jarhead.. so you know of a couple extreme cases were someone was sent to helos.. but that definately cannot be expected and i'm sure they knew someone or pulled some sort of strings... other than that, what did you say that i didn't? the ones that attrited got a decent choice of a ground mos (air intel is still a ground mos) and the ones's that dor'd got the rod.
phrogdriver.. have to completely agree with you, sir. corpus is a much nicer area. sure you have to move, but what is the big deal with that? the movers do it for you anyway.. i actually enjoy moving every six months or so to get a change of scenery. and this town, and its bars, are not completely flooded with military types. it's actually rare to go out and see someone with a high and tight.. and definately have never, ever seen anyone wearing a uniform around town. the city itself it laid out real well with a $hit-ton of great restaurants and bars. the pensacola area looks like it was designed by a monkey with a crayon.. and as far as timing for you guys at tbs.. it works out perfect. i was in alpha last year and got a great summer at the beaches in p'cola.. and about the time i was getting bored with the place, the summer was over, and sammy's and babe's was getting old, and i could no londer stand seville quarter.. i got a nice little move to corpus. the weather is much better here in the winter with the temp about fifteen degrees higher on avg. and when it got cloudy the whole month of jan and feb.. nearly everyone went on det to new mexico.. which i must say was freakin awesome.
anyways, if you want your life to be easy, you're gonna have to move while you're in pensacola regardless.. because if you live close to mainside, you're gonna drive your ass off to get to whiting everyday.. and if you find a place on the northern side of town, you're gonna have a long drive to api and to whiting.. unless you live practically in milton, you're still a long ways away. so, look at it how you want, but i strongly recommend corpus.