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Officer communities in the reserves?

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Beefalo

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Most of the USNR officers I see were prior active duty or medical officers. Im working on my electrical engineering degree is it possible I could join the reserves as an officer? Right now im an ET3 that is active duty and would love to be an officer in the reserves.
 
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floridaseabee

Member
You need to finish up your degree. There are a number of communities that would be available to you, such as Intel, Aviation Maintenance Duty Officer, and Civil Engineering Corps, and maybe a couple others. I don't know how manning is currently in the other communities, but in the CEC, we are looking for people. I dont see the harm in contacting a Reserve Recruiter to see what is going on right now and what the requirements are for each community. I know the CEC requirements (an engineering degree fits in nicely), but I am not familiar with the other communities.

Keep your GPA up and bust your a$$ in school. For CEC, they want you to have an EIT certification before you get in. EIT is the Engineer-in-Training exam, and it can be a bear [Do it right after you graduate so everything is fresh in your head. I had to study 9 months to remember everything before I took the exam.] It is a state exam that is given to engineering graduates and is one step to getting a Professional Engineering (PE) License. You will need your PE license to be competitive for advancement when you get to LT/LtCdr.

Apply early...and often.
 
Tom

Tom

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Are their no counterparts to Air Force Reserve/Air National Guard units for the Navy that fly planes?
 
HAL Pilot

HAL Pilot

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Tom said:
Are their no counterparts to Air Force Reserve/Air National Guard units for the Navy that fly planes?
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No. You must be a winged aviator who has already served his active duty commitment to fly a Naval Reserve aircraft.
 
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wink

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floridaseabee said:
You need to finish up your degree. There are a number of communities that would be available to you, such as Intel, Aviation Maintenance Duty Officer, and Civil Engineering Corps, and maybe a couple others. I don't know how manning is currently in the other communities, but in the CEC, we are looking for people. I dont see the harm in contacting a Reserve Recruiter to see what is going on right now and what the requirements are for each community. I know the CEC requirements (an engineering degree fits in nicely), but I am not familiar with the other communities.

Keep your GPA up and bust your a$$ in school. For CEC, they want you to have an EIT certification before you get in. EIT is the Engineer-in-Training exam, and it can be a bear [Do it right after you graduate so everything is fresh in your head. I had to study 9 months to remember everything before I took the exam.] It is a state exam that is given to engineering graduates and is one step to getting a Professional Engineering (PE) License. You will need your PE license to be competitive for advancement when you get to LT/LtCdr.

Apply early...and often.
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Great gouge. Right on the money. AMDO quotas are pretty rare these days. The Intel folks do take a hard look at engineering majors so that may be an option. In general, the DIRCOM route to the reserves requires some work experience, usually in the field. Talk to a recruiter and see what his most recent experience is.
 
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