I see, I submitted the written waiver request that the CO signed and stated that I was requesting an age waiver in my application. Hopefully it all goes through. Thank you for the clarification, I was worried I'd have to resubmit if the waiver goes through.
He’s teleworking so email is the only way to contact him. I know he was on leave until the 21st so he probably has a lot of catching up to do. I would give him a few more days and then try emailing him again early Friday or Monday morning.
Oh, I thought you already had his email. Paul.celestin@navy.mil
Yeah, he’s the one who responds when you submit your package. Emailing him directly might speed things up. It took him about 10 days to respond to me when I submitted, but once he responded I got my PQ letter and confirmation my package was being sent to the board later that day. What’s the file size of your application? He had me split mine in to 2 sections, one with my application documentation and the other with my medical documentation. Both files had to be under 10 MB. Once I did that everything went smoothly.
What about the endorsement from the 1520 OCM? PA107 does say that waiver requests must be routed through the OCM, then to CNRC for approval. So when I was doing my waiver request, I contacted the 1520 OCM. He asked for some pieces of my application (not everything), and then after a few days he sent me a waiver endorsement from him. So my waiver request letter (letter coming from me), CO's endorsement of my waiver request (different document from your actual CO's endorsement of application) and 1520 OCM waiver endorsement. So it was three documents for my TIS waiver request. A couple of weeks ago I received an email from Mr. Celestin, that upon review of my TIS waiver request, my request was approved and my package will be forwarded to the next board. I'm not saying yours won't get approved without the OCM endorsement, but it's something worth looking into I'd say.
I got an email from Mr. Celestin today asking for my typed letter and the CO's endorsed letter for age waiver, (I'm applying for SNA, I had seen you submitted a waiver). I didn't realize I needed the different items. Thank you for the help with this. Good luck with your package, I'm rooting for you.
Ah. I actually had two waiver requests that I submitted. I requested an age waiver for SNA and TIS for AMDO. My age waiver for SNA was disapproved. But TIS waiver for AMDO was approved.
No. My package won't make it to the SNA board because my age waiver was disapproved. But it will go to the AMDO board since my TIS waiver for 1520 was approved.
Was your age waiver process the same for TIS? I'm 33 so I'm curious if it will get approved. I'm going in with humbling ASTB scores so hopefully that doesn't affect their decision.
My age waiver for 1390 was not the same as my TIS waiver for 1520. PA 106 for SNA states that waivers must be routed to CNRC (doesn't say anything about routing through OCM). So all I had for my age waiver was my request letter and a letter from my Skipper endorsing my waiver request (so two waiver documents for SNA). I am 32 years old, turning 33 in December. My ASTB scores are 45 5/7/6. Definitely not the best, but good enough to be eligible. I have a friend who has the exact same birthday as me, and had his age waiver approved and got selected for SNA off the May board. He should be at OCS now. However, the difference with him was that he had really high ASTB scores (I think he had an OAR of 60+ and all 7's after that). So it seem like OAR and ASTB scores definitely play a huge role in the selection process and age waiver approvals for 1390 SNA.