Do you go in front of a lateral transfer board along with any other officer that is trying to change designators, or do they have a specific board for this type of situation? Are you just stashed until something happens or admin seperated after a period of time?
Here is what happens in Corpus for DOR/Attrite/NPQ Step by Step
1. Lots of paper work
2. You leave your squadron after talking with CO.
3. Check into TW-4. You get put into the stash pool. If anyone needs a stash Ensign/LTjg they come into stucon and request you. So its usually best to go out and find your own stash job but you could try hiding in the stash pool and just standing watches for the wing.
4. You get redesignation packet information. You have 2 weeks to go out and complete the packet. Inside you normally have college transcript, a resume, some letters of recommendations, and possibly anything else you feel is pertinent. At this point you have two options make a dream list of 5 communities or try to get NFO.
If you choose the NFO route you get interviewed in a teleconferencing call but that’s all I really know about that. I haven't seen anyone try it for whatever reason.
If you are making a dream list you just list the communities you want. In order of preference. Including going to another branch or getting out.
5. Sometime during the 2 weeks of making your packet. Plan to meet with both the Stucon Officer, and the Commodore. The Stucon Officer will review your packet with 3 other senior aviators to make sure the process was fair and you were provided with every opportunity to excel. You do not see them meet. After they do you will see the Stucon Officer and he will tell you the results of the review. Then you stand by to talk with the Commodore at a future date.
6. At some point a secretary will give your meeting time with the Commodore. At the meeting you go see the Commodore and Stucon Officer go over your jacket. At the end of it he says if you are retained in the program or not.
As a side note: I have not seen anyone retained at any stage after they check out of their squadron.
7. That redesignation packet is probably due at some point and hopefully you have submitted it now. This is the fun process. It goes out and is looked at by all the detailers of different communities to see who wants you. Hopefully, you have contacted the detailers of your top choices to see what they want to see in your packet. If they want/need you they fight among themselves and keep your list of preferences for basically eye candy. You do not see this process.
7a. If a community has not picked you up you can volunteer or be volunteered to do an IA. This is why submitting packets sooner rather than latter is the better plan. If a community has picked you up its less likely they will send you. However, if no one has picked you up yet, your fair game.
8. Wait for your new community to cut you new orders. Work at your stash job you probably have gotten by now.
If you have any questions about it PM me. Im more than happy to help.
