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Resurrecting this thread to see if anyone else is doing courses and has any to recommend. Only looking at them as an idea to get to 50 earlier in my final year, but the ones I've tried so far on eLearning look like a total slog with the length and content of the test questions.

Also will confirm you get unlimited looks, but if you're consistently failing to select, there's probably something in your record that needs to change. I had a former CO that was kept failing to select for O-6 after 10+ years as a O-5, but once he finished that CO gig he selected. And that...

I finally gave in and transferred to the local VTU. Got tired of the ever growing absurdity of SELRES, particularly the "local" NRC. 16 months to go... and I am counting.

The NY Naval Militia seems to be currently run by a Navy supply officer for what it's worth 🤷‍♂️

You have nothing to lose by disclosing and applying but effort and time. I wouldn't recommend enlisting unless there is a specific rate that appeals to you that you can get guaranteed in your contract.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-navy-sailor-sentenced-27-months-prison-transmitting-sensitive-us-military-information Curious why he was prosecuted by DOJ and not in a court martial? There's nothing to indicate that he's a former service member, so it seems he's still active?

No, I was one of the lucky few that didn't have that garbage written into my orders because I was going afloat.

I have not qualified since I was on a DDG in 2011 because we were required to stand armed watches. Even going on MOB with the reserve I never had a requirement to qual. So basically, if you really want that ribbon, request indefinite recall and redesignation to SWO.

Threadjack - they are separating from USAFA because of color vision? Seems a bit extreme given there are plenty of AFSCs that have no color vision requirement, or is USAFA on a hard line to push out as many rated officers as possible?

If you are O-4 or below, you are entitled to drill with a unit within reasonable commuting distance (i.e. 100 miles) within your residence. Your mobilization billet may be with a unit farther away, but you would accomplish your day to day training and drill requirements with the unit that fits...

Nothing. Designator qual has almost nothing to do with IWO qual, except having it (18xx or space cadre) is a prerequisite to getting IWO.

That goodwill is burned. Three years ago I was coming off of a second set of ADOS orders where I was compensated well, made a tangible impact to the command, and selected for O-5. I had no definite date to leave the Reserve and was aspiring to become a SELRES CO. My experience since then has...

I strongly disagree about the pay being good for the work unless you go on orders. I loathe how much the game changes once you're forced into APPLY orders and traveling nationally at your own expense. Very few are eligible for IDT-R, and those that are tell stories of getting fought at every...

Yea, the 2N1 and IP intermediate PQSs took me a year to get through, and those are unclass. And this PQS requires me to commit more time on site in a SCIF where I don’t normally work?

"Newly redesignated MCWO officers will be required to complete the Cyberspace Operations Planner Course (COPC), the U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) Personnel Qualification Standard (PQS) within 36 months of redesignation," Where does one find this PQS?

Moving again and looking to pare down what I don't need. Most of my coins have been sitting in a box and decided to go through of them and see if any don't have any meaning. Of about the 80 or so that I have, only seven really fit that category. The rest are either from friends or colleagues...

Resolution: I reached out to NRC San Diego medical asking if they could offer a courtesy PHA during my AT in SD and they accommodated. I left them positive feedback in ICE as thanks. My home NRC still remains worthless.

I just asked about using this and the reply was that the civilian PHA option was phased out with the new ePHA process.

For those that are on the other side, looking to clarify when you can actually stop drilling once you've submitted retirement. When you've hit 19 have hit 50 points for your 20th year and have requested retirement in NSIPS, can you say transfer me to the VTU and give me AAs the rest of the way...

Mostly GMTs, PHA/dental, annual readiness questionnaire, PFA, NFAAS, page 2 every six months, GTCC page 13, telework docs, etc . Not rocket science, but many of your Sailors will find a way to not do it and you'll have to chase them down. Also expect NRCs to lose the paperwork and demand to...

The Page 13 cites some local NRC instruction which I can't find on their SharePoint, so 'rogue' is my vote.

I can't confirm that they actually are, but I will find out whether it's true next month. The text of the page 13 line item is "I understand that all rooms are to be double occupancy of like gender, with officers separated from enlisted, O5 and above will be separated from O4 and below and E-7...

Is there a new instruction out, because last I checked the 4000.1F dated 16 Mar 2021 says "rooms are to be single occupancy for officers in pay grades O5 and above" yet my new piece of shit NRC had me sign a Page 13 implying that O5s will be doubled up. And yet, it seems I'm seeing a lot of...

Did you need to bring in your medical records, or were they good to just use what you'd entered into your ePHA? Is this any surprise given the perrenially shit behavior that comes out of the FTS/TAR component?

Anyone get a PHA done outside of their local NRC? My current one is resource constrained and claims they cannot give one during the PFA drill weekend. Wondering if I can get this done at an MTF while on AT or at another NRC if I'm in the area. This new NRC loves to immediately give admin-Us...

Every set of orders I've had contains a USERRA statement. AT and MOB have been exempt from the five year limit: All my ADT and ADSW have been non-exempt, but of course YMMV depending on the section of 10 USC authorizing the orders: When I was with one employer, they would give different...

I know of a 1815 O-5 who got picked up in the middle of her SELRES CO tour. I only know because I joined the unit that had the gapped CO billet. Don't know anything else about her credentials, but she promoted to O-6 in the last few years.

https://nypost.com/2023/02/11/faa-closes-airspace-over-montana-due-to-department-of-defense-activity/ Part of a trend, or are we over-tuning the radars now?

NIFR MOBs have been community managed and they have maintained a MOB ready list which is published monthly on their SharePoint. Those at the top of the list are those who have not MOBd before in the Reserves, ranked by their PEBD. All others that follow are based on when they fell out of...

https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Reference/MILPERSMAN/1000/1000General/1001-125.pdf "Upon completion of initial 8-year MSO (officer or enlisted) or current contract (enlisted), the Service member will no longer be eligible to remain in the IRR-ASP, with the exception of members who have...

The comments above are spot on for lateral transfer - don't count on it. You may get lucky and have an oversupply in your losing community and demand in the community you want to transfer to, or not. I initially wanted to transfer to CWO which had slots, but my parent community wouldn't...

https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Messages/NAVADMIN/NAV2023/NAV23018.txt I would like to find the SECNAV memo referenced in the message, but it's pretty clear they've reinstated involuntary MOBs.

The plot thickens as the US intends to go for asset forfeiture in this case. As a reminder, Duggan is no longer a US citizen. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/23/us-could-seize-two-australian-properties-of-former-marine-if-he-is-convicted-of-training-chinese-pilots

If you transition into the IRR without a break in service, it doesn't matter. If you're looking to affiliate with SELRES or go active again and have a VA rating, they treat you as broken and subject you to the full pleasantries of MEPS rather than letting you do a physical with a military...

That's incomplete gouge. If you file for and get a VA rating and then go into the IRR, they will make you MEPS from scratch as well. If no rating, then yes, as described. Depends on the unit. The unit I was with encouraged such stupidity, and ended up losing a number of candidates who spent...

I have been using this program for the last year. Email the CTO at SATO New Orleans, as they're the prime contact for Navy Reserve. What I do is look up the commercial flights on the site of the carrier that has the contract for point A to point B, and then I ask the CTO to book those flights...

Probably this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Without_a_Country

I wonder if he's a lone wolf or we'll see more sellouts given the Brits were in the news recently on this topic. According to a separate Newsweek article, he served between 1989 and 2002 and flew Harriers. https://amp.abc.net.au/article/101576378

I'll give them another ring / third chance to be fair. I'm not trying to be that guy, and I get there are resource constraints, but why is it so hard for anyone to do their basic job? The last two IGs I made were for MEPS sitting on paperwork for almost a year (which helped create this...

Which folks? Every link I can find directs to MNCC point of contact, unlike years ago where they listed contacts for different codes.

Dude, that's just the MNCC number, and that route has already been tried.

I should have 17 years but am showing 14 because: 1. There is a gap between 11-2017 and 12-2018 from IRR to SELRES transition which PERS characterized as USNR-S2 and not eligible for credit, and 2. My MOB which crossed anniversary years into mid 2021 is all stacked as 711 days of active service...

Thanks for the link, but despite best efforts I'm still SELRES.

Anyone know an alternative place to find the Navy formal dress (mess dress/white tie) waistcoat? Every time I've checked at NEX online it says backordered: https://www.mynavyexchange.com/usn-white-pique-waistcoat-/12840698

Yes, he did lurk around here. I thought it was very cool to hear candidly from a flag officer on here when I was a very unseasoned JO. His posts have aged well: https://www.airwarriors.com/community/members/mark-guadagnini.14719/

Because they can. Too many NRC COs and XOs are on the ROAD program and it's accepted. Despite the compelling issues to solve ranging from late travel pay to waiting three months to get paid when mobilized and having coverage gaps in the TRICARE transitions, the priorities of the current...

It doesn't. The way it works is you choose to either forego pay for your drill days, or VA pay for those days. Since the daily rate is generally higher for drill pay, common sense says forego VA pay those days. Since you don't get paid for non-pay drills, there is no choice to make.

Anyone have a .pdf copy of this link since Scribd wants to scam me into a subscription to download?

I was 20% when I joined the Reserve and since returning from MOB VA upped me to 80%. Right now going through LOD/MRR and seeing what happens next. Hoping the result is a medical retirement, but I've heard stories of other Reservists with similar ratings that got retained, just with a caveat...

Anyone have gouge on how VTU Guam is, especially for Reserve members not on the island? Not urgently looking at VTU, but am considering options. The NRC CO was not very helpful at answering questions and one of the VTU members I reached out that initially replied has become a ghost.