PRE-PHASE 1 / Arrival

Hello everyone. I am starting this blog to hopefully keep friends and family updated and give some info on UPT to the strangers scouring the internet for such gouge. 

I arrived at Laughlin AFB on 9 July after a nice 5-day drive consisting of stops in Charlotte NC, Pensacola FL, Houston TX, San Antonio TX and finally Del Rio Tx. It was a fun 2000 miles that Megan joined me on and we had a great time although it ended in her departure :(

My class starts on 23 July and until then I spend the majority of my time doing in-processing paperwork here, faxing orders and travel voucher stuff to my unit in NY, moving into my dorm, and trying not to get too bored. 

I just got my internet and television hooked up today so that's great and I'm fortunate to have another guard guy in my class that went through AMS (my commissioning program) with me, and we've been hanging out a lot and keeping busy. We were only here 2 days and decided to cruise out to San Antonio for the weekend and do Six Flags which was a lot of fun

I guess I'll describe the program here a bit in my first post to everone. 

Our class only has 3 guard guys, the rest are active duty folks along with 3 Italians that just arrived. It's definitely nice to be ANG because we already know what aircraft were flying and where were going to be after UPT (aka: home)

I start Phase I on 23 July which lasts 6 weeks and is all classwork and tests and NO flying. 

Phase II begins right after that and lasts 4.5 months. This will be the most difficult part of my training but also the most fun if I get a chance to enjoy it. I'll be flying the T-6 and working on a number of different facets of military flying. 

Phase III is the final part of my training and lasts about 6 months. I'll be flying the T-1 which is the track aircraft for those going to Cargo or Refueling missions. This won't be as intense as phase II and will consist of a lot of cross country and instrument flying which will be very cool.

That's about all I have for now. I'll do my best to get some pictures and keep this page updated and things move along and try to keep everyone informed. Thanks for keeping tabs!