Message posted by Dave on December 08, 2008 at 16:27:22 PST:

ABOUT "BOGUS" postal codes for secure facilities:

1. AFEREG is NOT an approved USAF abbreviation. DET is, meaning Detachment, a small unit below Flight (Company to grunts like me) manning levels.

2. A similar catch-all postal address was used at Sierra Army Depot / "SIAD" in the early 1980's. "Herlong CA" was a 1 room post office on the road to the entrance to SIAD, not any kind of actual community.

During my orientation I was briefed on it being "a manufactured address for security reasons". I'm sure that this rather common sense security procedure is common practice, like "Detachment 1 AFEREG".

In Reply to: DET 1 AFEREG? posted by Metro on October 24, 2008 at 14:43:43 PST:

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