Navy to Marine Corps

[thumper]

Is this just bad API gouge? I heard that it is possible for a Naval Officer (In the aviation pipeline) to transfer to the Marine Corps. I was told that it requires an abbrieviated Marine Corps OCS (as the Naval Officer is already commissioned) and then TBS, of course, before continuing on with the pipeline. Have any of the winged guys around here ever heard of this happening? Or is this just typical A-pool intel?

 

[thumper]

Any takers? Bump.

 

[46Driver]

Occasionally, you will see interservice transfers after the SNA has been winged - it usually happens when one service has too many pilots and the sister service does not have enough. (In other words, sometimes the flow is from Navy to Marine, at other times the flow is from Marine to Navy). If you go from Navy to Marine, you do NOT go to OCS, rather you go to TBS after your wings and then report to the FRS.

 

[OracleMSU]

Sister service eh? Wouldn't that kind of transfer be departmental? After all, the Marine Corps is the best department in the Navy.

Muahaha. All in good fun.

 

[thumper]

46driver,

Thanks. Do you have any idea how often this takes place? I have been looking around for some official information but I haven't been too lucky.

 

[USMCBebop]

Loss of Flight Contract

Occasionally, you will see interservice transfers after the SNA has been winged - it usually happens when one service has too many pilots and the sister service does not have enough. (In other words, sometimes the flow is from Navy to Marine, at other times the flow is from Marine to Navy).

A captain I used to work for lost his flight contract while at TBS because so many USN Aviators transferred to the Corps during his time at TBS. The Corps decided they would save money this way,

 

[46Driver]

Was just talking to a LtCol who was at TBS in '84. The Corps stopped all flight contracts for 2 years - just turned off the pipeline. The Navy came out to TBS and took everybody with a flight contract who wanted it. He says his company had 80 air contracts and 72 lieutenants jumped to the Navy, several of the other companies had similiar results. Just for y'alls information.

 

[phrogdriver]

This very seldom happens, but there is no such thing as "abbreviated OCS." You get your wings, then go to TBS, then to the appropriate FRS. Don't go through the pipeline counting on this option, though.