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HSL East coast or West?
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WHWTre:
I got your email, but figured I'd post here for anyone else. I'm curious, you must already have your coast selected, where are you going? I'm from Florida, so I wanted to go some place new. I don't know a whole lot about HSL east, other than they go to the med and do drug ops. HSL west does Westpacs and drug ops. And yes, they go down to Australia, which I hope to make it to some day. One nice thing about going to Japan or Hawaii is that the wing is not there, so there's a lot less people looking over your shoulder, and the squadron kind of does it's own thing. Hope that helps.
I got your email, but figured I'd post here for anyone else. I'm curious, you must already have your coast selected, where are you going? I'm from Florida, so I wanted to go some place new. I don't know a whole lot about HSL east, other than they go to the med and do drug ops. HSL west does Westpacs and drug ops. And yes, they go down to Australia, which I hope to make it to some day. One nice thing about going to Japan or Hawaii is that the wing is not there, so there's a lot less people looking over your shoulder, and the squadron kind of does it's own thing. Hope that helps.
]Dave Shutter
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Vic...how'd you end up in Mannheim?
Hey Dave,
It's a long story, but here is the short version. Joined the navy, got the USS Constellation out of San Diego for my first and only duty station(as a grape). When I got out, my intentions where to go to school and get a degree, so I could be a navy pilot. Couldn't make it in the civilian world and decided I missed the military(odd, but true). Tried to go back in the Navy, but at the time they weren't taking prior service. On the way out of the recruiters office, I bumped into an Army recruiter. I told him the only way I would join was if I got a skate job, so I could go to school. I got an accounting rate and was first stationed at Ft. Bragg then Mannheim, Germany. Met my Army wife, finished with the University of Maryland (2 yrs), then decided to persue my original "TOP GUN" dream. Jumped through hoops to get an OCS date and got an OCS date of March 22, 2003. Now, thanks to another member of this board, it's looking like I'm going to OCS on the 26th of October. I ETS'd in December and now work as an Army Civilian. WOW!! And this was the short version.
Don't sweat the small stuff!
It's a long story, but here is the short version. Joined the navy, got the USS Constellation out of San Diego for my first and only duty station(as a grape). When I got out, my intentions where to go to school and get a degree, so I could be a navy pilot. Couldn't make it in the civilian world and decided I missed the military(odd, but true). Tried to go back in the Navy, but at the time they weren't taking prior service. On the way out of the recruiters office, I bumped into an Army recruiter. I told him the only way I would join was if I got a skate job, so I could go to school. I got an accounting rate and was first stationed at Ft. Bragg then Mannheim, Germany. Met my Army wife, finished with the University of Maryland (2 yrs), then decided to persue my original "TOP GUN" dream. Jumped through hoops to get an OCS date and got an OCS date of March 22, 2003. Now, thanks to another member of this board, it's looking like I'm going to OCS on the 26th of October. I ETS'd in December and now work as an Army Civilian. WOW!! And this was the short version.
Don't sweat the small stuff!
Dave Shutter
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So you went Navy...Army...Navy. A little confused there?[
]...and you had an accounting RATE in the Army huh?
Your stories a lot like mine, Army right out of HS, did 2 years in Germany on M-1's, (Baumholder & Budingen) did college and after two years of not finding any work in my field (ie: still working in a resturaunt) heeded to that very loud voice in the back of my head and now I'm waiting to start Primary. I also credit getting selected from a guy I met here, he's over in OCS right now as a matter of fact. He gave me the # for his Rec' in KC and he informed me of a new reg' that my Rec' were unaware of, namely the age waiver.
Good luck, and knock back a Weizen and a brat for me!
]...and you had an accounting RATE in the Army huh?Your stories a lot like mine, Army right out of HS, did 2 years in Germany on M-1's, (Baumholder & Budingen) did college and after two years of not finding any work in my field (ie: still working in a resturaunt) heeded to that very loud voice in the back of my head and now I'm waiting to start Primary. I also credit getting selected from a guy I met here, he's over in OCS right now as a matter of fact. He gave me the # for his Rec' in KC and he informed me of a new reg' that my Rec' were unaware of, namely the age waiver.
Good luck, and knock back a Weizen and a brat for me!
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