flyingLemonade
Member
Hi all, this is my first post here and I'ld like to get some advice.
I've been trying to submit a Navy Officer package since last February for SNA/NFO. I got a OAR/ASTB 63/8/8/8 and the Officer Recruiter mentioned I would be having no problems getting selected. I have no tatts, no criminal record, no drugs, nothing on my file except for a minor surgery from over 10 years ago. Ever since last February, trying to get an appointment at Meps to get my flight physical has been impossible. They lost my paperwork multiple times. My application got dropped from the tracker for no reason. They request obscure medical forms out of the blue after ghosting me for months.
So, to avoid being processed at that particular Meps, my Officer Recruiter suggested I try this neat thing called Dual Processing. I said sure, ok, not really knowing what he meant. He referred me to an enlisted recruiter, and we began doing some paperwork. I was told I would simply take the ASVAB and then get my physical at a different Meps, and once that is done then I would resume processing as an Officer. Under no circumstance I would be obligated to enlist if I didnt want to.
Today I got called into the recruiter station. They asked me to sign enlistment papers. "Pick a job. Whichever, it doesnt matter. You are not going in as enlisted, you only need to sign this enlistment so can send you to Meps and complete your physical. After that, we won't see you again, you will resume your processing as an Officer with your Officer Recruiter. Yes, you are signing enlistment papers, but you dont have to enlist if you dont want to or if you dont get picked up for aviation".
I noped out of there real quick.
So my question to you all, has anybody else in here been through something similar? Is this a common practice, or was my recruiter trying to pull a sneaky one and have me enlist?
I've been trying to submit a Navy Officer package since last February for SNA/NFO. I got a OAR/ASTB 63/8/8/8 and the Officer Recruiter mentioned I would be having no problems getting selected. I have no tatts, no criminal record, no drugs, nothing on my file except for a minor surgery from over 10 years ago. Ever since last February, trying to get an appointment at Meps to get my flight physical has been impossible. They lost my paperwork multiple times. My application got dropped from the tracker for no reason. They request obscure medical forms out of the blue after ghosting me for months.
So, to avoid being processed at that particular Meps, my Officer Recruiter suggested I try this neat thing called Dual Processing. I said sure, ok, not really knowing what he meant. He referred me to an enlisted recruiter, and we began doing some paperwork. I was told I would simply take the ASVAB and then get my physical at a different Meps, and once that is done then I would resume processing as an Officer. Under no circumstance I would be obligated to enlist if I didnt want to.
Today I got called into the recruiter station. They asked me to sign enlistment papers. "Pick a job. Whichever, it doesnt matter. You are not going in as enlisted, you only need to sign this enlistment so can send you to Meps and complete your physical. After that, we won't see you again, you will resume your processing as an Officer with your Officer Recruiter. Yes, you are signing enlistment papers, but you dont have to enlist if you dont want to or if you dont get picked up for aviation".
I noped out of there real quick.
So my question to you all, has anybody else in here been through something similar? Is this a common practice, or was my recruiter trying to pull a sneaky one and have me enlist?