Malmstrom and Minot? Technically correct... but have you ever been there?
(Congrats to your son.)
I remember the campaign to get people to go to Minot. "Why not Minot?" I don't know of anyone that volunteered.
Malmstrom and Minot? Technically correct... but have you ever been there?
(Congrats to your son.)
I remember the campaign to get people to go to Minot. "Why not Minot?" I don't know of anyone that volunteered.
Why not Minot.......too friggin cold!I remember the campaign to get people to go to Minot. "Why not Minot?" I don't know of anyone that volunteered.
Why not Minot.......too friggin cold!
Thanks....
My son has pretty much decided to do the Space Systems Operations, he's in his younger 20's and I gota let him make his own decisions. One good thing about it is that it looks like all of his duty stations are here in the USA.
I did find a link about military leave, but it doesn't list the law code. Military Leave Laws for Employees | BizFilings Toolkit
For some reason they think they still have to provide him with heath care & stuff? Must be some BS law in Obummer care. I'm sure they are reading it wrong.
Congrats, atvdave-- you must be right proud of your son, deservedly so.
Vandy is near Vacaville, if I recall. Northern CA. Lots of schools nearby, and beautiful area. But the locality is all run by Commies, if your son can manage that. If he's a dorm dweller, it's probably moot. My ex BIL still lives there, been an AF missile guy forever, and probably will retire from there. It's sort of a dead end. Hard to get to, but hard to leave. Most of the people that go there don't want to leave (popular Spacecom retirement location, 2nd only to Pete/C-Springs.
Hohn I'd like you to expound on Vandenburg being a dead end. My son who is at Grand Forks is heading there in Spring on a green door assignment. He plans on making a career out of the AF. Is he killing his career by taking this assignment? He seems jacked to go.
Hohn I'd like you to expound on Vandenburg being a dead end. My son who is at Grand Forks is heading there in Spring on a green door assignment. He plans on making a career out of the AF. Is he killing his career by taking this assignment? He seems jacked to go.
Less of a dead end and more like a Cul de Sac. Vandy does a lot of secret launch (green door, as ref'd previously). It's a small, close-knit group.
He'd definitely NOT killing his career, but he may be giving up some future flexibility. The risk is that once they've brought you into that world, they want you to stay-- turnover is very bad. Thus, he'd want to be sure he'd be cool with doing that kind of thing for quite awhile before going.
If you go once and don't get to far into it, you'd be OK to get elsewhere around Spacecom. If you go back, you'll be there until you retire in most cases-- and usually by choice. Many folks find the work very satisfying (like my former BIL does).