Yesterday, the boy and I were given something I'm sure most military couples would kill for - a choice of duty station for our next PCS. The options right now are Travis AFB (California) and McGuire AFB (New Jersey).
It's tough, because his brother is currently stationed at Miramar NAS, which is not particularly close to Travis, but it's a heck of a lot closer than they've been for the past three years (Alaska vs. Italy, yikes!). Meanwhile, McGuire is relatively close to both of his sisters (and nieces and nephews) in Maryland, on top of the fact that we were initially aiming for the east coast. We had initially thought that, since the east coast has a lot of medical schools and air force bases, our odds would be better, but now I'm not sure if I'll get into medical school this year. If this is the case, it might be smarter to move to California for a year, gain residency, and have a better chance of being accepted into one of their eight MD schools.
It seems that the pros and cons for each are about the same. Any thoughts?
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