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14-02 Vance 38's: F-15E x 2 F-22 MC-130 T-38A E-3 B-1

Big picture, I say go to UPT if there is a choice between a wait and starting immediately. I thought I had the option to go ENJJPT while I was in ROTC (#1/6, 3.8, 99 PCSM, SP) and applied, thinking I wanted to go fighters. When I found out I didn't get it, I was pissed. Apparently, my det/cc, who was new, saw my speeding ticket I got right before packets were put in and bumped me down to #2, even though I was #1 for the last 5 semesters straight. I ended up getting Vance, and I was nervous, primarily because I figured ENJJPT was my only ticket to a guaranteed 38. I spent weeks looking at selection rates, realizing that I was probably boned and would have to go tubes. Honestly, though, phase 1 and 2 was not that hard. If you work hard and really want a 38, you will get one, I did with really no worry. At the same time, there were people in my class that were deadset on fighters at the beginning that by the end of phase 2 had them last on their track preference. Things change, and I saw that as a good thing for 4 or 5 of the 18 AD dudes in my class. After you go 38's, you are, for assignment purposes, exactly equal to ENJJPT - they don't get preference for fighters, it's all the same drops. I ended up gettting my fighter in the end, as did 5 other dudes in my class. Also, you have to consider that your competition at ENJJPT is going to have almost only those motivated super cadets/people with 690 hours of flight time/real type-A dudes. I don't know if I would have been able to do as well as I did if I had been pitted up against them. At Non-ENJJPT bases, you have a mixture of people and a mixture of goals, which I realize now was beneficial to me in a competitive environment. Waiting for a year sucks ass. While you do get a guaranteed 38, I don't think it would be worth the extra competition with respect to assignments/delay.

Nice drop for 1314 T-38's @ Vance: T-38s: F-22 F-16 x 3 (one international) A-10 x 2 F-15E T-6 B-52

Vance 13-14 (a week late) track select 18 x T-1 (13 Active, 5 guard/reserve) 5 x T-38 (4 Active, 1 International) 2 x UH-1 And on top of that we got 8 Whiting dudes. 5 out of 8 got 38's which kind of blew everyone's mind, but maybe this is due to them closing down Whiting? Dunno