Good gouge here. For VP bubbas during your JO tour, you really need a competitive EP, Mission Commander & Instructor qual to achieve any long-term success in the community. I have seen MANY who did extremely well AFTER their JO tour but did not screen for O4/O5 & Command because of their JO tour performace. That first tour counts a lot . . .
Where do we get more info on these quals? In DIVOLC our instructor mentioned the Aircraft Commander and Tactical Commander (for NFO's I guess) quals, but didn't really dwell on it.