Dave Shutter
Registered User
You will learn, as I have throughout this odyssey that has been my application process, that nothing is ever guaranteed. The selection process however was explained to me on numerous occasions like this:
CNRC Millington, Tenn. gets your kit, FED-EXed, sending a reply to your office that they received it. Medical review comes first; you can be the best applicant in the world but you can't go to OCS without legs or a hundred lbs. overweight. Any review of you're app is basically a waste of time until you're med-qualified. This will cover your physical and of course, in my case and many others, any waivers for which a "consult" is required.
BTW: The one I received was a one-sheet write up of the history of my condition, surgery, the reg's that apply to it now, and the Dr.s opinion on my status as is (which was 100%) This "consult" is required since the Doc's that do my review will never meet me. My MEPS Physical was done at Bethesda MD. along with the consult, and I received the physical from some very friendly Dr.s, Dentist, and tech's who a Chief/associate of my Recruiter knew from having worked there. I was wisked through the hospital and 90% of my app. physical in about half an hour.
The stage I'm at now, is waiting for the professional review board. This will be a review of the rest of my app. Application, college transcripts, various letters, test scores, and in my case: prior service records. After this you will go to the community selection board for your first pick, and if rejected they go down the list of what else you asked for. That's why you ask for three.
It seems that few rules are actually written in stone as they would have you believe, You say your Board came first followed by your med. I'm learning that the order of business for any particular command on a day to day basis seems to depends on the mood of the CO, so there seem to be no real hard and fast rules to any of this.
Now, what I've been told, is that once your medically qualified, and pro-review board qualified, there's no reason you can't get the #1 job you asked for if it's available. According to Vicki: Your either PQ'd or NPQ'd, there's no middle ground. Of course it's a selection board, so they may always see something they don't like: you're too old, marginal scores, weak PRT numbers, weight issue, etc. You never know who's going to be looking at your stuff and how strict they are, or how much pressure their under from their boss's to put bodies in cockpits/school/slots.
I'm travelled enough to know that it's never a quarantee until the check clears, but I've been reassured again and again that if there are slots remaining, and you make it through the first two boards, that you're basically hired. Big grain of salt.
D
CNRC Millington, Tenn. gets your kit, FED-EXed, sending a reply to your office that they received it. Medical review comes first; you can be the best applicant in the world but you can't go to OCS without legs or a hundred lbs. overweight. Any review of you're app is basically a waste of time until you're med-qualified. This will cover your physical and of course, in my case and many others, any waivers for which a "consult" is required.
BTW: The one I received was a one-sheet write up of the history of my condition, surgery, the reg's that apply to it now, and the Dr.s opinion on my status as is (which was 100%) This "consult" is required since the Doc's that do my review will never meet me. My MEPS Physical was done at Bethesda MD. along with the consult, and I received the physical from some very friendly Dr.s, Dentist, and tech's who a Chief/associate of my Recruiter knew from having worked there. I was wisked through the hospital and 90% of my app. physical in about half an hour.
The stage I'm at now, is waiting for the professional review board. This will be a review of the rest of my app. Application, college transcripts, various letters, test scores, and in my case: prior service records. After this you will go to the community selection board for your first pick, and if rejected they go down the list of what else you asked for. That's why you ask for three.
It seems that few rules are actually written in stone as they would have you believe, You say your Board came first followed by your med. I'm learning that the order of business for any particular command on a day to day basis seems to depends on the mood of the CO, so there seem to be no real hard and fast rules to any of this.
Now, what I've been told, is that once your medically qualified, and pro-review board qualified, there's no reason you can't get the #1 job you asked for if it's available. According to Vicki: Your either PQ'd or NPQ'd, there's no middle ground. Of course it's a selection board, so they may always see something they don't like: you're too old, marginal scores, weak PRT numbers, weight issue, etc. You never know who's going to be looking at your stuff and how strict they are, or how much pressure their under from their boss's to put bodies in cockpits/school/slots.
I'm travelled enough to know that it's never a quarantee until the check clears, but I've been reassured again and again that if there are slots remaining, and you make it through the first two boards, that you're basically hired. Big grain of salt.
D
