When you ask for two assignments they pin a carpenter’s chalk line to one of the locations and the other end to the other.
Then they snap the line. The chalk mark that sticks is where you’re sent.
In this case, Michigan is about halfway between Alaska to Germany!
In my case, for my first Air Force assignment I asked for the New England states, Florida, Southern California and the Pacific Northwest.
Where did I go? Well, NORAD in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, naturally!
LOL!
My nephew, who lives near me here, was in the UASF and was in the police force, or whatever they call it. He got to do patrol duty around the airbases. Where did they put him? At Kinross. He was also pissed and they were a little confused at it all. They said, “We thought you’d like to be stationed near your home” He told them if he wanted to be near home he would not have joined.
AND..he is still pissed about that.