SO!!!! It happened. I finally got my flight school dates. I have my initial BOLC II training, which is a 7 week course that all new officers go through. That starts on April 5th. Then my actual flight school starts on 26 May. I can't believe that it has finally happened. It feels good to have a date to look forward to.
Now this doesn't mean that I couldn't leave earlier. I am still on the short list, so if anyone drops I can go next week. This just means that I will be going no later than April.
Man! I am so excited. It is finally piecing together.
I will update you all on more to come.
BEAR
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Life is a crazy thing
So, you know how you make plans for your future and you get excited when they are about to unfold. Yeah, that was me about a month ago. I had these plans to transfer from Aviation to Medical Service and become a MEDEVAC pilot. HA HA HA (That's a higher being laughing at me).
If you haven't heard, my life has taken a completely different turn recently and I am still in the process of sorting it out. About three weeks ago I was at this conference for my recruiting job and I was talking to my Battalion Commander. I told him of my plans to switch branches in an attempt to get qualified and deployed quicker. He kind of laughed at my plans. He told me it would be committing career suicide because the unit I was going to was deploying this month. This means there would be no unit for me to be with and I would be stuck in the rear with no training opportunities. Well, that kind hit me like a ton of bricks. Here I was working on this transfer for the last four months and planning my future, and I get told that I am smoking crack. Needless to say, I was not too happy. I had a huge decision to make. Stay course or pull my packet and continue in aviation.
Well, I pulled my packet. I talked to my Battalion Commander and he told me he could get me to flight school sometime this year. So I am staying with my aviation unit in Los Alamitos. I have finished putting my flight packet together and I have to appear in front of the board. Then I will probably go within the next 6-8 months. Yay!!!
In other news, I am no longer employed full-time by the National Guard as a recruiter. The Guard took a lot of budget cuts so they got rid of 8 out of 10 Lieutenants that were working with me. This kind of sucks because the pay was pretty good for the area. This means that I have to find a job to help pay my bills. I made a few phone calls and tomorrow I start my first day at my new job. I am working for Compass Health at Mission View Board and Care facility. I will be working maintenance for the time being. The pay is nowhere near as good as what I was getting before, but it's a job.
That's what's new and exciting in my life. I'll be around SLO for a little while longer. I hope to get to flight school soon to start all of my training.
Keep you posted on any new updates.
BEAR
If you haven't heard, my life has taken a completely different turn recently and I am still in the process of sorting it out. About three weeks ago I was at this conference for my recruiting job and I was talking to my Battalion Commander. I told him of my plans to switch branches in an attempt to get qualified and deployed quicker. He kind of laughed at my plans. He told me it would be committing career suicide because the unit I was going to was deploying this month. This means there would be no unit for me to be with and I would be stuck in the rear with no training opportunities. Well, that kind hit me like a ton of bricks. Here I was working on this transfer for the last four months and planning my future, and I get told that I am smoking crack. Needless to say, I was not too happy. I had a huge decision to make. Stay course or pull my packet and continue in aviation.
Well, I pulled my packet. I talked to my Battalion Commander and he told me he could get me to flight school sometime this year. So I am staying with my aviation unit in Los Alamitos. I have finished putting my flight packet together and I have to appear in front of the board. Then I will probably go within the next 6-8 months. Yay!!!
In other news, I am no longer employed full-time by the National Guard as a recruiter. The Guard took a lot of budget cuts so they got rid of 8 out of 10 Lieutenants that were working with me. This kind of sucks because the pay was pretty good for the area. This means that I have to find a job to help pay my bills. I made a few phone calls and tomorrow I start my first day at my new job. I am working for Compass Health at Mission View Board and Care facility. I will be working maintenance for the time being. The pay is nowhere near as good as what I was getting before, but it's a job.
That's what's new and exciting in my life. I'll be around SLO for a little while longer. I hope to get to flight school soon to start all of my training.
Keep you posted on any new updates.
BEAR
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