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Swo/ip
- Thread starter ddeg3c
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I don't think swo/ip is a shore rotation necessarily. I believe you go swo, get your pin. After your first set of orders you are given the option to laterally transfer from swo to information professional and stay designated as an IP.
ddeg3c,
Sfrankie08 is on the right track. MILPERSMAN 1212-050 explains the SWO/IP option. Paragraph 3 quoted below.
Cheers,
Bubba
3. IP Option
a. At service selection a limited number of officers who select Surface Warfare may apply for the IP Option Program. Annual quotas will be determined by Office of Chief of Naval Operations, Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education (OPNAV (N1)). IP Option Officers are required to qualify as a Surface Warfare Officer and be within 6 months of promotion to O-3 prior to redesignation and transfer. IP Option Officers selected for assignment to a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) must complete one at-sea division officer tour prior to redesignation and transfer. Redesignation to the IP community will occur automatically upon completion of the prerequisites listed in paragraph 7.
b. Officers redesignated to 1600 can expect to be detailed to the IP basic course of instruction, followed by a challenging IP operational billet.
Sfrankie08 is on the right track. MILPERSMAN 1212-050 explains the SWO/IP option. Paragraph 3 quoted below.
Cheers,
Bubba
3. IP Option
a. At service selection a limited number of officers who select Surface Warfare may apply for the IP Option Program. Annual quotas will be determined by Office of Chief of Naval Operations, Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education (OPNAV (N1)). IP Option Officers are required to qualify as a Surface Warfare Officer and be within 6 months of promotion to O-3 prior to redesignation and transfer. IP Option Officers selected for assignment to a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) must complete one at-sea division officer tour prior to redesignation and transfer. Redesignation to the IP community will occur automatically upon completion of the prerequisites listed in paragraph 7.
b. Officers redesignated to 1600 can expect to be detailed to the IP basic course of instruction, followed by a challenging IP operational billet.
Seafort - this is going to sound worse than I mean it - I can quote paragraph 7, but I won't. I'd rather teach you how to fish rather than give it to you easy and understanding where to find career information is critical for your career and the careers of your Sailors. If you can get on AW, you can can also click over to the Navy Personnel Command website and the MILPERSMAN section at http://www.npc.navy.mil/ReferenceLibrary/MILPERSMAN/.
Short answer to your questions: 1) if you want to stay SWO, you absolutely can, and 2) SWO is URL (111X designator) and IP is RL (182X designator).
Cheers,
Bubba
ddeg3c,
I don't know the answer, but the recruiter/NROTC Unit you worked through for your BDCP package will be able to advise you. If you can't get things changed around and you still want to go into the IP community after your time as a SWO, you can apply through the transfer/redesignation board process (aka lateral transfer). Many SWOs go this route. Keep in mind, you must succeed in the SWO community in order to be competitive for lateral transfer. The NPC website on the transfer/redesignation board is http://www.npc.navy.mil/Boards/Administrative/ActiveDutyTransferRedesignation/
Good luck!
yeah, no shit.
Seafort
Made His Bed, Is Now Lying In It
If it was "no shit" I wouldn't have asked. Despite all the comments about stab, stab, look, stab, I do know SWOs that love what they do and aspire to command. So as a SWO/IP applicant for the July board, knowing that if selected, I really have two career track options available to me after pinning is definitely one the reasons I think SWO/IP is a good thing to go for.
Am I applying to other communities? Yes, I am, but if selected for SWO/IP first, I'm going to take it.
Thanks SWO Bubba.
I always found it disturbing that even many Naval officers have no clue how to get information from the MILPERSMAN.
What's your problem?
No problem, we just have to sit through "recruiting" briefs every week in ROTC and it's always the same thing (SWO, SWO, SWO). They can't get enough guys, or seem to keep them around long enough to command something.
Plus, I've just never heard the "what % get SWO" question from a positive viewpoint. I thought it was neat.
Plus, I've just never heard the "what % get SWO" question from a positive viewpoint. I thought it was neat.
Putting the fucking stupidity of your comments aside, I didn't know it was customary for OCs to be that disrespectful to an O-5 trying to give career advice to somebody asking for help, regardless of designator.