Eric was asked to submit his choices for posts. We should be relocating Summer of 09 We submitted Ft. Riley, which is where the sqadron will be moving too and Savannah as they are on a similar deployment cycle. We want Eric home for at least a year before he deploys again. Any other base would risk him redploying sooner than 12 months. I really think its a matter of formality and that most of us will be going to Riley regardless of what we request.
I've done my research on Riley and am actually looking forward to moving there. Ooh! For you non-military or non-army people, Riley is in Kansas. It has a cute little town called Manhattan which pretty much survives because of a university campus and the base. It has Starbucks, Target, craft stores, cute cafe and bars and plenty of nice resturants. It also has a great climate (similar to Colorado) and a huge lake and recreation park close by. I really think it would be a wonderful place to raise our family. PLUS when Eric deploys again, I will have my girlfriend, Sandi, with me again. Without her, I would not know what to do with myself. We have to plan for these things.
I wonder who will win the next election and if we will escape another immediate deployment...
Eric also needs to further his career, which means more school. He's thinking about becoming an Instructor Pilot, which I think is 6 months at Ft. Rucker? I can't remember if its 3 or 6 months. So anyway, we're thinking that maybe we could go to Rucker as a family for the training and then go to Riley afterwards. Its a plan right?!