Dude, that's illegal and your employer doesn't have a choice. Unless you're an emergency essential key government employee, your employer can't say anything about it to you and even the slightest hint of retribution will be a serious USERRA violation. A company up in the Dakota's was recently fined $30 million for violating USERRA. Accept the commission and if you have an issue with your employer, your command can assist and even serve to educate your employer -- but they won't have a choice.
You can do it in 12 months if you are dedicated and push your NIFR Region into finding money to support the training -- I did.
It should not take 8-12 weeks unless the Navy has decided to spread out new accessions commissions throughout the FY up until the next board. Congress votes every two weeks on all new commissions and military promotions and its pro forma -- therefore, it should take no longer than 3 weeks. Anything longer than that and someone at the NRD is dragging their feet.
I agree, to an extent. Do not under any circumstance tell your fellow 1835s or anyone in your own community you want to re-designate because there is just no reason to do so and it can only damage your reputation early on -- however I would strongly encourage you to contact the community manager of the community you wish to re-designate to in order to inquire, express your interest, find out the process and exactly when you can apply for re-designation, and explain your circumstance that makes you eminently qualified for that community. I didn't want to be an 1835 or be part of the IDC (I guess its called the IWC now, I can't keep up), I wanted to be a FAO (1715) and the second I commissioned I contacted the FAO community manager, expressed my interest, and he asked that I send him a resume, which I did. He was pleased and helped me out. Didn't matter that I was a two-day old Ensign. Its your career and in the reserves you are the only one who manages it, no one else. If you don't want to be an 1835 or whatever, that's fine, no one will fault you for wanting to serve somewhere else in the Navy especially if you're already qualified to serve there as a civilian engineer, IT guy, or something of the sort. Keep in mind that re-designating inside the same community (i.e. 1835 to 1825) is a vastly different process than re-designating to a new community (i.e. 1835 to 1715). From my experience, it is easier to re-designate OUTSIDE of the IDC than it is to re-designate from within, because you will have a community manager of a different community effectively serving as an advocate for you to the IDC.
Call up the community manager and ask. I don't believe there is any rule or regulation that says you must qualify in your current designator before re-designating. If you're already eminently qualified, then it would be a waste of the Navy's time to have you spend years qualifying in one designator just to be eligible to re-designate. IDC community manager can help, is very approachable, and will lay out the ground truth for you. Good luck.
You can do it in 12 months if you are dedicated and push your NIFR Region into finding money to support the training -- I did.
Thank you. I think for now I am going to focus on getting Commissioned and get to my unit and "learn the ropes" of being a Naval Officer.
Brother, you need to talk to the EDO community manager and explain your situation. I don't know what EDO commission selection rates are. I wouldn't turn down the commission, but I would contact the EDO community manager ASAP and see what he has to say. I'll try and find the contact info for you.
You have enough Navy experience from being prior enlisted to know the ropes man, you're good...follow your dreams and apply for that 1825 redesignation asap if that's what you want to do. There won't be any hurt feelings at your unit and a conversation with the community it manager to learn the unvarnished truth rather than a bunch of sea lawyers at your unit is a good way to go. Who knows, he could say yeah, we can redesignate you tomorrow and they just select one less IP on the next board and one more 1835 to makeup the difference.