Grand Forks Air Force Base Welcome Video

The Grand Forks Air Force Base Welcome Video highlighting the best parts about the base and local community. PRODUCER: SRA SCHOENIKE, LAUREN TITLE: GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE: WELCOME VIDEO DATE: 08/23/2017 RUN TIME: 02:04 CG INFO: NAME: SrA Lauren Schoenike TITLE: Reporting (REPORTER NAME): SRA SCHOENIKE LAUREN SO YOU GOT ORDERS TO GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE. YOU’RE PROBABLY THINKING “WHERE IS THAT” OR “OH NO’… IT’S GONNA BE SO COLD”. ALTHOUGH IT DOES GET COLD HERE, DURING THE OTHER THREE SEASONS GRAND FORKS COMES ALIVE. EVERY DAY THE SUN IS OUT SO ARE THE PEOPLE. GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE IS LOCATED NEAR THE EASTERN BOARDER OF NORTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA. THE BASE AS ALL THE NORMAL AMENITIES LIKE THE BX, CLOTHING SALES, COMMISSARY AND DEFAC. AIRMEN HAVE A CHOICE OF HOUSING ON OR OFF BASE. ON BASE THERE ARE OVER 500 HOMES IN A VARIETY OF LAYOUTS. SINGLE AIRMEN THAT ARE NEW TO AIR FORCE LIFE WILL LIVE IN ONES OF THE DORMS. EACH DORM HAS A PRIVATE LIVING SPACE AND SHARED KITCHEN AND WASH ROOM. ON BASE THERE ARE PLENTY OF ACTIVITIES TO LIKE ROCK WALL CLIMBING, INDOOR SWIMMING POOL AND ARCHERY RANGE. OUR BASE THEATER EVEN SHOWS FIRST RUN MOVIES. IF THE THINGS ON BASE DON’T SATIFY YOU THE LOCAL AREA HAS MORE TO OFFER. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PARKS, FOR BOATING, WALKING, AND BIKING. STADIUMS FOR ALL THE SPORTS FANS IN THE FAMILY, AND …MUCH …MUCH …MORE. PET LOVERS DON’T WORRY THERE ARE A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND PARKS FOR YOUR FURRY FRIENDS AS WELL. IN GRAND FORKS’S DOWNTOWN AREA JUST 18 MILES FROM THE BASE YOU WILL FIND SOMETHING ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND. EVENTS LIKE FARMERS MARKETS, HISTORICAL TOURS, AND LIVE CONCERTS. WHEN THE SUN IS SHINNING THIS COMMUNITY CAN PUT A SMILE ON ANYONES FACE. SO WHEN YOU GET HERE REMEMBER GRAND FORKS IS COOLER THAN YOU THINK.

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