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Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
I've been at Charleston, Altus, Dover, and I spent a lot of time at McGuire. Hands down, ALTUS was the best assignment. Why? Because I flew a lot, got really good, had every single weekend off, and I was out there with an awesome group of people. Altus sucks as a student, but it's an incredible assignment as an IP.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I for one have never had a problem with the choice assignments going to Altus guys, I really think they've earned the right to go front of the line. As a former AETC guy I get the "it's far better as an IP than student" but it's just not somewhere I want to live. I actually vol'ed to go there (I was five months into deployment at the time) then changed my mind.
For me, two drawbacks
- Really didn't want to live there
- I really like operational flying.
I would have been just fine, and enjoyed all the things you talked about, but I in no way whatsoever regret the decision to not go. Nor, more importantly, does my wife.
Still, maybe I'll end up there next, who knows.