I am a Cet and I lived in Norfolk while I was stationed there for 5 years and lived in a SFH from 1992 to 1996.

I live in Pensacola, FL and have a residential lot that is paid for on the west side of town near the Naval Air Station, which is a big Navy base and is the Home of the Blue Angels.

I'm making an educated guess the fire station in my area was on the news experiencing similar issues.

Though we are stationed at stewart, we ended up finding our property in Savannah

I'm stationed at Scott AFB and looking to invest in/around that area.

Properties are located right across from the Tri-Main Building (a large adaptive reuse project filled with offices), is an 8 minute walk from the nearest light rail station, bus stops are a two minute walk away, UB South is a 10 minute bike ride, Delaware Park is a 10 minute walk, and a major hospital is just down Main Street. 

You can also call the community phone line for the police station and ask them about the crime rates in that area.

Back story: When I was in the Army I got stationed in Clarksville, TN in 2015.

What would they do, drive to a local gas station every few hours?

After all of your training is complete and you finally find your duty station, you can find a rental.