Originally Posted by
goinaround
OTS = active duty / reserve commissioning source
AMS = (academy of military science) ANG commissioning source
Is OTS still 3 months, at Lackland AFB, San Antonio?
And is AMS 6 weeks at Maxwell AFB in Alabama?
Or are they combined now?
When I went through the process I first started bugging them in fall of 1981, took all the tests, then a physical, then interview board, twice, fall 1982/winter of 1983, started AMS (Knoxville) March 1983, UPT at Del Rio Jun 1, 1983, back home by October 1984.
Once the ball got rolling it went pretty fast, I had to leave my UPT graduation night party at 10pm and start driving to California, because they had me scheduled for Survival School 3 days after graduation!
I drove to Castle AFB in Merced, CA, dumped all my crap there, (windsurfers, bicycles, stereo, car) and flew to Spokane, started tanker school as soon as I got back from survival. I think from the day I started AMS to the day I finished tanker school, 18 months later, I had about a week off!