A Marine Officer Recruiting Station has one goal in mind - making Marine Officers. They will help pave the way and set you up for success in what you want to do within the Marines, but their primary interest is that you really want to become a Marine Officer. It depends on who your OSO is and how good your working relationship with him/her is, but if you show up willing to take what is best for you from any branch, then he/she will likely take you less seriously. This does have some impact on selection criteria because OSO's rate applicants in the pool based on who has shown that they want it the most. I understand where you are coming from wanting to be a SNA, but the factor that has to be worked with is that the Marines really only want you if you really want to be a Marine. This is why they have you contract before actually being selected. They want to see that you are committed to them. The Marines are the smallest branch and have to be more selective with who they work with to preserve their culture and values. The competition is very tough right now, there are a lot of people out there who only want to be Marines, and at that - aviators. The boards are very backlogged due to COVID, both for Marines and the Navy.