Dinny, the wife has applied for positions at Ft Lee, she is from New Port News Va. So I may not be here if you come to Alaska. But I will be back. She also applied for a job at Ft Benning, it's 4,000 miles closer to Virginia than Alaska.
If she does get a job down there I will still be spending my summers here in Alaska. I'll be leaving right after hunting season. I have to spend six months here in Alaska every year to maintain my residency. I plan on being here May thru October, Georgia's hot months. Bears in May. Kings and Reds in June and July. Caribou in August, Moose and Bears in September, and October. Then the first of November to Virginia, Florida, Georgia, or where ever.
I'm going to be honest with you, Fairbanks is very cold and isolated. Anchorage is a big city, with big city problems. It's not as cold, and less expensive to live in Anchorage. JBER (Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson) is ran by the Air Force, the Army are tenants. We are fully expecting the Army to move the flag back to Ft Wainwright, there is tension between the Army Commander and the Air Force Commander. The Air Force is trying to close Eielson AFB, that could justify the Army moving north to make room for the planes and personnel from Eielson at Elmendorf. Good luck with that assignment. Rog