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False. I was pre-selected for Active Air (OCC 220) in March/April and I know several people who were selected for Active Ground (OCC 220) in July. Selection is still pretty competitive, but it was twice as bad about a year and a half ago. If you apply with a 285+ PFT and you have your shit...

Thank you sir. Looks like they're simply standing down those 6B squadrons. "VMAQ squadron stand down begins FY16 and is completed in FY19." For anyone interested in more detail: "FUTURE INITIATIVES: The Marine Corps is building an organic and distributed electronic warfare system of systems...

I read awhile back that the Corps was skipping procurement of Growlers and going straight to using the F-35 for electronic jamming. More recently I've read that we actually are getting Growlers to replace our Prowlers. What's fact and what's fiction?

Explain the situation to him and he'll tell you what to do. He'll probably just transfer your application to another OSO. We had a guy from Boston come down to our station in Pennsylvania for a summer poolee function, but that was because he went to school in Pennsylvania and was home in...

Anyone else pre-selected for 220? Edit, just saw this: Nice, see ya down there!

I got 4 scores.. Most people probably just don't remember the last one. I forget what mine was.

Every 3 or 4 months. You need to have a flight physical done before you can contract though, and they take a few months to get processed.

Is that the March board? (I can't remember if that's 219 or 220) Edit: nvm, that is 219. I heard towards the end of March.

scratch the above.. didn't matter. I'm good to go!

So I've got another question... I've been having some funky reactions (hives) to workout supplements the past month or two. In attempting to determine what was causing it, I've been going on-and-off various supplements the past few weeks. Well ~10 days ago I chugged a ton of BSN Syntha 6 and...

I'm personally not joining the military for the money, but the limited ability to be promoted based on performance is a huge downside IMO. I left school after a year and was hired as a software engineer and was making a pretty hefty salary for a 20 year old. However, I decided to go back to...

I contracted USMC and mine said 8 years. That's what my OSO told me anyway, I don't recall actually reading it. I don't care one way or another so it doesn't matter to me. I want to be a lifer.

Extremely helpful post. I still never got my wisdom teeth out.. should I do that before I go down or does that not matter?

Can you change mine to av8ion

I'm pretty sure it's 8 years no matter what now.. At least that's what my contract said. haha

For Juniors or Combined?

I ended up not even going up for the board because my PFT dropped pretty significantly from my high of a 290. School got the best of me last semester. I'll hopefully be applying for OCC soon, depending on when I get my final graduation date figured out. By then, I should be in the high 290's...

I'll be going back up for it as well. I also found out why I wasn't selected for the previous board. As @TheBird mentioned, my evaluation was negative. My OSO told me he wasn't satisfied with my leadership at our first pool function and I don't blame him because I did fucking awful. I didn't...

I'm kind of curious if my OSO can put me up for that board as well. Although it looks like your scores are wayyy above mine anyway.

He said he wouldn't have put any of us up if he didn't think we could be Marine Officers. I don't know what his recommendation was, but he said I was the fastest package he's ever put together. From the time I met with him on campus to completion of my ASTB, PFT, recommendations, forms, etc...

I don't have a clear answer as to why yet, but I didn't get selected with a 290PFT, ~3.7GPA, 5-6-6 54 ASTB, with community service and leadership experience from AFROTC. I'm not sure if I just didn't get selected or if I'm a part of this group... "In certain year groups, there were not enough...

No, I'm applying for Juniors.

Are you East Coast or West Coast? My understanding is that there are different boards for each region. I was originally told that the board was in September but was then pushed back to October. I'm going to be pissed if it got pushed back again.

Was anyone else up for the PLC board for Air? The board was tentatively set for Oct 2nd. I applied with a 290 PFT, 5/6/6 54 ASTB. (I believe it was a 54, I took it back in March and don't recall.) I was a non-select in April with a 265 so I'm hoping to get in this round. I was told the...