fitemeirlfgt
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I graduated OCS recently, however, just got medically disqualified from aviation and have been given two options. DOR or redes to SWO. I’ve heard a lot of bad things about going SWO and even the SWO’s I’ve talked to told me to avoid going Surface Warfare. Is it worth doing 4 years of SWO? What is the lifestyle like?
Having been wanting to fly so so many years and also hearing about how shitty SWOs have it really discourages me from accepting my commission but I wanted to get more input
Also I was only given two options, to go SWO or to DOR. This is because I have not been officially commissioned yet. I would love to try and go Spec War or EOD
Deep down I truly don’t want to go SWO, like it was my worst fear during my 12 weeks at OCS. At the same time, it’s hard to turn down the O1 pay and benefits and also worrying about getting a RE-3K slapped onto my documents if I want to join another branch or something.
Having been wanting to fly so so many years and also hearing about how shitty SWOs have it really discourages me from accepting my commission but I wanted to get more input
Also I was only given two options, to go SWO or to DOR. This is because I have not been officially commissioned yet. I would love to try and go Spec War or EOD
Deep down I truly don’t want to go SWO, like it was my worst fear during my 12 weeks at OCS. At the same time, it’s hard to turn down the O1 pay and benefits and also worrying about getting a RE-3K slapped onto my documents if I want to join another branch or something.
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