What Determines Final Select?
So I am in the process of putting a packet together, hopefully to be seen sooner rather than later -- I originally was in the process of going through Marine Corps air, but towards the end of finalizing my packet my OSO said they were halting air contracts for OCC. Been doing some research on the Navy route to an air contract, and I'm seeing a lot of Pro-Recc followed by wild time differences til FS (some as soon as a few weeks all the way through 6 months or so).
What happens between Pro-Recc and FS that makes the process go long or short? I've already been cleared for flight at MEPS and taken a cycloplegic eye exam (did it all for Marines already), and I can take an initial PFA today if I had to...I'm gathering I'd need to do officer interviews -- are these scheduled then? Do these things usually hold people up? Since I already did some of them, would that time likely be faster?
Don't mean to sound speculative, I'm trying to figure out how a few different timelines could work out with my current job, finances, relationship, etc. Not counting on a fast process, just how a possible and realistic one could pan out. Marines app process seemed pretty cut and dry as far as the process went (fill out an app, get some reccos, ASTB, go to meps, ace the pft, eye exam, flight physical, and they'll throw you into the mix at OCS...all they really care about is the pft in terms of competitiveness/getting accepted, granted you have the green light from MEPS/ASTB/flight/etc), but Navy is striking me as being a little more complicated in terms of getting accepted to OCS -- seems much more broken out.
Any thoughts on the lag time between pro-recc and FS would be great, thanks in advance