SPC Private RallyPoint Member 6453883 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I just secured my 68w reclass date and I was given 3 options to pick from for duty station for after. I only had seconds and panicked and chose Irwin out of my 3 options. I’m coming from the guard onto active so it’s my first duty station. Any idea if I’m going to love it or hate it? I’m married with kids as well 2020-10-30T15:41:19-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 6453883

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I just secured my 68w reclass date and I was given 3 options to pick from for duty station for after. I only had seconds and panicked and chose Irwin out of my 3 options. I’m coming from the guard onto active so it’s my first duty station. Any idea if I’m going to love it or hate it? I’m married with kids as well

2020-10-30T15:41:19-04:00 2020-10-30T15:41:19-04:00 SGT Christopher Hayden 6453903

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What were the other 2 choices?

2020-10-30T16:08:20-04:00 2020-10-30T16:08:20-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 6454148

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You can expect desert. Chances are you&#39;ll get a good amount of real world experience since Irwin is where NTC is located and there&#39;s always training accidents that occur

2020-10-30T18:44:08-04:00 2020-10-30T18:44:08-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 6454456

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If I remember correctly from when I went to NTC it was over an hour bus ride from the airport to Irwin. So you’re pretty much in the middle of a desert with nothing around.

2020-10-30T21:10:36-04:00 2020-10-30T21:10:36-04:00 MAJ Byron Oyler 6454547

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It is going to be what you make of it and what you find to do when off duty. Army tried for ten years to get me to FT Bliss and I fought is all the way. I have been to Germany, Korea, Hawaii, Afghanistan, and all three posts in Texas. Off duty activities, Bliss is my #2 assignment and has been way better than Hawaii. It is because I get out and make my home a home and a good place to be.

2020-10-30T21:52:31-04:00 2020-10-30T21:52:31-04:00 SPC James Neidig 6454855

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When I went from guard to active in 1999 I picked ft Irwin I had been there for a rotation in 1997 and I love it learned a lot housing was great best home we ever had with wife and 3 kids, a lot of things to do on and off post with in a few hours drive. If you want more information PM me

2020-10-31T00:54:28-04:00 2020-10-31T00:54:28-04:00 SSG Dave Johnston 6466865

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Don&#39;t know if you like California but,,, &quot;Lost Wages&quot; excuse me Las Vegas, NV. is about 2 hours away... If assigned to MEDAC, routine hospital shifts.... if assigned to 11th ACR... rotations out to the maneuver box about every 4 to 6 weeks training deploying units to the Middle-east sandbox... You might even see members of your old unit as they come through... <br /><br />A lot of your Love it/Hate it attitude to your assignment will always depend on what you make of it... One tiny bit of advice.... AVOID LA... if you do want to see the ocean, go to San Luis Obispo/Morro Bay area, less crowded. more scenic.

2020-11-04T00:38:43-05:00 2020-11-04T00:38:43-05:00 SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member 6485794

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As a medic stationed at NTC you will most likely be assigned to 1/11 or 2/11 ACR. From my experience there, you will not receive more real words and medical scenario training then anywhere else. The OPTEMO is high, you will be busy month after month but also receive a 3day and 4day each month to compensate. Trips to Los Angeles area from NTC are 2.5 hours, San Diego 3-3.5 hours and Las Vegas 3 hours. So being in the middle of nowhere has some be idiots of being in the middle of a lot of places. I can provide further details if you stay with Fort Irwin. Just know it’s not the end of the world going to that installation. I have never been around more hard working and dedicated medics then there was while I was at NTC.

2020-11-10T12:09:13-05:00 2020-11-10T12:09:13-05:00 CPL Bryan Pegg 6513316

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ft Irwin isn&#39;t bad. It is what you make of it. I was a machinist 44E stationed there in 95-96 and it wasn&#39;t bad. If you are assigned to 11th ACR, you will see plenty of field time but it isn&#39;t bad. Being stationed there is not as bad as being there for a training rotation. Even though I was in 557th Maint. Co. NTC support battalion, I still went to the field quite a bit in support of OPS GROUP OC&#39;s. <br /><br />And yes you will see a lot of accidents and get good real world hands on training as a medic. There will be a lot of head injuries. While I was there, medics had to deal with at lest 2-3 people knocking themselves out by the tracked vehicle hatch they were in because they forgot to latch it properly.

2020-11-19T09:04:22-05:00 2020-11-19T09:04:22-05:00 2020-10-30T15:41:19-04:00