This is a previous post that I had and thought it might be good to repost here for anyone that was interested in the Flying CWO program. The post was:
Originally Posted by wink
Thanks in advance for sharing your experience. You may not be the type to boast or share much in the way of personal information, but I am sure some guys will be interested in what your package looked like so they can better determine what avenue is best for them. If you don't mind, when you get a minute to post, let us know things like your rate, years in service, deployment history, billets ,evals, letters of recommendation, test scores etc.
Good luck!
Here was my reply:
Well I was a submariner NAVET Chief and was in for 12 years. I had an AA degree in electronics, my PPL, Instrument and Ground Instructor certifications. I also participated with the Civil Air Patrol (qualified Mission Pilot) to fly SAR missions. When I got selected, I was an instructor at Tident Training Facility Kings Bay Georgia. My main course of instruction was teaching the PNAVs or Perspective Navigators the Strategic Weapons Navigation Subsystem before they became Navigators of an SSBN (all soon to be Department Heads). I started that as a First Class and then made Chief first time up. I busted my @?? at sea and had EP's with a couple of NAMs. When I got to shore duty, I had average evals (its hard to break out from 110 other First Classes when they were there before you and had all the collarteral duties.) Just get better with each eval and having a sailorization billet helps in general (Helped me with Chief and Warrant). I had an outstanding CO's recommendation (big help) and chose my board wisely (ALSO VERY BIG HELP). I had a CWO4 submariner to represent CWO community, a LCDR NFO that I knew from the JAX Navy Flying Club which represented NFO as well as Aviation community and also had at the time I was the told he was the most Senior LDO in the Navy which of course was a Full Bird as my Senior Member. I could not of asked for better recommendations from any of them. My history, I served on a 637 Fast Attack submarine (USS Spadefish). I decommisioned her then went to the USS Key West Fast Attack. After the split tour, I went to "C" school and transfered to Trident Missile Submarines. I served about 2.5 years on board the USS Kentucky then got transfered to TRITRAFAC as an instructor. Here I am now. I you want more info, please ask. I hope this helps.
Dale
Originally Posted by wink
Thanks in advance for sharing your experience. You may not be the type to boast or share much in the way of personal information, but I am sure some guys will be interested in what your package looked like so they can better determine what avenue is best for them. If you don't mind, when you get a minute to post, let us know things like your rate, years in service, deployment history, billets ,evals, letters of recommendation, test scores etc.
Good luck!
Here was my reply:
Well I was a submariner NAVET Chief and was in for 12 years. I had an AA degree in electronics, my PPL, Instrument and Ground Instructor certifications. I also participated with the Civil Air Patrol (qualified Mission Pilot) to fly SAR missions. When I got selected, I was an instructor at Tident Training Facility Kings Bay Georgia. My main course of instruction was teaching the PNAVs or Perspective Navigators the Strategic Weapons Navigation Subsystem before they became Navigators of an SSBN (all soon to be Department Heads). I started that as a First Class and then made Chief first time up. I busted my @?? at sea and had EP's with a couple of NAMs. When I got to shore duty, I had average evals (its hard to break out from 110 other First Classes when they were there before you and had all the collarteral duties.) Just get better with each eval and having a sailorization billet helps in general (Helped me with Chief and Warrant). I had an outstanding CO's recommendation (big help) and chose my board wisely (ALSO VERY BIG HELP). I had a CWO4 submariner to represent CWO community, a LCDR NFO that I knew from the JAX Navy Flying Club which represented NFO as well as Aviation community and also had at the time I was the told he was the most Senior LDO in the Navy which of course was a Full Bird as my Senior Member. I could not of asked for better recommendations from any of them. My history, I served on a 637 Fast Attack submarine (USS Spadefish). I decommisioned her then went to the USS Key West Fast Attack. After the split tour, I went to "C" school and transfered to Trident Missile Submarines. I served about 2.5 years on board the USS Kentucky then got transfered to TRITRAFAC as an instructor. Here I am now. I you want more info, please ask. I hope this helps.
Dale
