mgreen121774
New Member
Good Morning Everyone,
I have posted before, inquiring about the DCO process. I am now in the final leg of the selection process, having successfully completed the PRT. All I can do now is to wait until the selection board meets on March 31st. That date may be off now since the Navy has changed the application deadline from Mar. 17th to the end of February. We'll see.
Anyways, however long I actually have to wait to hear about being selected, I am curious about how realistic are my odds of being accepted into an Intel program. I am told by a recruiter who is a friend of my sister-in-law that I will be selected based on my qualifications and how "hungry" the Navy is right now for Intel officers. On the other hand, I have read some posts that have detailed how many intel officers were actually selected in the last board - not very encouraging. I will of course reapply if I am not selected, but at the age of 33, with a master's degree in Natural Sciences, great references, and more than eight years of work experience and scientific/analytical background, what are my chances of an affirmative response later next month?
Lastly, my wife tells me that this same recruiter insists that I will be deployed immediately out of DCO school. I have explained to her that this is BS and that she shouldn't worry because the two years of training after I finish DCO school is more or less what the OCS guys get in the 13 weeks. I have further explained to her that the Navy is not going to deploy an untrained officer going through the reserve DCO training process anymore than they are going to deploy an Officer candidate in OCS before he has finished training and has some idea of what he is doing. So my question is, who is right? Is there any chance of my being deployed early, or is the recruiter full of it, or did she perhaps misunderstand something?
Any gouge would be most appreciated as I await selection. Thank you for your time.
Very Respectfully,
M. Ragan "Trey" Green, III
I have posted before, inquiring about the DCO process. I am now in the final leg of the selection process, having successfully completed the PRT. All I can do now is to wait until the selection board meets on March 31st. That date may be off now since the Navy has changed the application deadline from Mar. 17th to the end of February. We'll see.
Anyways, however long I actually have to wait to hear about being selected, I am curious about how realistic are my odds of being accepted into an Intel program. I am told by a recruiter who is a friend of my sister-in-law that I will be selected based on my qualifications and how "hungry" the Navy is right now for Intel officers. On the other hand, I have read some posts that have detailed how many intel officers were actually selected in the last board - not very encouraging. I will of course reapply if I am not selected, but at the age of 33, with a master's degree in Natural Sciences, great references, and more than eight years of work experience and scientific/analytical background, what are my chances of an affirmative response later next month?
Lastly, my wife tells me that this same recruiter insists that I will be deployed immediately out of DCO school. I have explained to her that this is BS and that she shouldn't worry because the two years of training after I finish DCO school is more or less what the OCS guys get in the 13 weeks. I have further explained to her that the Navy is not going to deploy an untrained officer going through the reserve DCO training process anymore than they are going to deploy an Officer candidate in OCS before he has finished training and has some idea of what he is doing. So my question is, who is right? Is there any chance of my being deployed early, or is the recruiter full of it, or did she perhaps misunderstand something?
Any gouge would be most appreciated as I await selection. Thank you for your time.
Very Respectfully,
M. Ragan "Trey" Green, III