Depends on the unit. I can only speak of ANG, but depending on where you are coming in from you'll either love it or hate it.....

Any elaboration??? That's where i'm headed...Though, I guess it's not like it matters. I'll be doing it- good or bad..

What kind of elaboration are you looking for? I don't know what AD is like as I have never been there, but I know that there are two kinds of Guard Units in my experience. The ones that know they are Guard Units, act like Guard Units and do a damn good job with their mission because of it, versus the Guard Units that get all tied up in trying to convince the world they are NOT a Guard Unit. They usually spend more time stumbling over there own hypocracy. Does that help? It really depends on the unit, as with AD I'm sure.

I agree that it depends on the unit. As far as deployments, most units are currently on an 18 month AEF cycle. We have been sharing it with 3 other units and it has allowed us to break the deployment into 4 six week deployments. I'm told that is going to end shortly and our next go around will be a min of 60 day to a max of 120 day rotations. As far as TDY's, again it depends on the unit. Some allow their current ops to be aggressive and pick up a lot of flying and some not so much. There has been a lot of TACC tours made available and our unit is keeping the bums very busy with those. Hope that helps.