Finally....Class Dates!!!

I got the call! It seems like I have been waiting forever to find out when I will be starting training, but finally the wait is over. I found out that I will be leaving for AMS (Academy of Military Science) on 13 October 2008. AMS is a six week leadership course somewhere in Tennessee that turns people into officers in the Air Force. I am actually excited to see what it is like. I have been through Army basic training and multiple Army leadership courses and I am curious to see what the Air Force has in store for me. I am so excited to get into training and start the whole process of becoming an AF pilot. The only problem about the dates of AMS is that my little boy, Porter, will be turning one on the 25th of October. It is going to be so hard not to be there for his first birthday. We are going to celebrate his birthday the weekend before I leave. It will be a couple of weeks early, but he won't know the difference.
Before I leave for AMS I have to go to a base in Texas and get a very extensive flight physical. They want to make sure that I am healthy before they invest all kinds of time and money into my training. I am scheduled to go on the 3rd of September. I feel so thankful for my health. Luckily I don't have any abnormalities or vision problems, so I should be O.K.
I still don't know the dates of pilot training. I will graduate from AMS on the 22 of November and from what I have been told I can pretty much count on a class date sometime in the beginning of January 2009. I will let you know as soon as I hear anything.