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1Nov2021 SNA/SNFO Board

LGuapo

LGuapo

Active Member
Long time lurker here. My package is nearly complete and I had originally hoped to be on this board, but I currently live outside the country, and when I visited home for MEPS I was sent away for not having been in the country for 14 consecutive days. Now I'm planning another trip back to the States to retake the test (scored an abysmal 5,4,5 on my first try) and to finally succeed at MEPS. But all this talk of applications being pushed to the summer is spiking my interest for NFO only. I just turned 30 so time is by far my greatest factor right now.

Can anyone shed some light on the OCS timeline for pilots versus the OCS timeline for NFO at the moment? I just have no idea how long this process is supposed to take, especially under current circumstances, and it sounds like my recruiter hasn't dealt with many aviation applicants. I'll take rumors and hearsay because so far all I have is my own spiraling uncertainty. Thanks in advance.
 
Doback

Doback

Well-Known Member
LGuapo said:
Long time lurker here. My package is nearly complete and I had originally hoped to be on this board, but I currently live outside the country, and when I visited home for MEPS I was sent away for not having been in the country for 14 consecutive days. Now I'm planning another trip back to the States to retake the test (scored an abysmal 5,4,5 on my first try) and to finally succeed at MEPS. But all this talk of applications being pushed to the summer is spiking my interest for NFO only. I just turned 30 so time is by far my greatest factor right now.

Can anyone shed some light on the OCS timeline for pilots versus the OCS timeline for NFO at the moment? I just have no idea how long this process is supposed to take, especially under current circumstances, and it sounds like my recruiter hasn't dealt with many aviation applicants. I'll take rumors and hearsay because so far all I have is my own spiraling uncertainty. Thanks in advance.
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Welcome!
Hopefully other people have better first hand info but my 2 cents from reading this forum way too much waiting for results is that the rescheduling that just occurred affected both NFO and SNA but primarily impacted just SNAs so seems like that pipeline is more backed up right now. Typically people wait 0-6 months after pro rec y to ship to OCS but now that’s looking like back end of the 0-6 for NFO and back end of 6-12 for SNA. All that being said those timelines are just a best guess and since starting the application process it seams like things have changed a million times. Who knows how the targets could adjust by May. Waiting sucks but my opinion if you want SNA, stick to the plan, it’ll work out. Good luck with the process.
 
NewComb

NewComb

Well-Known Member
LGuapo said:
Long time lurker here. My package is nearly complete and I had originally hoped to be on this board, but I currently live outside the country, and when I visited home for MEPS I was sent away for not having been in the country for 14 consecutive days. Now I'm planning another trip back to the States to retake the test (scored an abysmal 5,4,5 on my first try) and to finally succeed at MEPS. But all this talk of applications being pushed to the summer is spiking my interest for NFO only. I just turned 30 so time is by far my greatest factor right now.

Can anyone shed some light on the OCS timeline for pilots versus the OCS timeline for NFO at the moment? I just have no idea how long this process is supposed to take, especially under current circumstances, and it sounds like my recruiter hasn't dealt with many aviation applicants. I'll take rumors and hearsay because so far all I have is my own spiraling uncertainty. Thanks in advance.
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5/4/5 first attempt gang rise up. Honestly I wouldn't fret about any of this yet (if possible, lol). Go to MEPS and just work on having your ducks in a row. See where your scores fall after your second attempt and wait to see where the OCS class dates fall when our list comes out. Until then, there's no use speculating. You'll still have plenty of time to submit and will have all the facts to work with.
 
Mouselovr

Mouselovr

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Contributor
I was told the delays had to do with sending academy and ROTC grads to Pcola in May. Ie why they've pushed people with dates post Jan. As a result, I'd assume both NFOs and SNAs would be delayed. The mystery in this whole equation is it seems SNAs are the only ones who have been principally pushed to July onward.
 
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exNavyOffRec

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Mouselovr said:
I was told the delays had to do with sending academy and ROTC grads to Pcola in May. Ie why they've pushed people with dates post Jan. As a result, I'd assume both NFOs and SNAs would be delayed. The mystery in this whole equation is it seems SNAs are the only ones who have been principally pushed to July onward.
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It doesn't, not at all, and if the person telling you that had a clue or knew how to look at the dashboard they would understand that. The USN needs to attain just under 300 SNA from OCS for FY 22, 200 have gone to OCS with more waiting, it is about meeting the attainment goal.

If that was even remotely true the timeline doesn't work out, USNA and NROTC grad in May or early June so they will be in Pensacola in June, to prevent a bottle neck you would need OCS students to arrive in July and later, that means to account for OCS and leave go back 4 months, that means those going to OCS would have been pushed to March.
 
Mouselovr

Mouselovr

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Contributor
exNavyOffRec said:
It doesn't, not at all, and if the person telling you that had a clue or knew how to look at the dashboard they would understand that. The USN needs to attain just under 300 SNA from OCS for FY 22, 200 have gone to OCS with more waiting, it is about meeting the attainment goal.

If that was even remotely true the timeline doesn't work out, USNA and NROTC grad in May or early June so they will be in Pensacola in June, to prevent a bottle neck you would need OCS students to arrive in July and later, that means to account for OCS and leave go back 4 months, that means those going to OCS would have been pushed to March.
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Bless your insight.
 
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DravenReed990

Well-Known Member
exNavyOffRec said:
It doesn't, not at all, and if the person telling you that had a clue or knew how to look at the dashboard they would understand that. The USN needs to attain just under 300 SNA from OCS for FY 22, 200 have gone to OCS with more waiting, it is about meeting the attainment goal.

If that was even remotely true the timeline doesn't work out, USNA and NROTC grad in May or early June so they will be in Pensacola in June, to prevent a bottle neck you would need OCS students to arrive in July and later, that means to account for OCS and leave go back 4 months, that means those going to OCS would have been pushed to March.
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Random question. So why doesn't NRC let people know if they have been selected or not earlier. They know who has been selected so why not let them and the people who weren't know so they can start moving forward. Then tell the people who were selected their dates later when they figure it out.
 
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