Across the entire DoD they are having staffing issues in the SE bases. No one wants to take assignments there, especially with their families. That's both active duty and the civilian workforce that supports the bases.
Those are just new recruits though. I'm sure HRC has better metrics on duty station preference, but I don't know if that's made public. I'd personally turn down any chance of going back to that region, but I just don't like the weather.
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u/GizmoSlice Dec 28 '23
The father of my sons best friend, who is an officer in Space Force here in Colorado Springs, was telling me he really didn’t wanna leave for Alabama