Once you get orders to flight school, you can report in as soon as your previous command lets you loose. If it's OCS, you can go right away. You'll just need to let the Liaison Office know when you are reporting.. everyone reports in on Monday's, unless you work something else out with him.
Also, we don't "stash"
We pay for our training quotas and as such, we get priority.
Here's how our schedule usually works..
Report in on a Monday. Check in, travel claims, buy API shirt at exchange, etc.
Tuesday: Usually off.
Wednesday: Usually off.
Thursday: Physical at NOMI. If all goes well, you get your up-chit.
Friday: Usually off.
Monday: Back at Lighthouse to sit around with everyone else in between phases.
Tuesday: Maybe off, might be day working at lighthouse.
Wednesday: Class 3 physical.
Thursday: Hopefully an IFS class/brief will be starting, if so, and there's room, you'll be in it.
Friday: IFS brief Day 2.
Monday: At your IFS School, Pensacola Aviation, Eglin AFB Aero Club, Destin Miracle Strip Aviation.
When you finish IFS, you'll more than likely will get the next starting API Class. You won't wait weeks... usually a 2 week wait at the max between IFS and API for Coasties.
And we usually work at the CGLO at the lighthouse. Rarely do we "work" anywhere else. We do have a few people that are on extended medical holds for various reasons, and they've been "farmed" out to other places, ie one guy was working at the muesem for a couple of months.. that sort of thing.
Now, if you get injured, sick, on meds ... that all equals a down/grounding chit which means you stop training (IFS, API, Primary, etc) until you get better. It's no biggy, not frowned upon at all. If you get grounded in API, you may get rolled back a week. No big deal. I think if you get rolled in API, you WILL work in the API/Flight Management office/building while you wait for the class behind you to catch up to where you are.
You won't see Corpus. Costs $$$ to send ya.
You could ask, but don't hold your breath.
I got a 98% on Aero 1, and a 92% on Weather. Ticked me off, too. I knew Weather better than Aero. Not sure how I managed a 98%..
Anyway, it's not "hard".. just have to apply yourself.
Need to study for my Aero 2 test on Monday..