Fuck the mission, fuck the platform, fuck the location.
Pick what you want based on the personalities of the individuals in the community. Who do you want to hang out with? I'd say as a nugget, you'll log 25-30 hours A MONTH flying. Guess what you're doing the rest of that time? Hanging out with the dudes in your community.
This is good if you know a good spread of people in the community, but for some, orders to primary VTs are for the good dudes that just did not want to be a RAG IP, and for others it's where they send their misfit toys to wither on the vine.
Add in that there is ZERO Navy Tacair representation in most squadrons, and you MAY have a COD or E2 dude if you are lucky for any TH representation.
I know most P3 dudes aren't douches, but most of the IPs when I was a SNA were either douches, or bitter and hating on P3s due to losing at musical chairs.
Its another issue, but det type squadrons (HSC, HSL/M, VP) are not as promotion friendly as CV type squadrons due to the way manning works out. That leads to some genuine good dudes being left out in the cold even though they would be shoo in with a nother community. That lead to a lot of the bitter P3 dudes I saw when an SNA.