I'm a 25A in the ANG in promotion to 1LT getting ready to submit my CAD packet. What duty stations can you recommend?

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 01 May 2018 21:59:33 -0400

I'm a 25A in the ANG in promotion to 1LT getting ready to submit my CAD packet fand I heard we get preference for our duty stations. What duty stations can you all recommend ?

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 1 at 2018 10:30 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 01 May 2018 22:30:36 -0400

Ivemgot some practical thoughts I can offer, however, I'm not entirely sure they're gonna be what you want to hear...to answer you, it'd help to know more, your major for your bachelors, were you a STEM major, comp sci (CS), IT, or engineering, physics, math, Chen, or anything similar? If so, would you want to be where you could all the more readily get your masters and possibly a PhD done? I only ask that, as, having been engineering while I was in before my disability, I'd found out quite rapidly that a !asters is absolutely requisite formalp svcs immediately if you want to stay in for the full 20 yes. So, I offer this on the basis of some very hard-learned lessons I'll offer you, ifmyoud want them, go where you can do research, and possibly publish, as well as being at a facility where grad schools are in abundance, honest. I realize you'd probably not thought of that, of you have, I'd be most eager to know, ifmyou were a STEM grad, I'd be most eager to know specific course titles, grades, and your GPA, as well, if you can say, only to help you, honest, I'm gonna suggest some facilities that might not at first glance seem terribly exciting, I get that, however, if you want a purely technical career, what I'm gonna suggest would be, truly, the way to go, honest, OK? If you can, do a detailed bio sketch, reading, hobbies, interests generally..also, if you were engineering, did you do the FE/EIT exam toward a Prof Engr (PE) license? I'm also gonna suggest various groups you should very strongly consider joining, honest, as they'd nemof direct relevance to you in your work day to day, I assure you, please do send more, I'm genuinely interested in hearing more, honest, I hope this is all of at least some real possible use to you, OK?

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 1 at 2018 10:34 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 01 May 2018 22:34:33 -0400

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Soldier_Systems_Center

Ask about going Jere, see if they could use any Signal Corps R&D officers, ITN sure a STEM major grad, and if not, you could easily go to grad school near here to convert, honest...I !merely offer this as food for seeious thought....

United States Army Soldier Systems Center - Wikipedia

The United States Army Soldier Systems Center (SSC) is a military research complex and installation in Natick, Massachusetts charged by the U.S. Department of Defense with the research and development (including fielding and sustainment) of food, clothing, shelters, airdrop systems, and other servicemember support items for the U.S. military. The installation includes facilities from all the military services, not just the Army, and is so...

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 1 at 2018 10:37 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 01 May 2018 22:37:45 -0400

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Research_Laboratory

Ask aboutngoing to any of these facilities for R&D....

United States Army Research Laboratory - Wikipedia

The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is the U.S. Army's corporate research laboratory. ARL is headquartered at the Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC) in Adelphi, Maryland. Its largest single site is at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Other major ARL locations include Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Orlando, Florida, and NASA's Glenn Research Center, Ohio and Langley Research Center, Virginia.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 1 at 2018 10:40 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 01 May 2018 22:40:29 -0400

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen_Proving_Ground

I'm quite certain Signal Corps officers could bemused here as well for R&D....

Aberdeen Proving Ground - Wikipedia

Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) (sometimes erroneously called Aberdeen Proving Grounds) is a United States Army facility located adjacent to Aberdeen, Maryland (in Harford County). Part of the facility is a census-designated place (CDP), which had a population of 3,116 at the 2000 census, and 2,093 at the 2010 census.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 1 at 2018 10:42 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 01 May 2018 22:42:04 -0400

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Medical_Research_and_Materiel_Command

United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command - Wikipedia

The United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) is the United States Army's medical materiel developer, with responsibility for medical research, development, and acquisition and medical logistics management. The USAMRMC's expertise in these critical areas helps establish and maintain the capabilities the U.S. Army needs to fight and win on the battlefield.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 1 at 2018 10:43 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 01 May 2018 22:43:15 -0400

On that last one, I'd wanted to suggest, ask if Signal Corps R&D is needed for telemedicine, I think you'd get a quite enthusiastic response, as well as a very surprised one, honest, and find it quite interesting, as well as rewarding, honest....

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 1 at 2018 10:45 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 01 May 2018 22:45:47 -0400

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Reed_Army_Institute_of_Research

Same with this, I assure you, also, look up the Army Inst of Surgical Rseaearch in AZ, I think Ft Huachuca, I'm not sure, I think it's there, I've read they do extensive telemedicine research, cutting edge, honest....

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research - Wikipedia

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) is the largest biomedical research facility administered by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The institute is centered at the Forest Glen Annex, part of the unincorporated Silver Spring urban area in Maryland just north of Washington, DC, but it is a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), headquartered at nearby Fort Detrick, Maryland. At Forest...

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 1 at 2018 10:52 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 01 May 2018 22:52:50 -0400

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Institute_of_Technology

Mos warrants, commissioned, or senior enlisteda in other svcs don't kmow anout tjis, apply, ok? You might need to wait a tour, however, if you're assigned to the installation, I'd been told that one can attend AFIT part time, plus, Wright State Univ (WSU) is right next door, if theudnlet you go, grab it with both hands, run, don't walk, honest....

Air Force Institute of Technology - Wikipedia

The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) is a graduate school and provider of professional and continuing education for the United States Armed Forces and is part of the United States Air Force. It is located in Ohio at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton. AFIT is a component of the Air University and Air Education and Training Command.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 1 at 2018 10:54 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 01 May 2018 22:54:31 -0400

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School

Same for this, of you can get it, grab it...go....

Naval Postgraduate School - Wikipedia

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is a graduate school operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants master's degrees, engineer's degrees and doctoral degrees. Established in 1909, the school also offers research fellowship opportunities at the postdoctoral level through the National Academies' National Research Council research associateship program.[3]

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 1 at 2018 10:58 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 01 May 2018 22:58:32 -0400

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Aviation_Center_of_Excellence

Ask for this for R&D, this is a natural lead in to flight test engineer later on for USAF, Navy, UK Boscombe Downs Empire Test Pilot School (ETPS), and the French EPMER flight test school, one doesn't have to be flight rated to go, one can go purely as an engineer, there's also NATO Teat Pilots t School (NTPS) in Calif, which is private, but takes active duty students, as well as civil svc and I dustry, of heard, I'm quite sure there'd be a need for Signal Corps R&D, honest...

United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence - Wikipedia

The U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, previously the Army Aviation Center and School, is the United States Army Aviation Branch's training and development center, located at Fort Rucker, Alabama. It "trains military, civilian, and international personnel in leadership skills, integrates aviation warfighting doctrine and requirements determination across the DOTMLPF, manages available resources, and sustains the U.S. Army's commitment to...

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 1 at 2018 10:59 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 01 May 2018 22:59:34 -0400

Here's my point: I'm trying to show you a larger world, incp also the Rhodes Scholar program, as well as the Congressional Fellow and White House Fellow program!s later on...

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 1 at 2018 11:01 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 01 May 2018 23:01:16 -0400

https://www.usuhs.edu/graded/doctoral

Look at these also, esp in neuroscience and physiology, esp from a telemedicine and/or neural network research standpoint, I think you might find the! Of interest as well....

Uniformed Services University

The mission of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences is to educate, train, and comprehensively prepare uniformed services health professionals, scientists, and leaders to support the Military and Public Health Systems, the National Security and National Defense Strategies of the United States, and the readiness of our Uniformed Services.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 1 at 2018 11:19 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 01 May 2018 23:19:36 -0400

Believe !e, promise, the faster you get done with at least a !asters, maybe a PhD as well, and also do your PME, the happier a Big Green Machine camper you're gonna be, honest, doesn't !matter what svc, those rules never change, regardless of svc, regardless of when you're in, the days when a bachelors suffices went the way of the did decades ago, trust !e, been there, done that (BTDT)....

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made May 1 at 2018 11:22 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Tue, 01 May 2018 23:22:58 -0400

Sorry, typo, went the way of the dodo, clumsy tablet, I'm afraid, trust me, if you're Signal Corps, engineering or STEm is the way to go, if you want to stay in it, and R&D is he path rarely chosen, I think, at least of what I've seen...if you specifically ask for R&D to be able to publsi,h, do research, and go to grad school, that's gonna show seriousness, and if you want a career with Big Green Machine, that's serious horsepower, I assure you....

Response by CH (CPT) Private RallyPoint Member made May 1 at 2018 11:30 PM

CH (CPT) Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 01 May 2018 23:30:20 -0400

If that's true, then congratulations. However, a dream sheet is typically just a dream. The needs of the Army and the priorities of your branch management determine where they send you. Are they saying any station or just CONUS? Are they asking for your top three? For my branch, they told me that they would assign Soldiers where they would serve best, but if there was a tie and one person had that post on their dream sheet, then that might tip the balance. Regardless, even though I didn't put Ft Campbell on my dream sheet, there's no better place I'd rather be for my first duty station.

Response by 2LT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made May 2 at 2018 2:48 PM

2LT(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 02 May 2018 14:48:28 -0400

My grandfather (COL, ret.) gave me great advice on this. When he commissioned it was during the Vietnam war and nobody was getting their duty station of choice, but he got his first pick!

I recommend for the weather:
Fort Shafter/anywhere in HI
MacDill (AFB, they do have signal officers there, no clue how many)

Not sure about OCONUS.

For anyone wondering my grandfather put Vietnam as his #1 pick...

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made May 2 at 2018 3:02 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 02 May 2018 15:02:41 -0400

Lt. Acido,
Are you married?

Response by CPT Don Williams made May 10 at 2018 6:27 PM

CPT Don Williams — Thu, 10 May 2018 18:27:29 -0400

Fort Carson, CO. 4th ID

Response by CPT Jeff Reichardt made May 12 at 2018 1:12 PM

CPT Jeff Reichardt — Sat, 12 May 2018 13:12:54 -0400

Hawaii. Germany

Response by 1LT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made May 15 at 2018 3:36 PM

1LT(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 15 May 2018 15:36:55 -0400

Submit your PKT after you make 1LT and have the proper documentation to support it. If you submit your PKT as a 2LT CAD will assess you as a 2LT and you will have to wait to be promoted on active duty and will lose TIG because of it.Unless you deny that pkt and resubmit one as a 1LT.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made May 25 at 2018 8:52 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 25 May 2018 20:52:03 -0400

I’m at FT Campbell; constant training and lots to learn from. I feel like I’ve been offered a lot more opportunities than a few of my peers that have gone to other posts. Plus, you’ll catch an AASLT qual.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 21 at 2018 4:37 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:37:36 -0500

If they give you a choice- select Germany, Hawaii or Alaska. Overseas Tours are the best. You'll also get Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) paid twice a month, even if you live on-post. There are signal units & signal officers assigned in all places.