Originally Posted by
onedolla
My class earlier this year had everyone in their first choice straight of training (and we had people going to every base but Chicago) except maybe Detroit which took one extra month.
Don't sweat the NH bases too much. Things change so often especially once hiring picks up again that there's no reason to even worry about this.
Realistically speaking, unless you're in the pool now, the earliest you'll even be able to get out of training would be early-mid summer. No one knows what the vacancy will look like then, but whatever base you want shouldn't take more than a few months max.
If you're ok with commuting or live on/near the lEast coast, take a good look at the ACY seniority list. Less than a year after hiring, a guy in my class was in the top 20% there and was getting pretty much whatever schedule he wanted. There's a balance there, between commuting and getting your preferred line pretty much every month.