wilford hall / BAMC / NTP / san antonio

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Hey everyone I will be going to COT in Oct with my NTP program at lackland, Also getting stationed there in the cardiac unit. I am not to familiar with the area and I was informed that we dont get any house hunting time when we get there so I will be moving out there before COT. I have heard that everyone is moving out of wilford hall and going to BAMC eventually. Does anyone know when that is suppose to happen?? Where are some good/safe areas around there to live? i have heard cibolo/shertz/stone oak/ converse??? But i heard that the cummute is like 50 min..Should I try to find a place closer to wilford hall or BAMC? Is trafffic horrible if I lived north san antonio or east????? Also what is the NTP program like??? Thanks for all your help =)

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You will most definitely get house hunting time. I got seven days. EVERYONE gets house hunting time - it's Air Force directed. Moving here before COT is a mistake because your orders can and sometimes do change. You actually SHOULDN'T even consider moving here ahead of time.

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So they gave it to you as soon as you got to lackland (is that where your NTP is and duty station)?? I really hope so, because i thought that you always get house hunting but then i talked to someone and I was told that we were not going to be given the time in NTP so I started stressing out. I get like 3 travel days from montgomery to lackland. OMG You are so right i didn't even think about orders changing that would be vey bad. So how did you move? did you have the military move for you or do a dity. Any advice is much appreciated =)

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You won't be given it in NTP because it's considered a TDY and they'll put you in billeting. I didn't need NTP and came in fully qualified. I missed that part of your post. I suppose you could look around on your weekends off, but I don't know if they'd let you move out of the dorms in NTP or not. I'll see if I can find my friend who went to COT with me who's now here at NTP and ask.

Three days is PLENTY to get from Montgomery to Lackland. I did burn off a day of leave, though, and stopped overnight in New Orleans to party a bit. Treated myself to a night in the Westin on Poydras Street (with half the bill courtesy of some Amex points!) and walked to the French Quarter for some Bubba Gump shrimp, a Pat O'Brien's Hurricane and beignets (a type of French donut) in the Cafe du Monde - so very cliche and so very worth it!!

I let the military move me; I just gave my husband a copy of my orders and a power of attorney and they came and got my stuff.

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Thank you so much =) So how do you like working at lackland so far? Is it like being a civilian nurse or way different? What are the shifts like?

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