What to Know about Cannon Air Force Base

Let me tell you about this place called Cannon. When you find out you have orders here you either cry or jump for joy, there is no in between. You’ll post on the Cannon spouse page and ask if it’s really as bad as everyone says. Most will tell you it is, some will say “it is what you make of it”. They’ll tell you to stock up on fly swatters. When you arrive you’ll feel relieved that there’s not just one stop light. You’ll see Hobby lobby and think to yourself, “okay maybe it’s not that bad”.
You’ll be welcomed by ladies into the “Land of Entrapment”. The first time you see a tumbleweed you’ll record it with your phone and send to all of your friends back home. The first time you hear the siren you’ll think there’s a tornado and post frantically on the spouse page asking what’s going on. You’ll have a kid or two here, because there’s nothing else to do. Everyone says it’s “in the water”. You’ll curse the upteenth time you drive over to the water dispenser and it’s still out of order.
You’ll grow closer to people here and build friendships to last your entire military career. You’ll have wine nights, movie nights, nights at Kelley’s, and play some bingo. The first summer here you’ll buy twenty different methods of killing flies during “fly season”.
The first day you experience 60 mph winds you’ll get tangles in your hair so bad you want to shave your head. You’ll also realize you can’t wear lipstick or gloss because it attracts the dirt. You think you’ll save money, but in reality you will spend way too much on Amazon because there’s nowhere else to shop.
After a year of being here you still show up to the commissary on Monday. Your first winter you’ll go outside and play in the snow. Your second winter you’ll curse the snow and wish school got cancelled on snow days. You’ll start hating the two hour drive to Lubbock because it starts feeling like five. When you go home you’ll be reminded what real traffic looks like. You’ll say goodbye to the lucky ones getting orders out and try not to count your days here.
When you leave Cannon you’ll cry again, tears of joy or tears of sadness. Either way, your time at Cannon will eventually come to an end. And you know what? You survived!