TDY Gouge - New York

New York City, N.Y. - The Marriott Marquis Times Square, baby. Need I say any more.....$195 a night, just within the limit. Luxurious rooms, but no time to enjoy them!! Right smack dab midtown Manhatten. ~Going to New York--Call ahead and check ticket availability to the taping of "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart--these tickets are FREE!!!Call (212) 468-1710 to reserve your ticket(s). Be sure to mention that you're military-entitles you to VIP status (you get tickets before the non-vip types--but, still first come first serve in the VIP line.

Stewart ANGB, Newburgh, N.Y. - The Hampton Inn (845 563-5500) was decent. Newest hotel in town. Clean rooms. Easy access to thruway, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours from Manhattan. Stay out of downtown Newburgh - Crack, Crack everywhere!! ~Washington Hotel (845 563-4000) was a nice resort. Along with the scenic views of the Hudson River, you are only a few blocks from Gen Washington's Headquarters in Historic Newburgh. You can get the finest crack in the country right around the block, and meet new "friends" any time of the day. Enjoy!!

Wheeler-Sack AAF, Watertown, N.Y. - City Line Motel is a dump. The Days Inn is a fairly nice hotel with one plus - it has a combined Denny's/Bar attached (yes, it's a Dennys where they serve beer at your table). Very nice feature on cold, snowy nights. Also, the G Wizz Auto Group (800-334-rent or 315-788-5555) is very helpful and will meet you at base ops with your cars, even after hours. Do not RON here if you can help it. Army Transportation: "We are not here to support Air Force transpo requests". We waited 1.5 hours for an off-base taxi gave up, and begged an off-duty troop to take us the 20 mins to the hotel. Despite the base ops folks having a 15 pax van and 2 of them on shift, they "are not allowed" to take you to the hotel. Days Inn was fine and yes, there is a bar in the Denny's attached to the hotel.