Anyone been selected as SNFO then changed to SNA

[EA-6B1]

If I want to go to OCS this summer, I'll have to apply as SNFO because I won't have the PRK waiver in time to apply for SNA. If I went to PLC-Combined this summer, I could finish school next year, and get paid for a whole year. I could PRK sometime next fall and get the waiver for it before I get comissioned. Has anyone made this switch from SNFO to SNA? Is this possible? Or is this one of those "it's possible, but there's only like two given out every year" or some trash? I just need to know. You can refer to the "Timing is everything... Help!" Thread that I posted a while back. Thanks for any input. Good Luck.

 

[reapergm]

Man, can someone please give a confirmation on PRK. My OSO said it was DEFINETELY over, you can no longer get a PRK waiver at this point. That there was a study and its over now. But theres so many conflicting statements on this site. Also.. any 184 NFO slots out there? NE east coast?

 

[EA-6B1]

Bump...

 

[JayManC]

hey i hear you on the designator change. ive been checking this site for a while to see if there was any incidents of this happening. the consensus is pretty much to be expected, and that is if you start training youre locked in, so before you leave give it youre all thats what im doing. ive been reading this site for over 2 years now and ive come across only ONE occasion where a girl on here got it changed, i think i might have been tali (but i could be wrong) quite some time ago where she had SNA listed as choice #1 and nfo as choice 2, she was not p/u for sna but got nfo, later she somehow learned that there was a paperwork error that caused her to be declined, and her recruiter worked with her to get it changed (im not so lucky to have as helpful a recruiter). i think the biggest detriment to my package was my subpar ASTB scores which i could easily change, but the fact of the matter remains are there any SNA spots to transition into?

 

[wildflyin69]

As far as I was told by Pensacola, they're still giving waivers for PRK. The OSO in manhattan told me it's been over for several months, but my Buffalo OSO said it's still going on but ending soon...I'm trusting my OSO and Pensacola.....

 

[reapergm]

What about if you get PRK while on the inside? If an enlisted guy gets PRK by Navy docs, is it still considered a waiver if he moves up to OCS? Are they still doing PRK for Marines?

 

[JayManC]

what youre talking about are two different studys,there is the PRK ascension study which is the one everyone and their mother is trying to get on, the the PRK retention study which is for current service members, im thinking that is what youre referring to. no clue as how full the pool is on that one.

 

[NavyLonghorn]

Back to the topic here... If you dont want to be an NFO, then it makes absolutly no sense to sign up to be an NFO. I think ive said this about ten million times, and its just my personal opinion. If you cant afford PRK, look into financing. I got one year same as cash for mine.

 

[Dave Shutter]

My opinion, and I jumped through major hoops to get pilot and then saw many NFO's try to do the same in OCS and API. It's always possible to switch but with recruiting and retention what it is now don't count on it. If you really want pilot then don't sign unles the contract says 1395 for your designator. If this means re-testing, re-submitting or waiting for the next FY, then do it. IF being an Officer and working in NAVAIR is the most important thing then grab any slot you can. You'll get the same paycheck, wear the same outfit and have just as much fun.

 

[EA-6B1]

NavyLonghorn,
I wasn't implying that I was going to use a SNFO slot to get into OCS, and then try and make my way to SNA because I really didn't want to be a NFO. I was advised by someone else (who is a SNA) on this board in another thread that I should look into this scenario. I want to be in the Marines, and I love to be around aircraft and in the air. If NFO is what I'm called to do, then that's awesome. I will definately give it my all. I've also looked at the ATC Officer (see the thread entitled "ATC Officer") MOS. Both are jobs that revolve around aviation, which is what I love. No hard feelings man, just because your Longhorns got it handed to 'em today by the Razorbacks doesn't mean you have to take out the aggression here. J/K. I'm a UT fan too... just a different shade of orange. GO VOLS!

 

[NavyLonghorn]

I just think if I would really wanted to be an NFO, I would be insulted if a bunch of guys were signing up just so they could try to do something else. I could just be too uptight ;p.

 

[EA-6B1]

Yea, I see what you mean Longhorn. I know that any appointment to OCS whether it be SNA or SNFO is a PRIVELAGE, and I want to make the best of it. Honestly, when I first started visiting this site and considering aviation in the Marines, I told myself that I wouldn't take anything, but SNA. I was so wrong. I was immature in my thinking. I was being selfish as to what I wanted to do in the Marines. Not what the Marines wanted to do for me. That's what it's all about. If I get a designator, no matter what it is, I'll be proud to serve. Thank you to everyone on airwarriors who has molded me and my way of thinking about these dreams that we share. God Bless.

 

[el_bastardo]

I went through PLC-Comb with a ground contract and then around January of my senior year switched to a SNA contract.

All I had to do was talk with my OSO about it, take the tests and physical and I was in. I'd think it would be similar to go from SNFO to SNA. It's all paperwork.