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Headed to Cecil. Where to live?

DCMA is a good twilight tour, especially if you want to stay in the biz after retirement. Easy segue to flying as a GFR or contractor.
 
If you are OK with going the private school route (since the Duval county system is, well, lacking) I'm in Avondale and it's freakin awesome. About 30 minutes to Cecil and pretty quick access to everything in Jacksonville. Also tons of stuff to walk to in a safe neighborhood. The vast majority are old homes though (I lucked out with new construction), so if you want a McMansion you're out of luck.
 
I lived in Julington Creek and commuted to Cecil. Took me about 45 mins on average each way. It's a booming area since it's on the St Johns County side of the line - better schools, etc, than Duval. My folks still live there. Very pleasant area to live.
 
RobLyman said:
I work out at Cecil (when I'm home). A lot of my coworkers live in Oakleaf and like it. Some live as far away as St. Augustine. I live near NAS Jax . The commute isn't too bad with several ways into the Cecil area (103rd St, Normandy Blvd, I-10, and Brannan Field Rd). You are pretty much against the traffic coming and going, with the exception of the Flight Star 500! Be careful.
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Is the Guard side gone that much?
 
Every 4-5 years or so. Plus I do a lot of other things like aircraft deliveries, MTP check rides out of state, etc.. All in all, still heaps better than active duty.

Might need to bring a boat with you (for the current hurricane and it's a great place to boat).
 
Hurricane went to the west of us. Pretty windy here right now and we have one more band that's supposed to come through, but downed limbs/powerlines is the worst it seems here.
 
Julington Creek/ St. John's area: I imagine you'll be splitting your time btwn Cecil and St. Augustine Airport. (St. Aug is where Northrop is located) This will put you smack dab in the middle and the school system is one of the highest rated in the country.
 
Marco said:
Julington Creek/ St. John's area: I imagine you'll be splitting your time btwn Cecil and St. Augustine Airport. (St. Aug is where Northrop is located) This will put you smack dab in the middle and the school system is one of the highest rated in the country.
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If he's doing Hornet work, the Boeing facility is at Cecil. I think DCMA St Aug just handles Grumman SAMC.
 
I will be working primarily at the DCMA facility at Cecil. It is under DCMA St Augustine. My understanding is there are also projects at Jax international as well. Some type of Super T or T6 project. Not sure yet. Been concentrating on AWF for the last few and next several weeks.
 
EODDave said:
I will be working primarily at the DCMA facility at Cecil. It is under DCMA St Augustine. My understanding is there are also projects at Jax international as well. Some type of Super T or T6 project. Not sure yet. Been concentrating on AWF for the last few and next several weeks.
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Oh? Neato. I know the Super Tuc facility is out that way. Do tell, assuming you're allowed.
 
Jax Intl is the Embraer facility doing final assembly on A-29 Super Tucano program. Shoot me a PM when you get settled in and I can give you some local guidance if you need it. I've lived in Jax for last 26 years and my hangar is next door to Embraer at Jax.
 
I will chime back in once I get settled into the new job and have a clue. I'm just slugging my way through Fallon now.
 
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