Originally Posted by
Wuzzo
Following DelDah's advice and accepting that I'll be pretty junior for pretty long (especially since I'm not expecting to start till next Summer), what tend to be the easiest "off" days for junior Reserve to bid? I'm assuming weekends are tough, but would it be feasible at a Jr base like NYC to hold Mon-Wed, or Tue-Thu pretty regularly?
Middle of the week is probably the easiest to consistently hold as days off while junior and on reserve, for obvious reasons. I've been bidding Tue-Thu off for the last few months, and have been awarded it each time. I was awarded it for next month as well, and that's as the most junior 320 reserve in MSP.
Since more people would prefer days off around the weekends, it works well for me for a couple of reasons. I can be home with our twin boys during the week while my wife is working, and I prefer to avoid anything more than 4 or 5 consecutive reserve days.