Originally posted by cheeringmom
[color=CC0033]kadaten[/color] never been to any of the places you mentioned. We always go for the bases with the best school systems. That is how we have always picked our next assignement-that is why we are in No VA. What rank is your dh?
He's a Navy LT...so O-3. But he pins on LCDR 1 July so we're negotiating for O-4 orders. Talked to him this morning. He was seeking refuge from a storm in a phone booth in Munich so he called me

Read him the email from his detailer (you guys heard it before he did...ssshhhhhh!!

) He finally fessed up that in spite of "threatening" me with Omaha and St. Louis for over a year now, he's not really interested in them!!! Gave him his point of contact in Tampa and he called him, too. Called me back very encouraged, so I think it may be Tampa! He's going to think about it over the weekend and tell the detailer on Monday.
This is the first time we've had kids to think about with orders. We were in DC last time, and had both our kids there. Knew these orders would only be 2.5 years so no schooling to worry about. We'll leave here when Abbie is 4.5 next summer, and she won't start school that fall due to a late birthday. But she will do K and 1st grade on this tour, so we'll pick our neighborhood by schools, even though it'll be another year off. The intel community is really small, so we don't get many choices as to bases, especially as he moves up. Going to DC, we had our choice of 6 sets of orders!! Never again...(and to think we turned down Hawaii and Key West and Miami that time....as well as Fallon, NV and Norfolk...)
Anyway, probably TMI, but there it is

Hope that friend of your DD is doing ok!!