[Tainan]

Rota is one of the best duty stations imaginable for a U.S. service person.

Rivaled only by the legendary 69th Signal Corp duty in Italy... ;)

[Levante]

“Rota is one of the best duty stations imaginable for a U.S. service person. “

AMEN!

(Sigonella, Sicily was pretty good, too ;)

[ASA Vet]

When I was 19 Uncle stationed me in Bangkok. Many of the guys, including me, extended their tours.
Some took their discharges there and are still there more than 40 years later.

[A Navy Vet]

"Rota is one of the best duty stations imaginable for a U.S. service person."

Some of the best times of my life, even though I was Shore Patrol there. Sometimes my dreams take me back to those days or I'm there again under new orders. I was there when the Armed Forces radio was our only in home entertainment, until VHS video came about. There were no TV broadcasts in English. I remember our family sitting around listening to old serials. Had to use your imagination.

There was an actual drive-in movie theater with loudspeakers (also a radio frequency) and we would do the whole tail-gate thing before, during, and after the movie. The weather was perfect.

Best duty of my 11 years Navy. It was like a small American town where everybody new each other and had home parties and socialized and had picnics and ballgames and such. I would go back to those days in a heartbeat.