DITY Moves.
Don't know what a DITY move is? You probably still won't when you finish reading this. If you're active duty USAF, USA, USN, or USMC and doing a DITY using TMO, to Great Falls, MT, call me first. I can help you. Whether you're headed for MAFB or MANG, I can help you. If TMO hoses you on your per diem, you can't get a TLF for whatever reason, and DFAS hasn't input your advance pay, I can help you. I know Great Falls. I know what to do in your situation. When I got here five years ago to the 341st Ops Group, I was completely clueless. I did a partial DITY, got hosed on in-processing, and got on my DO's and Squadron CC's naughty list. Then after me and my roommate's time in TLF expired, we found an apartment. It was February, dead of winter, and then our POS furnace needed T/S and R/R. We didn't have any furniture because TMO couldn't deliver our household goods from storage until 1400 Monday...we found this out at COB Thursday. So the combination of the broken furnace and no furniture SNAFU led to two grown men freezing their asses off in two sleeping bags on the floor of the living room. At the time, all I thought was "IHTFP", but I've grown to love it here. The ONLY thing that made life bearable was my REALTOR. When I told her my situation, she took me to get financed, looked at only a few houses, and I found just what I wanted. DON'T MAKE MY MISTAKE! DON'T LET IT GO THAT FAR BEFORE YOU CALL A REALTOR!!

Reader Comments (4)
Priceless, Hutch! Never saw the "IHTFP" before, but I figured it out :-)
It's USAFA lingo. It can mean either the obious, or "I'm Here To Fly Planes." But... you know.
OK- I've been around the AF for 20+ yrs...you lost me with all those acronyms.....glad I'm not the AD one anymore! LOL
This is good info & I'll fill it in my "We want orders" file!
IHTFP...
Yah, I remember that one.