are they "administratively separating" everyone who DOR's or NPQ's now? before it was just OCS people at risk but ... ?
not only just "if you suck" anymore, its NPQ's as well.Amazing what decisions the new FY brings. No more redneck parasail, if you suck you're out, whats next, the geedunk being run by civilians?
And GENAV is a holding bin, not a career path.
I remember hearing about general aviation in A-pool, but never asked about it since they more or less scared everyone about it (maybe as motivation to study/work hard, or not just DOR). Anyone know what kinda work is actually involved?
As a genav, you get jobs like, CVN Fuels Officer. Measure, track & store all JP onboard. Plenty of other fun jobs avail too. Just do a search for shitty jobs on a carrier.
There's a minimum NSS? When I was going through flight school (same time frame) I didn't see one guy or gal attrited for low NSS, to include at least one 22.Message traffic said if they failed to get the requisite number in API, they would raise the minimum NSS in Primary. If it still didn't work, in Advanced.
You're misunderstanding the role and purpose of IA's. It's not simply to be a ppt jockey. Though that's what some folks wind up doing (eg, yours truly), it's usually because a staff is overstaffed, or the original purpose of your billet has eroded but the billet still exists, etc.
Very, very few IA reqs come down which say "hard-charging young 'un needed in Baghdad, skills not required". The whole point of IA's is that you have some skill which will contribute to the fight on the ground, even if it's just knowing how to speak Navy. You, as a raw, unrefined Enswine, do not even know that much yet (though you may think you do). I'm not talking "port" and "starboard," I mean really understanding how the Fleet does its business.
NIACT and other enroute training is theater-specific combat training, or how to adapt your particular skills to be useful in wherever you're going, and how to speak Army (just say, "hooah, Battle" a lot). It's not to train you from the ground up to do something new.
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Why aren't they sending DOR's and attrites on IA's? Seems like the perfect pool to draw from.
At least on the jet side, 35 was the minimum without a waiver from the Commodore for Navy types or HQMC for Marines. I knew of one Marine who never failed a flight, qualled at the boat, but was attrited when it became a mathematical impossibility for him to raise his NSS to a 35+. Apparently the Marine Corps just about never gives that waiver.There's a minimum NSS? When I was going through flight school (same time frame) I didn't see one guy or gal attrited for low NSS, to include at least one 22.