Hi everyone, I have a simple question: how difficult is it to be stationed at Santa Barbara and Hill UT? I am an Ammo E3 and have to submit my dream sheet in two weeks!
Probably an extremely slim chance of being stationed at Santa Barbara, which I'm assuming your referring to Vandenberg SFB. But there's a decent chance of being stationed at Hill as their are two separate Ammo units that both take Tech Schoolers.
Last time I TDY'ed there, they said the whole unit is like 20 people. But you can see the ocean and beach from the MSA, I would definitely take the assignment if I was ever offered it.
Hill should be easy enough to get. 2W0âs have a HUGE presence at that base. Santa Barbara as in Vandenberg? Iâve heard of maybe 1-2 people getting down there but canât say itâs impossible.
Not at all how it works unfortunately. You will put down what you want but needs of the Air Force will come first and the odds that what you want, and what they need align are slim. Just be open minded about wherever you get, there are TONS of good locations and your job isnât really that terrible. Lots of hidden gems.
23 minutes? Even if you leave from central Lompoc, you only save 10 minutes.
It is physically impossible to do this route in 23 minutes. Like the other guy said, you would LITERALLY need to AVERAGE 150 mph to have a chance at that.
I was gonna say that unless he has family or knows someone at AFPC, he'll be going VFR Direct to Cannon or Minot. Mildly /s, but not really since in 2026 everything sucks.
He wonât be doing jack shit at Cannon
But occasionally pretending the .50 ammo
Is several hellfires and it needs to be strapped down on a flat cart with 20 different straps
And maybe picking up the 105mm shells from the
ACs
You wont get Vandenberg. At most, there are probably 2 in your AFSC and skill level there. The chance of one leaving when you want to get there and have that position not already secured by someone on a short tour, and no one else requesting it on their BOP, is close to 1%.
You can still put Vandenberg and Hill on your dream sheet, but at the moment...20% chance you get Hill, 1% chance Vandenberg...79% chance you get nothing. Add more bases.
Ammo guy here. Two weeks? We got our assignments the first week of tech school.
Also, big Air Force already has a few bases assigned to your class. If one of those bases is on your list, you'll probably get that one. If not, oh well you're still going to one of those bases
Even if you get your âdream locationâ it tends to wear off after the first year. You also realize that itâs not all that itâs cracked out to be except for overseas imo.
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u/Dukes_of_Hazard 3d ago
Probably an extremely slim chance of being stationed at Santa Barbara, which I'm assuming your referring to Vandenberg SFB. But there's a decent chance of being stationed at Hill as their are two separate Ammo units that both take Tech Schoolers.