Haha, I mean I’m sure it would have been just fine. I’ll be too busy studying and flying to really care where I’d be, just happy to be in pilot training.
But for my wife and kiddo’s sake, glad not to be there I think. I have lots of family in north Texas too so it’s actually closer being in Oklahoma
Timeline for guard heavy
Enlisted into guard as maintenance - Dec 2017
PPL - Sept 2020
AFOQT - April 2021
TBAS - May 2021
Applied to my unit - May 2021
Interviewed - Aug 2021
Selected as Alternate - Aug 2021
Applied again - April 2022
Bachelors earned - July 31st 2022
Interviewed - Aug 17th 2022
Notified of Selection as Primary - Aug 23rd 2022
FC1 - Oct 17th 2022
Package submitted to NGB - Jan 19th 2023
Package kickbacked because TS clearance wasn’t initiated - Feb 10th 2023
Clearance initiated and package resubmitted - March 20th 2023
NGB approval - March 31st 2023
Received OTS dates for 23-05 (Aug 1, OTS class was then cancelled) - April 14th 2023
Received OTS/UPT dates for 24-03 - July 20th 2023
OTS 24-03 - Nov 7, 2023
UPT at Vance - Feb 16, 2024