01JUN26 SNA/SNFO board

[foolishjuan]

i'd rather actually study and retake the OAR/ASTB 10 times over than try to go through the Commanding Officer approval -> Admiral endorsement process again

MANNNN try doing the STA-21 process. This is my third package, I'm TIRED boss. Just for them to select 60 nukes and 3-4 pilots

 

[foolishjuan]

i keep offering my guys help if they want to commission but im really hoping they dont ask for help it took me 10 months from start of packet to admiral endorsement

ohhh don't worry if I'm not selected this year for STA-21 I'll be ringing your line when this bachelor's is done for that ISPP help haha

 

[dannycookss]

MANNNN try doing the STA-21 process. This is my third package, I'm TIRED boss. Just for them to select 60 nukes and 3-4 pilots

I swear the active duty application process are 10x harder than off the street bro

 

[foolishjuan]

I swear the active duty application process are 10x harder than off the street bro

I take my final ASTB Friday and submit it as additional documents to my package, and IDGAF if I score 4,5,5 PRESS 100 SELECT NOW!! lmao I'm too old for this shit

 

[bailey8756]

Man i threw my USMAPS computer operator & cyber all source analyst certifications in my package. I’d like to think those gave me a leg up. Easiest active duty certs ever. iykyk

USMAPS are the most worthless yet cared about thing in the navy

 

[exNavyOffRec]

“You apply to the board during your sea tour, after you wing at flight school. There are two boards a year. If selected you would then be sent back to primary flight training for pilots.” “It's not always a given ,but if you apply there's a decent chance you will be selected ”

This is what I was sent but I agree that I should wait.

I wouldn't count on it, yes it could happen, but you will always here about the ones that did the lateral transfer but you don't hear the ones who tried and were not accepted. Many things have to line up for it to happen and if it doesn't would you be happy for the rest of your career as a NFO? I have worked with officers that commissioned via NROTC/USNA that didn't get their first choice of aviation and then tried to lateral in, for the most part they were not happy people after they were not picked up.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

If I had to guess, the 6 AQR and <3.0 GPA in a tier 3 did you in. It doesn't make sense that weed would disqualify you for SNA but not SNFO.

It seems like the common thread with the extreme low score selects is prior service Y.

OCS doesn't care about tiers.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

Navy separates the major you took in college into tiers. Stem is basically tiers 1 and 2. Rest is tier 3

see my above post

 

[exNavyOffRec]

LORs & flight experience also hold weight

Nope, it is all about the ASTB and to a much lesser extent GPA.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

I swear the active duty application process are 10x harder than off the street bro

You are absolutely correct, enlisted have more hoops to jump through some are not even required by the instruction but by the CO's desiring to add what they think is important.

I would hear all types of false info from those in the fleet or enlisted recruiters trying to get people to go enlisted with college degrees. The false info coming from those from the fleet wasn't just some random CCC or LT there was a enlisted testing at our facility who received just wrong info from a CDR and we had no idea why he thought what he thought.

ISPP is a way to help enlisted out at least for some of the process.