Appointment from Enlisted Ranks

[Cleonard19]

If you manage to find your way to the Academy from the enlisted ranks, are you bound to the branch that you were selected from or could you (hypothetically) come from the Navy's enlisted ranks and end up as an officer in the Marine Corps (if that was of course, your desire)?

 

[HH-60H]

Yes... although why you would want to do that is beyond me.

In fact, it is possible, though rare, that you could go Army or Air Force from USNA.

 

[phrogpilot73]

Yes... although why you would want to do that is beyond me.

Because they've seen the light... Much like at least two of our classmates that I can think of!

 

[Rubiks06]

It works the other way too. I had two classmates that were enlisted marines and one went Nuke by his own choice and the other went SWO...not so much by his own choice.

 

[KBayDog]

A slight threadjack, but a noteworthy one:

Fortunately for the Corps, and the Marines that he has led, MajGen John S. Grinalds saw the light and accepted a commission in the Marine Corps after attending West Point.

http://www3.citadel.edu/president-grinalds

 

[BigIron]

I knew a couple who went to the USAFA. They both commissioned Navy and became helo pilots. Also knew a dude that went to West Point and commissioned Navy. He flew Hornets, although I don't know if he's still in.

 

[MasterBates]

My form partner back ages ago was a WP grad who went Navy.

I think she is a RAG IP now, but not sure.

 

[Harrier Dude]

At one point we had 3 Harrier pilots in MAG-13 who were USAFA grads.

I also know a Hornet WSO, USAFA grad, who interservice transferred back to the air force, then came back to the Marine Corps 3 years later. Kind of a service "multiple personality" guy.

 

[a_m]

So to answer the original question again.... Yes, you can select anything they have available from the Academy, regardless of what you did before.

 

[HH-60H]

So to answer the original question again.... Yes, you can select anything they have available from the Academy, regardless of what you did before.

With one possible selection exception... Historically, it has been tough to go from enlisted submariner to officer submariner. I am not sure what the current climate is these days, but I also know that I don't know any prior sub E's gone sub O's. (puns intended)

 

[Cleonard19]

I was just kinda thinking that IF I manage to get myself selected to Canoe U (yes, I know the odds and how hard it is, but keeping positive has been historically better for me than letting myself get tripped up in the numbers), and if aviation isn't an option, I'd really like to pursue being an infantry officer. My grandfather was infantry (army) In WWII, and he always told me stories about the war and told me that while nobody wanted to go to war or be infantry, there was a sense of pride and accomplishment that goes with being infantry and the more and more that I delve into the military world through literature and talking to people in the military, the more I want to go infantry in the Corps (almost as much as I want to fly). Call me crazy, but thats the way it is.

 

[HH-60H]

I was just kinda thinking that IF I manage to get myself selected to Canoe U (yes, I know the odds and how hard it is, but keeping positive has been historically better for me than letting myself get tripped up in the numbers), and if aviation isn't an option, I'd really like to pursue being an infantry officer. My grandfather was infantry (army) In WWII, and he always told me stories about the war and told me that while nobody wanted to go to war or be infantry, there was a sense of pride and accomplishment that goes with being infantry and the more and more that I delve into the military world through literature and talking to people in the military, the more I want to go infantry in the Corps (almost as much as I want to fly). Call me crazy, but thats the way it is.

Crazy

Ha ha, but seriously..... set your goals, work hard, and with a little luck and good timing you can reach them. Good luck!

 

[Cleonard19]

I would edit, but someone already quoted me, so I won't. But the reason why I think Aviation MIGHT not be an option is that I have chronic sinus problems. I'm always either congested (severely) or have a sinus infection that causes pretty bad migraines.

 

[Cleonard19]

Crazy

Ha ha, but seriously..... set your goals, work hard, and with a little luck and good timing you can reach them. Good luck!

Thanks I figure set the bar astronomically high and even if I fall a little short, I'm still eons ahead of the rest of the pack.

 

[m3urthy]

My cousin is USAFA and planning on commissioning into the Marines.