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The Standard Gameplan
What are your Good/Better/Best outcomes? How do you maximize your chances of getting your dream job while being realistic in a competition for scarce opportunities?
I would offer you ‘the standard gameplan’: stacked options, sequenced by value. We have multiple options and we’re going to add options to the stack as we get closer to 33 years old. We’re always perusing the ‘best option’ and as we go we add the ‘better’ and then ‘good’ to the stack at the proper time.
Here’s how that might look. Mary is 24 and her ‘best outcome’ is an East Coast fighter. But if that’s not in the cards any fighter anywhere is great. Finally, if she can’t get a guard fighter she wants to fly for the USAF in some way.
So Mary’s might considerr
1) from 24-33 she’s going to apply to every East Coast Guard/reserve fighter unit
2) at 26 she’s going to start to apply to all fighter units
3) when she’s 30 she will start to apply to UPT via OTS and fight for that fighter slot there.
So when Mary is 31 she will be applying to all East Coast fighters, all fighters, and also OTS UPT. Now let’s say she gets picked up for that REGAF (OTS UPT) opportunity. She should keep applying for ANG fighters right up until she reports in for OTS.
Break.
Also, realize the ability to get to ‘best’ in two moves. Let’s say that at 27 Mary gets picked up by Tulsa (F-16s). She’s pumped to fly the Viper but would like to get back east. Mary goes through the pipeline and then does great work at Tulsa. After 6 years with Tulsa, she’s 33 and an F-16 IP. She’s now super competitive to get hired by an East Coast fighter unit – arriving at her ‘best’ outcome.
Break.
It’s competitive right now, no doubt. But there are robust ways to get you there. The coaches can help you navigate it all and play chess when your competition is playing checkers.
Hit my smoke!
Husky
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