I've heard of this in the past and don't really know the logistics of it, but does anyone know if any facilities are currently being offered at the academy right now that you can request right off the bat? Hawaii or Alaska for example.
Yes but you have to request them very early on and no guarantee it will be available because they are pretty staffed. If you do make that commitment though and they say it’s available, come placement day, you don’t get to choose from the list if you happened to like something better on there, you are stuck with your request. But you can’t just “request” something in the contiguous 48.