We are currently trending very young for many of our new arrivals. Lots of 1Lts and A1Cs. Some of that is they can't 7 day opt, some of it is that younguns are all this community has to send. On the plus side the popcorn tends to stay fresh. The diificulties at Holloman are similar to the difficulties elsewhere in RPAland minus shiftwork. Crappy location, tedious and unrewarding work, hard to get leave approved, better money and QOL on the outside. Imagine Altus without grass and the median operational experience of your IPs is 3 years with no IP experience prior to arriving. The silver lining is that lots of dudes are pushing to the Guard and contracting, often staying at this base. However, those dudes are often just holding at the fix waiting for a better opportunity to present itself. We don't have trouble finding people, we have trouble keeping them. Assignments here follow normal assignment rules, so 3-4 years for those who don't separate or PC/PF. I'm not advocating stop-loss, but I expect it.