Traverse city 3.airsta E city 4.Airsta Kodiak 5. Airsta Detroit. The worst? They all beat a white, red or black one anywhere!

1.Retirement
2. CGC Mobile Bay
3. Sta St. Clair Shores
4. Group Ohio River Owensboro KY (now in Louisville Ky)
5. Commsta Honolulu Hi (with no kids)

1. Any 65'
2. Any OP unit Sector Southeast
3. Any unit Kodiak, AK
4. Any OP unit South Portland, ME
5. Sta Castle Hill

Though it was a good station, I found myself bored at Station Merrimac River, MA only because we handled something like 35 cases all year.

I had a blast as a Cox'n down at Station Islamorada, FL Keys since we handled something like 350 cases per year.

Now I've only been to a few Air Stations but if I were assigned to Clearwater, FL where I have been many times, you wouldn't hear any complaints from this happy guy.

Don

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Originally posted by 21yrsUSCGUSCS:
Though it was a good station, I found myself bored at Station Merrimac River, MA only because we handled something like 35 cases all year.

I had a blast as a Cox'n down at Station Islamorada, FL Keys since we handled something like 350 cases per year.

Now I've only been to a few Air Stations but if I were assigned to Clearwater, FL where I have been many times, you wouldn't hear any complaints from this happy guy.

Don

Interesting point, anyone know what unit has the largest SAR case load in the CG? AOPS has to be good for something.

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