I got selected for SWO in March 2023 , but my co and xo wont release me until May 2024 , will the navy keep the position for me ? or how can I fight for shipping early ? thanks a lot
Only a dick CO wouldn't allow one of their Sailors ship off to OCS. And no one is that important in a squadron that a CO couldn't live without them. No one.You ought to read the 1420.1B. OCS orders are CO discretion.
Only a dick CO wouldn't allow one of their Sailors ship off to OCS. And no one is that important in a squadron that a CO couldn't live without them. No one.
While I generally agree folks selected for OCS should be released ASAP, there are some billets (IDC, CRUDES MAA, etc) where there is literally just one person assigned to do a very particular job. In those cases, releasing an individual before their relief is onboard could put the command in a bad spot - particularly with an upcoming deployment.
BL: It depends, need more info.
Not squadrons per se, for these examples, but many ships are. IDC - Independent Duty Corpsman (usually an HM1 or HMC) - will be the only medical personnel on a lot of ships. CRUDES have only 1 Master At Arms billet to run the security/force protection/anti-terrorism functions. If I were a ship's CO, I would not want to deploy without those critical NECs in place. The way those billets are planned for by PERS is based on PRDs. If you let someone go early for Officer Programs, Skill Bridge, etc, that billet will be gapped until that person's PRD. In most cases, that is manageable, but not always.Are Navy squadrons really set up with single point of failure billets? Or is it just that leadership's lives would be easier for another few months? Is that worth the consequences to a Sailor's career and not letting them have their shot at earning a commission? (I don't know what IDC or MAA is...)
Not a squadron but with ships company sometimes small division have a potential single point failure. I have seen twice where Reactor Laboratories was supposed to have an ELT qualified MMC but didn't due to one random reason or another. In the cases I saw there was no choice so they stuck at ETC to lead the division. If their was a choice to keep the person I am sure they would have postponed the orders. In most cases there is more than 1 ELT qualified MMC in the department due to someone making Chief or someone about to rotate out.Are Navy squadrons really set up with single point of failure billets? Or is it just that leadership's lives would be easier for another few months? Is that worth the consequences to a Sailor's career and not letting them have their shot at earning a commission? (I don't know what IDC or MAA is...)
I'm, not trying to be a dick at all, it's an honest question.
Context: one of the things I like about the ANG is that once an Airman has a TFOT (OCS) slot, the local command has no say in whether they can go or not. They're going when the Guard Beaureu puts their name on the spreadsheet. We also have a lot of single point of failure jobs, and it sucks when you lose that NCO (who is trusted with that single point of failure job because they're good, so this happens frequently), but in the long run it's good for the individual and the service, it's just inconvenient for everyone else.
This +1. They don't have to have a good reason to say no...they don't even have to have a reason.Can we sticky this post for the “enlist for a better chance at OCS” thing?
I was wondering the same thing and I really hope it works out that way.I would think Millington/OTC would be wiling to work with accommodating the losing command's release date, though? This can't be the first Fleet selectee in this position.