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I had about $25K charged off. I worked hard to settle with my creditors, and while my credit still sucks, and will suck until April of 2013, I was told that nothing on my credit report marked me as a bad risk, because the debts been pretty much all gone since 2008. It all depends on whether or...

Yes... or actually, if enough attrition in FY12 warrants a full board, which is unlikely.

...sorry for the double post, but AND SCENE: Just got confirmation from my OR: OCS boards in August for SNA and Cyber Warfare ONLY. No data on SUPPLY. All other communities, including SWO CONVENTIONAL closed. As of right now, no selections will be made for those graduating prior to 01 OCT 2012...

Enlisting is highly variable. For some it's a good way to get the necessary time and build a package. My interviewers and my recommending officers feel otherwise in my case. Not that I couldn't do it, but that is simply not what I am best suited for. Not enough time to make a difference, and...

I can't imagine getting any offer from any community and turning it down. But if you want to fly, then you gotta do what you gotta do.

That's good news. As I said, that means there's still a chance I can beat the age cut off. Gotta hope we get a board before the end of calendar 2011 though.

Naw. More like Aubrey in spaceships fighting other humans in other spaceships from other "star nations." Honor Harrington, Daniel Leary, Kylara Vatta. Humans vs. Humans, but in space. Honor Harrington's navy has "midshipwomen." Although, my avatar and pseudo-identity is a midshipman on naval...

I thought FY started in October so FY13 would not be until October 2012 (at which point I am 29 and out of luck). If I could manage selection to GENOFF and be in OCS by June of 2012, that'd do it, but that's a very, VERY slim margin. I'd have to knock it out of the park, and have no delays in...

If this is true, I think GENOFF is probably going to be totally off the table for me. With those dates, I can't see how I could make it through selection and through OCS before I turn 29 without an age waiver I don't think I'm going to get. INTEL is 42 according to my OR, so I may just stop...

None of which matters if you're TOO OLD. :( That being said, I'll definitely look into the waiver, but since I am non-prior, AND there's my NROTC experience, I am not thinking that's going to be a yes.

Six months, unless there is a major change to the package, iirc. EDIT: Sniped by GreenLantern.

I have been at this since December of 2008, and I have seen exactly ONE series of boards in all that time. 90% of that time is file and refile and rerefile and rererefile applications for boards that never come. I'm about at the age limit. I've been rather patient, really, and very...

Upside for you. Anything in 2012 is too little too late for me except INTEL. GENOFF is gone, and that's gonna hurt.

Oh God, Lucy, please no. Please, please no.

Midshipwoman is pretty common in the naval science fiction I grew up reading, so I would not have reacted the way CommodoreMid did. Of course, I am not, and never have been, a woman. As for being a Midshipman, now, that is a different story altogether... :P

I asked. No, really. There were steps involved in the "asking," but essentially that's what I did. Now I asked with humility and respect, and there is a proper way to go about it (don't just start emailing random Admirals! I've seen it done, and the result was BAD BAD BAD). These folks want to...

27/M/Non-Prior SWO/INTEL 5/6/5 52 3.08 BA English 3.6 PBBS Government (basically an after the fact add-on minor in Government) 4.0 MA Government (in progress, May 2012 graduation date) SWO Interview - O-10 INTEL Interview - O-5 LoRs: O-3 Pilot O-5 SWO (XO, NROTC Unit) O-5 SWO...

MPH: the CDT appears to be on the phone, and a little later, texting or using apps. While it is stupid to do that in a highly congested area, it does not suggest that he is drunk. I've done the same thing on my iPhone, and I ended up on crutches after tripping over something in my way and...

Ohay, it's a Lucy. Longtime no see, eh? Did you get your GPA up? On my side, even since my last post, picked up an O-5 INTEL interview and my Maymester graduate course in National Security was an A. I also made the Dean's List. Not too shabby for having a few years between undergrad and...

I was in NROTC with a man who was understood be to gay, but no one ever asked, he never told. He's an O-3 SWO now, and he's going places. I had a great deal of respect for him then, and I have a great deal of respect for him now.

...I would have fought that, but it's way too late now. I had a similar incident, but I live in a no fault state, and the police ignored her. She sued me, I countersued, and while I had to put that in my paperwork for completeness sake, nothing every came of it. I've had a perfect driving record...

Whole. Person. Concept. Excel in all that you do from the moment you talk to an officer recruiter. You can't fix the past. You can (sometimes) make it irrelevant. I started my process in December of 2008, and I've only seen one board in that entire time. I haven't even gotten a board for...

We'll see. Too bad aviation is still off the table (for me, not for everyone, as far as I know). I wanted to cover all the bases.

My OR has told me the next boards are August and September, I am up for SWO and INTEL. I've focused on my school work and some extra curriculars which is why after the board freeze, I dropped off AirWarriors. My package has definitely improved since it last went in. My first semester of my...

The social experiment is done. It's over. It was over long before you and I were even a blip on the radar. We won't be studying how gays and lesbians affect the military (they won't), we'll be studying how those that aren't react to those that are, and how to address those issues. No, it...

Article 125 is used only when there are other acts involved as well. It's still "in force," but is almost never "enforced." Think of how many straight, married folks there are that have violated 125...

I'll note, that I would expect my chief to tell SN Tammy who is having a Pentecostal Revival or SN Blake who is having European Cultural Heritage Festival to knock that shit off as well. So in essence, be you, but don't get in other people's faces about it, and don't bring it into spaces...

As far as I know, all it means is basically the above. Bring your partner to the Navy Ball. Hug your partner goodbye at the pier. Your partner can get the support they need from the wives and husbands back on the homefront. THAT'S IT. +1 I agree with you, absolutely. There are several social...

It's a forum, so I don't feel it was unsolicited. I DO have a stake in the outcome. How many of you know people who are gay in your unit? A4sForever, I am sure you did too. I did, and I do. My beliefs on what constitutes common decency means that I believe these individuals should be able to say...

Just to clarify, these are two different things. Not the same thing. The argument you put forward focuses on an insignificant portion. The issue isn't about marrying someone of a certain sex. The issue is about marrying someone you love. You have government endorsed "certification" of your...

Edited, because, we all make mistakes. No hard feelings. :D

I concur that you have the right to believe homosexuality is a choice, and believe it is an immoral one, and that is a far cry from harassment. In the absence of evidence, we're back to square one, since there are those of us who do not consider it a lifestyle. I don't remember when I "chose" to...

Probably a pretty safe outlook to have. I was speaking with a four star on this issue a few months back (guess he saw the writing on the wall? Well, that's what flags do, I guess), and he told me two things that back you up on this. He said, first, there was no plan to separate berthing into...

+1 We're on opposite sides here, clearly, but I absolutely concur. My opinion on this matter is part of what drives me mad when someone tries to argue against my comparison with integration. Concur with you about emancipation, though. Homosexuals of the dominant hegemony (white, educated...

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. It's still not a term I would use. Well, there shouldn't be, but as said before, we're not ready for Starship Troopers yet. I'm "attracted" to women, but I tell you, the vast majority of the women I see I don't actually find sexually attractive. Since I...

usmarinemike, "we have been doing so much, with so little, for so long, we can now do anything with nothing." :P

...You say you have gay friends, and yet you have no issue saying "homos" so flippantly? Part of the change is going to be watching that sort of language. Just as we have to watch what we say in regards to race and sex. As for the second question, if you've known this guy, flown with this guy...

Was asleep during the repeal (other side of the world and all that), but it's about damn time. I supported repeal, and I have to agree that things shouldn't really change that much, if at all. Don't care to know your sexuality, don't want to know. My policy is Don't Know, Don't Care. And that...

My additions will be: BSPB in Government 4.0 GPA Retake the ASTB (I'd be surprised if I don't score much higher than last time) LORs from the government advisor/department chair Additional O-5 SWO LOR NFO interview And INTEL interview if I can swing it... Currently have BA English, 3.08 GPA...

I went up before boards in August and September, and I wasn't told about it until fairly recently, so I don't know when it came into effect. I've actually offered a lot of advice on obtaining interviews in various board threads, and have helped out quite a few people. Mostly it's networking...

Lucy, yes, but I mean community interview. For SWO, I could have chosen anyone, and I chose the O-10 SWO. However, I was told that I was in need of an NFO interview for my NFO board because who I had, the O-10, was a SWO, and would not count. I have also been told I should get an INTEL officer...

I have no flight experience, no. There simply hasn't been any opportunity to do so in Japan. You can interview with someone retired, but it should be someone you don't have any prior relationship with. That's what your LORs are for. As I understand it, interviews are now required for SNA and...

Concur. I had a 5/6/5 52 in September, and my GPA was slightly more and was not selected. I'm retaking the ASTB, adding a post baccalaureate bachelor of science in Government with all 4.0s, and adding additional LORs. Unless you can manage to find a program like I did, your GPA is something you...

This is good to hear. This isn't, but it sure as heck isn't surprising...

Righto, thanks.

I don't want to bother my OR, but can someone confirm the differences between applications submitted before AUG 15 (and later to subsequent boards) and the April boards? As I understand it, I have to use the new application, but everything else is the same, right? DD370s, etc?

You and me, and everybody else, it seems. Righty oh then, I'm on it.

What's your deadline?

I meant what officer community? Aviation, SWO, Sub, etc?

What community? I can probably help you find someone.