about 5 hours ago i was informed that my base has an 2 IA billet that needs to be filled. the billets call for air traffic controllers, and since there are only like 12 of us here there is a good chance that i might go. if i did i will leave next month on the 3rd.

just a heads up so if i disapear off the board for 9 months thats why hahaha

Good Luck Bro!

im a low ranking guy here so mabe that might help me out. i kinda want to go , it would be a great experience. and ill come back with alot of money saved up lol

Full Support behind you bro. And the added $ is a plus. lol

I have a few buddies over there on IA. Do you plan on making the Navy a career? If so I say bite the bullet and tell them you'll take the spot. It will help you in the long run. It'll give you bonus points on your profile sheet for advancement. Plus the tax free pay, hazardous duty pay and if you have dependants family separation pay.

good luck:D

you are mistaken about the intent of this post, Karl.

Good luck man. Have you ever been to Afghanistan? I might be headed over there this summer for an internship, and was curious how bad it is over there.

What?

Cut him some slack to most people IA is Indiana.

In this case IA is Indiviual Augmentation. What it is is Navy personnell being sent to the sandbox to help out the Army with manning. There are billets (jobs) in Iraq, Afganistan,UAE, Djibuti and a couple others.

hum herc ... you mean to most ppl IA is iowa lol ??

IN =indiana
IA =iowa

i lived in both places lol

LOL my bad. It's been a long day today.

we ALL have days like that lol no problems

i talked to my Chief today about it and told him my intrest but he said that they would rather have a controller that has more than only one year experience in ATC over there. so i have like last dibbs lol

bummer. here's hopin that you get the deployment!

Funny. That makes at least 3 of us in AVN. I'm one of your Bench guys for rotary wing. You Ops guys got a SWEET deal goin, thats for sure.