If you have ever been in the army or are in the army,You know that when you join you only have a certain amount of years before you need to re enlist,if you choose to stay in that is.
When you join,you sign a contract stating that you will serve either 4 or 5 years,depending on if you are discharged before those years are up or by some chance you get out early, but that most likely won't happen unless it's medical.
Sean's has been in since 2006 and his 5 years for his service time are coming up next Feb. He is choosing to re enlist and stay in for a few more years,But he can't stay in the position that he is in now which is 68 J/Medical Supply. So he is being forced/told to choose a different MOS. He recently sent in his re enlistment packet because the deadline was April 15th to re u p. It has to go through all these different random people to verify and approve it. The choices of our next duty station for him to work with OCONUS was either EUROPE,HAWAII OR ALASKA.We choose Europe,Alaska and then Hawaii,So if one is a no go,then it's the other.
Sadly,EUROPE has been turned down :( No Italy,Germany or England for us. But the upside is,if he wishes to re send it off in Jan,2011 it is most likely we will get Europe. But we aren't going to bother with it cause we want to be near family. So it leaves us the last two choices. Hmmmmmmm I would't mind either :) I have never been to Hawaii(always always wanted to go) or Alaska cause I never grew up around snow. You are required to be furnished with a snow blower,shovel and a fireplace in your home when in Alaska. If you choose to purchase land in Alaska,you are guaranteed full access to mineral rights and a extra 1000.00 a year and only if you keep the land or choose to become a resident of Alaska.
I wouldn't mind either because I would be in the states. I don't really wish right now to live in Europe. I miss my family a lot and having another child on the way makes me wanna be closer to NV/AZ if anything goes wrong. Easier flight time,not that much to purchase plane tickets and it's only 4 hours away compared to 12 hours over here in South Korea.
