Replying to a message of Jeff Binkley to Bob Ackley:

 RC>>> Werent you stationed on a NATO or other US Military base in
 RC>>> Turkey during the Cold War?

 BA>> He may have been.  The 'Cold War' ran from about 1950 until 1990 -
 BA>> one could say that it's still in progress.

 BA>> There were many 'garden spots' in Turkey where US personnel were
 BA>> assigned. I don't happen to know of any that the Navy had and managed
 BA>> to avoid being sent to any that the AF had (in fact I managed to
 BA>> avoid *all* assignments to Europe - I had my retirement papers in
 BA>> and *approved* when an assignment floated in for Heraklion, Greece,
 BA>> my impending retirement scotched that.

 JB> I am not aware of any 'garden spots' but if there were any, they wee 
 JB> along the Medeterranian side and not on the Black Sea.

The Army (ASA) guys I worked with at JSPC on Okinawa often referred to
Sinop as being a 'garden spot.'  There and Asmara, Ethiopia (which has 
been a radio intercept site since at least WW II).  I'm sure a lot of sarcasm
was intended .

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