Ok, long story short, I originally had a STA-21 pilot slot, got NPQ while in college and offered NFO. I took it, and went on my way to flight school. While in API I realized I had absolutely no desire to be an NFO so I DOR'd. Now I'm up for re-designation and they're saying it's a 50-50 shot at being re-des or just being separated. My question is, if anybody knows of someone who has been through this experience, if I get separated, would I be paying back all my tuition and any other money? Thanks.
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Flight School DOR
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Here is an older post. Hozer in post #4 stated this pub to look at. Hope this helps you.
"https://www.cnatra.navy.mil/pubs/fol...500.4G_CH2.pdf see page I-3"
Here is the thread I found this information.
http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/sh...cussions-of-a-DOR?highlight=DOR+Flight+School
Edit: Sorry I guess the first link doesn't work for me but it is the 1500.4G_CH2.
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Thanks. I got some good gouge from ivillareal, and I'm thinking separation is starting to sound like a good idea if I don't want to end up as a SWO hating life. I just hope USAA doesn't immediately jack up the interest rate on that pre-commissioning loan I took out.
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If you don't mind me asking, what was your degree in and have you looked into restricted line communities?
I made the mistake of going for the easiest thing and just having a good time in college. So I chose Criminology, which to me is a waste of a degree. If anything I would go post baccalaureate for a different, more useful degree and then try to get into grad school or med school. Still haven't gotten all the details figured out in my head, but that's the idea. If somehow they allowed me to re-des into Med Corps and allow me to finish the pre-reqs for med school then that would be great, but I don't see that happening.
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Ouch, yeah, the med corps route would be a long shot, but it can't hurt to try. Is supply corps an option? Intel?
Dude, you can do some cool stuff in Intel. What about the Diving community?
amdo? Given your background.
AMDO is a long shot. They don't normally take accesions from URL commissioning sources excluding OCS.
I'm sorry to hear about your situation, but there WAS that question about naval officer first, pilot second. I think that there are some pretty rewarding aspects to all the communities, including SWO. You could definately use the time (first tour/initial committment) to set yourself up for better options in the civilian world.
I wouldn't write off the other URL communities because you think you may "hate life". I can guarantee you are going to hate life as a civilian with a degree in Criminology. In my opinion, I would do whatever it took to stay in the Navy for the next 5 years or so.
I wouldn't write off the other URL communities because you think you may "hate life". I can guarantee you are going to hate life as a civilian with a degree in Criminology. In my opinion, I would do whatever it took to stay in the Navy for the next 5 years or so.
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