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20 MAR 17 SWO BOARD THREAD
- Thread starter FormerRecruitingGuru
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TMarsh
Member
Results from the last SWO board was about a week.
GuamLife1
Well-Known Member
I'm active duty and my career counselor has been MIA due to emergency leave it's just me. I hope your right that would be awesome. I called the processor last week and they said that is not true and thats the last I heard. Thanks for any info!! and good luck!
kshimmy1
Well-Known Member
My recruiter notified me of the change last Monday. Maybe call your processor again and see if they noticed a change.
Best.
FormerRecruitingGuru
Making Recruiting Great Again
OMFG
Be careful what you wish for - being a Surface Warfare Office it turns out is getting worse
https://www.usni.org/node/90091
https://www.usni.org/node/90091
Well, that's concerning. What does big Navy do in such cases as this? I've heard of the purging of many sailors during these past few years of needing to get the numbers down
, personally seen it when I lived in Newport News/Hampton, VA. Will something similar happen here, or do you think/from your experience will this apparent growing problem be ignored? After all, they just moved the board date back up when it probably could've done some good for SWOs already in to keep the delay.
kshimmy1
Well-Known Member
I think it's a retention issue. Historically, SWOs tend to fulfill their 4 years of active duty and leave to pursue other things. The Navy wants to keep the best and brightest for future command, but with JOs leaving in droves year, they decided to do two things: Make SWO more attractive (offering more education opportunities, larger retention bonuses, more career paths) and increase the number of SWOs in general. This obviously results in more divos than what a ship needs, but I think it will even itself out.
SeaReaver
Well-Known Member
Well, that's concerning. What does big Navy do in such cases as this? I've heard of the purging of many sailors during these past few years of needing to get the numbers down
I feel your concern, but I think kshimmy1 has the right idea (the post above mine). This is nothing but r/K selection theory at its finest. The Navy is just letting nature take its course. Either that, or they are incompetent at providing the appropriate environment for junior officers to develop. Pick your poison. A fun little article on the topic if the curiosity bug bites: https://steemit.com/ecology/@valth/why-some-animals-only-get-one-offspring-while-others-get-hundreds
FormerRecruitingGuru
Making Recruiting Great Again
SWO RESULTS ARE OUT!!! GIVE YOUR OR 24-48 HOURS TO RECEIVE AND DELIVER THE RESULTS.
FormerRecruitingGuru
Making Recruiting Great Again
This "impromptu" board was targeted to age critical folks who couldn't wait a few more months to be selected and ship to OCS. There's a good possibility that you, the applicant were moved to a later board.