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I am about to start the 47 class and have orders to report to Korea once complete. Does anyone here have any experience flying in Korea? If so, how was the OPTEMPO? Were 1 year guys treated differently than 2 year guys? How did you enjoy the flying mission? And finally, I keep hearing this rumor but can't find it in writing, do you actually get to pick your duty station after Korea?

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On 9/12/2020 at 12:06 PM, TheSmallLebowski said:

I am about to start the 47 class and have orders to report to Korea once complete. Does anyone here have any experience flying in Korea? If so, how was the OPTEMPO? Were 1 year guys treated differently than 2 year guys? How did you enjoy the flying mission? And finally, I keep hearing this rumor but can't find it in writing, do you actually get to pick your duty station after Korea?

 I follow the Apache guy on Instagram who was in Korea... amazing pictures😆

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On 9/12/2020 at 2:06 PM, TheSmallLebowski said:

I am about to start the 47 class and have orders to report to Korea once complete. Does anyone here have any experience flying in Korea? If so, how was the OPTEMPO? Were 1 year guys treated differently than 2 year guys? How did you enjoy the flying mission? And finally, I keep hearing this rumor but can't find it in writing, do you actually get to pick your duty station after Korea?

1 year is just barely enough to get your feet under you.  Optempo can be high at times.  Its garrison in another country with more f*ck f*ck games.  The 47 guys i knew over there said it was basically the same as stateside with some random requests mixed in.  We used em for fatcows and stuff in the field.  The flying can be great but really really really watch out for wires.  They are everywhere.

From what ive heard, so take it with a grain of salt, the 2 year guys get a little more invested in em since they will have some time on station.  1 year is really only about 9-10 months by the time you inprocess and outprocess.  
 

Being permanent party will be much better than being a rotational unit like we were.  Hopefully 2CAB has gotten better because it was a dumpster fire when we were there.

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