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Need Help from a Bostonian

ZeroHourHeroZeroHourHero Allentown, PARegistered User regular
edited February 2010 in PAX Archive
Since I see so many Bostonians here, if anyone knows anyone who has a place I can can crash for a few days after pax let me know.... Army has kind of screwed the pooch and left me in boston from the 29th until 9th without a place to sleep.

I'm willing to cook/clean, and throw you a couple of bucks when I get paid....

I just need to be in Fort Devens on the 9th and they've got no place for me to sleep until then, nor can I afford to come back home, and go back up on the 9th.

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  • PrincePrince Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Curious... what is Bringing you to Ft. Devens? I thought that they went through Brac... and were not longer and active station.

    ((Sorry, not much on the army side of life. LOL))

    My only worry is -- that I don't know you. You know? And I imagine that would be the worry of a few people here.
    Have you checked with Hanscom... or the coast guard station in Boston. I know it's $$ you don't want to spend, but it would be cheap.

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    "This is my first fight since my last fight." - Mike Tyson
  • huginnhuginn Registered User new member
    edited February 2010
    Hanscom is the local army base and they're never filled so give them a shot. Plus I believe the buses still run through there.

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  • PrincePrince Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Hanscom is Airfoce. LOL Devens is Army. :-P

    But yes to both, they do still have the bus running this way (I think it stops just outside the gate) and the rooms (in the winter) are rarely booked to capacity.

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    "This is my first fight since my last fight." - Mike Tyson
  • huginnhuginn Registered User new member
    edited February 2010
    Really? my Buddy who'se 100% army took me there once and I just assumed it was his base.

    Learn something new...

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  • PrincePrince Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Never know what you can learn online now days. LOL 100% Airforce here... :-P
    http://www.hanscom.af.mil/

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    "This is my first fight since my last fight." - Mike Tyson
  • ZeroHourHeroZeroHourHero Allentown, PARegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Ive busted up my knee, admin school brings me to Fort Devens.

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  • badrewbadrew Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Are you not on orders until the 9th?

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  • ZeroHourHeroZeroHourHero Allentown, PARegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    badrew wrote: »
    Are you not on orders until the 9th?

    Nope, I was supposed to start on the 1st and apparently they messed up my orders and now I dont start until the 9th.

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  • PrincePrince Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Will you be on orders?

    Have those orders been printed yet?

    And do those orders have a release date... AND/OR a Report No Later Than Date (RNLTD)?

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    "This is my first fight since my last fight." - Mike Tyson
  • badrewbadrew Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Yeah if your orders don't start until the 9th theres not much you can do, I'm guessing you're a guard/reserve guy? Would have been too convenient for your school to start right after PAX huh.

    Sometimes you can get a room for cheap on base based on your rank. Like 10 or 20 bucks a night. There is also the hostel right next to PAX which is booked up but I am sure will be clear when PAX clears out.

    Other than that, good luck couchsurfing. I'd let a fellow troop stay if he needed a roof, but I'm not in Boston

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  • ZeroHourHeroZeroHourHero Allentown, PARegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Prince wrote: »
    Will you be on orders?

    Have those orders been printed yet?

    And do those orders have a release date... AND/OR a Report No Later Than Date (RNLTD)?

    In order:

    yes, startung 9 april


    yes

    rnltd: 9 april 2010 @ 1600

    yea Im a guard guy

    already tried getting billeting on base, they dont have room for me until school starts

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  • PrincePrince Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Was that devens, hanscom, or the CG station Boston? Or all of the above for that matter?

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  • ZeroHourHeroZeroHourHero Allentown, PARegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    CG wont give me billeting since Im not on CG Orders
    Hanscom for similar reason.

    and Devens would, theyre just full, as it stands they only have like 2 small barracks for the school itself.

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  • PrincePrince Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    You have a military ID right? Hanscom will provide a room to anyone with a military ID... the only problem would be ---- that usually without orders they won't give you a reservation until 24 hours before your check-in.

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