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    Guard Seasoning to Reserve Unit

    in Q & A Forum

    Posted

    1 hour ago, elvis said:

    Hi all, 

    If selected for a Guard F-16 unit, after RTU, in the two years of seasoning, can you go to a reserve F-16 unit to accomplish that seasoning? Or does it specifically have to be a Guard unit that sponsors your seasoning? 

     

    elvis 

    As far as I know, you would go back to your home unit for seasoning.  I doubt your unit is going to pay a reserve unit to spin you up for 2 years.  You belong to that guard unit.  A guard unit isn't really a sponsor in the sense that I understand reserve units sponsoring folks.  You are hired to a specific guard unit, and they own you. 

    Laughlin AFB info

    in Military Spouses

    Posted

    On 2/22/2018 at 7:45 PM, AH18 said:

    Wondering if anybody is able to give any recent up-to-date details on this place.  Might be heading here in June-July timeframe.  A few questions:

    1. Base housing? ill have the wife and 4 yr old.  

    2. Schools? daughter will be going to kindergarten.

    3. Things to do...

    Any advice/information will be greatly appreciated!  

    My wife and I are currently at Laughlin for UPT. We live in a duplex with our 3 year old little boy, and we have a reasonable 3 bedroom one and a half bath.  You can get more for your money off base, but living on base is worth the extra dough for the convenience being in UPT.  Buzz me a message for pictures/details.

     

    My son isnt old enough for school yet, so he just attends the CDC.  They are building a magnet school on base, but I do not know much about it.

     

    As far as things to do, the town doesng offer much, but there is great fishing at the Lake and lots of outdoor opportunities.  San Antonio is 2.5 hours, Austin isnt much further, Corpus is maybe 4 or 5, and Dallas and Houston are each about 7.

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    Fitness In TFOT

    in ROTC & OTS Lounge

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    I just commissioned through OTS on the 10th. PT during TFIT/TFOT is a joke. It will be mandatory 2 to 3 times a week as a group. You will workout for maybe 15-20 minutes of directed exercises, and my class usually ran straight to the chow hall for breakfast after our last exercise without having time to stretch or cool down. Be careful of injuries. Several PT sessions had 250 cadets sprinting directly at each other in the dark. You will have time to workout on your own whether its outdoors or at the gym on the OTS campus.

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    I'm a Sophmore In College Is It Too Eaarly To Judge?

    in What Are My Chances?

    Posted

    Stay the course!  Keep that GPA up.  Get involved in some extra curricular activities on campus.  I would suggest doing some volunteer work whether it be on campus or off campus.  In my experience guard units like to see community involvement.  Whether to pursue ROTC or Guard/Reserve is all on your shoulders...whether you want to go AD for 10 years or have a little more flexibility. 

    Guard/Reserve timeline to UPT

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted

    4 hours ago, UncleFunyun said:

    I'm Guard:

    June 2016- Interviewed & Hired

    August 2016- Sworn In

    September 2016- FC1

    September 30, 2016- Package Approved by Guard Bureau

    January 2017- TFOT/OTS/Whatever they decide to call it now

    Exempt- IFS

    ???????- UPT

    Got the Preliminary dates from my unit today.  Apparently my orders have been cut all the way through B-Course, but I'll know for sure later this week.

    See you at Maxwell!  What unit did you get picked up by?

    Enlisted ANG looking for multiple flying opportunities after college.

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted · Edited by black hills tj

    For what its worth, I enlisted as an F-16 Avionics guy in my unit in November 2014.  I got back from tech school in January of 2016.  I applied to the board at my unit in May for an F-16 UPT spot, and I interviewed in June.  Found out I got the spot the day after the interview, and I leave for OTS in January.  I had been in touch with several units in the area about applying to their boards as well, and I had application packages sealed up and ready to be shipped off if plan A(flying at my unit) didn't go through.  If you want to fly, explore all of your options.  Don't be afraid to communicate with your shop supervisor about your goals and intentions.  Get him/her on board.  Their support will help a ton.  One of the letters I submitted with my packet was from my supervisor, and I feel that, whether you are applying to your own unit or somewhere else, it will help a lot.

    Guard/Reserve timeline to UPT

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted

    54 minutes ago, Ang135futurepilot said:

    When did you put your packet up to the Guard bureau? I just got my FC1 results back, and he said he's going to put the packet together before too long. He said it takes a while for him because he has to get signatures from all sorts of people, but once he sends it up to the NGB that it takes on average 5-10 weeks. however I have seen on here that it can take as little as a couple weeks for some people. just curious what your experience was. I also got hired in April, and will be IFS exempt. Hopefully I can go soon!

    I am honestly not sure exactly when my packet went to the NGB.  I made sure I had everything tied up on my end ASAP after I got the nod.  I rode the recruiter and training pretty good this summer to try to get things moving quickly.  Sorry I couldn't be more help there!

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