[2020 Air Force Active Duty UPT Board]

Selected for RPA. Anyone know what to expect for the pipeline? Im told its no longer a PCS. Anyone hear anything different?

[2020 Air Force Active Duty UPT Board]

14 hours ago, dkatuziens said:

TDYs seem like a win to me -- more $$ in your pocket.  Can you not take your family with you?  I have always taken my fam along for the ride, on TDYs ranging from 3 weeks up to 4 months.  Just use your MI&E per diem to offset a larger living accommodation.  Heck, go for a furnished place to save you the hassle of moving furniture over.  Take the essentials and leave everything else in storage back at your PDS.

No ideas on how many people turn down RPAs; however, I feel that it is more competitive to obtain than over a CSO slot.  Just my two cents though. 

I appreciate the response. It is hard to bring family along when kids are all school age unfortunately...

[2020 Air Force Active Duty UPT Board]

So I might be stretching here but Im hoping to get as much info as possible and hoping someone here might be able to answer some questions I had. First a little back story. When I applied for this board, I did so with the intention of accepting only a CSO slot and potentially a RPA slot. Recently I found out I was medically disqualified from CSO so I am trying to find out as much info as possible about RPA. All my questions are involving the pipeline. I know the it involves IFT (2 months), then 4.5 months at Randolph, and then 5 months at Holloman. However, AFPC is telling me these are all TDYs now and they are no longer PCSing families. Is the Air Force really separating all RPA candidates from there families for 11.5 months to go through the pipeline? It seems outrageous to me, even if they are allowing a couple weeks in between to go back to your previous station. 

Also any ideas on how many people generally deny RPA slots? Hoping one opens up for me now that I cannot get CSO.

[2020 Air Force Active Duty UPT Board]

So I might be stretching here but Im hoping to get as much info as possible and hoping someone here might be able to answer some questions I had. First a little back story. When I applied for this board, I did so with the intention of accepting only a CSO slot and potentially a RPA slot. Recently I found out I was medically disqualified from CSO so I am trying to find out as much info as possible about RPA. All my questions are involving the pipeline. I know the it involves IFT (2 months), then 4.5 months at Randolph, and then 5 months at Holloman. However, AFPC is telling me these are all TDYs now and they are no longer PCSing families. Is the Air Force really separating all RPA candidates from there families for 11.5 months to go through the pipeline? It seems outrageous to me, even if they are allowing a couple weeks in between to go back to your previous station.