My first husband was in the Navy, he came home on leave we got married and moved to Rhode Island to live, for 6 months, I was 20 and he was 21. I became home sick, and was getting head aches all of the time. I went home for 1 week and came back feeling better, and realized I should have never left.
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You’ll be fine, and will come to love it. Good Luck
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The base and surrounding area is typically fields, foods, with some towns (reasonably sizable). So if you like outdoor activities, it is a pretty nice place, although not as memorable as Washington State or Colorado. Some cities, like Belleville, have a nifty downtown area as well as an annual Chili cook off. Another popular activity in that area is bowling. There are a lot of bowling alleys.

If that isn’t your thing, you could always go to St. Louis. They have a lot of free activities, such as the St Louis Zoo, the Science Center, activities in Forest Park, a lot of free concerts. The universities there sometimes do events too. There are also some other cool things in St. Louis, like the Magic House (A big play ground for people of all ages), the Wolf Sanctuary (Only one in the 48 states, I think), the butterfly house, and lots more.

As for the base itself, it isn’t the biggest base in the world, but it has all of the necessities. The people that work there tend to be smarter than average because it deals with more technical jobs, generally.

For food, there are a lot of restaurants in the general area. Some ma and pop, others big chain, but there are all varieties. For instance, Dragonfly secrets in O’Fallon is a great soup/gourmet sandwich place as is Shiloh Valley Grill. Thips Thai cousine is satisfying. But this is a whole other category.

For the Weather, it experiences extremes. Think between -20F to 110F depending (although all weather seems to be changing these days). Rain, hail, snow, sunlight, fog, tornadoes, potential for earthquakes and floods, or beautiful spring days.

There are a lot of young people in that general area, especially under 16, so numerous places offer summer camps of every type.

If you had specific questions, I could answer those most likely.
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I lived there for 18 years.

Do you have anything more specific?
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On the other hand, you can request the AF assign you anywhere you would like. I consistently volunteered for Thailand and Taiwan but never got close to either one. I could have gone to Korea, Japan or Okinawa but I was not much interested in those.

I volunteered for the UK and got it but never made it to Italy or Germany. I did get to spend some time on a seaside resort (LOL)called the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during a war. I volunteered for that one too! I tried to get assigned to Texas throughout my career but never made it. I volunteered for California and was never able to get another stateside assignment.

The point? You get some say in yor assignment but, AF needs come first.

My advice? Write lots of letters, visit her on leave and make nice to her. When assignment time comes around ask yourself a question, "Am I in a lifetime committed relationship? When will I ever get another chance to go see part of this big, beautiful world?" Then, volunteer for anywhere in the world you would like to see, including Scott.

The nice thing about the AF is that you mostly get nice assignments. The other srvices cannot say that.
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