Was never at Pope but you never know we probably shared some beers in St Johns/Meter bar/Muff and what ever other places the Herk guys gravitates towards. For my .02 cents it all depends on how much of the active duty bull**** you are willing to put up with. I was so fed up I gave up a dream job at ETAR. I think there is still an old thread here from last year if you want to read about it.

Here it is almost a year later and I'm at the pool in SW (swimming very deeply) and with the reserves flying FRED. Did I make the right call? So far I would not change a thing. The only regret is not going into the reserves sooner. I had a break in service and those are a pain so make sure if you are thinking guard or reserves start shopping/networking NOW! That way you are in from day one.

Also have some backups other than the guard. Its getting ugly out there and I am very close to going back for a masters since SW is about a year away at least Anyway hopefully that helped. Take care and good luck!

herkdrv