22MAY2023 SNA/SNFO Board

[BDavis11]

Interesting. I think I read here somewhere that the fiscal year begins sometime during the fall and goes into the next year. But in this case I was thinking fall 2025 to 2026.

New fiscal year starts October 1 every year. So currently we are in FY 23. 24 will begin in October

 

[exNavyOffRec]

October 1, 2024 thru September 30, 2025 according to Google

Interesting. I think I read here somewhere that the fiscal year begins sometime during the fall and goes into the next year. But in this case I was thinking fall 2025 to 2026.

New fiscal year starts October 1 every year. So currently we are in FY 23. 24 will begin in October

This gets interesting when referring to OCS programs, a person could be selected in June 2023 which is during the FY 23, be selected for a spot during FY 25, leave for OCS in Aug 2024 which is FY 24 and then commission in November 2024 which is FY 25.

The best thing is to not worry what FY the board is in, that doesn't matter the FY you are selected for matters and then -3 months, that will give you the rough window of when those for that YG will ship. Example FY 24 is Oct 2023 to Sept 2024, OCS shipping for that FY would be about July 2023 to June 2024, which would result in YG FY 24 commissioning Oct 2023 to Sept 2024.

 

[BDavis11]

This gets interesting when referring to OCS programs, a person could be selected in June 2023 which is during the FY 23, be selected for a spot during FY 25, leave for OCS in Aug 2024 which is FY 24 and then commission in November 2024 which is FY 25.

The best thing is to not worry what FY the board is in…

Just focus on being selected and let the rest fall into place honestly is the best thing any of us can do

 

[Anthony2000]

Just to clarify, fy25 basically means 2026?

No FY25 begins late 2024 and ends in 2025. Fiscal Years (FY) begin in the year before stated.

 

[FlyingGamecock]

Anyone not been to MEPS yet? My recruiter should be sending in the paperwork sometime soon for me to go. Worried about that depth perception test, it’d suck to get this far in the process and fail that. I mean it is what it is if I do fail, just wanted to see if anyone was in the same boat

 

[ChandosT]

Anyone not been to MEPS yet? My recruiter should be sending in the paperwork sometime soon for me to go. Worried about that depth perception test, it’d suck to get this far in the process and fail that. I mean it is what it is if I do fail, just wanted to see if anyone was in the same boat

I saw some dude on Reddit the other day saying how he wanted to be a pilot but failed the depth perception test and how he thinks it's a flawed test and everyone was reassuring him it's not. Not trying to scare you but it's something you either have or you don't. The test itself is nothing really to fear unless you already feel you have depth perception issues.

 

[FlyingGamecock]

I saw some dude on Reddit the other day saying how he wanted to be a pilot but failed the depth perception test and how he thinks it's a flawed test and everyone was reassuring him it's not. Not trying to scare you but it's something you either have or you don't. The test itself is nothing really to fear unless you already feel you have depth perception issues.

Never been told I have depth perception issues by an eye doctor, but I do feel like I have slightly below average depth perception so we’ll seen what happens lol

 

[Anthony2000]

Never been told I have depth perception issues by an eye doctor, but I do feel like I have slightly below average depth perception so we’ll seen what happens lol

Yeah you’ll do a depth perception test and then you’ll do another depth perception test looking through a machine and it will show two different things to each eye that will align correctly if your depth perception is correct.

Not sure if anyone else had that but I did. It was like a ladder sideways showing in one eye and a bar in the other. The bar is supposed to align at some step numbered on the ladder. There was another image also I can’t remember. Then after that you’ll do the color blindness book and the normal depth perception book with the circles and one sticks out.

 

[ChandosT]

The color blindness test is what takes a lot of men especially by surprise. Color blindness is way more common in men than in women and a lot of people live their whole lives not realizing they're slightly colorblind. I remember overhearing a conversation the eye doctor was having with some kid while I was there about how he's colorblind and the kid was swearing up and down he isn't.

 

[Anthony2000]

The color blindness test is what takes a lot of men especially by surprise. Color blindness is way more common in men than in women and a lot of people live their whole lives not realizing they're slightly colorblind. I remember overhearing a conversation the eye doctor was having with some kid while I was there about how he's colorblind and the kid was swearing up and down he isn't.

Yeah I was also shocked by the amount of people who had depth perception issues and/or color blindness issues. No explaining or explanation will get you out of it either haha . They check it down on your sheet and off to the next test you go!

 

[Anthony2000]

Never been told I have depth perception issues by an eye doctor, but I do feel like I have slightly below average depth perception so we’ll seen what happens lol

Best bet is to go to an eye doc now. If you’re in color just call the University health center and say you want to double check your depth perception. They should let you do it for free no cost. God forbid there is an issue, you have time now to fix it, just YouTube how to strengthen your depth perception. I know there is ways to overcome it if you have it mildly.

 

[BB Poison]

I remember doing the color blindness test at MEPS, lady pointed to a circle and asked me what number what in it, I started panicking because I couldn’t see it… there was no damn number.

 

[ChandosT]

Yeah I was also shocked by the amount of people who had depth perception issues and/or color blindness issues. No explaining or explanation will get you out of it either haha . They check it down on your sheet and off to the next test you go!

And there's nothing you can do about it either. LASIK/PRK can correct eyesight and astigmatism but those are just either you got it or you don't. It sucks but you'd rather DQ at MEPS and be given options in your control like trying for SWO or something else before getting to OCS and getting NAMI Whammied.

 

[ChandosT]

I remember doing the color blindness test at MEPS, lady pointed to a circle and asked me what number what in it, I started panicking because I couldn’t see it… there was no damn number.

Gotta love the "GOTCHA!" page in that damn book lol

 

[Anthony2000]

And there's nothing you can do about it either. LASIK/PRK can correct eyesight and astigmatism but those are just either you got it or you don't. It sucks but you'd rather DQ at MEPS and be given options in your control like trying for SWO or something else before getting to OCS and getting NAMI Whammied.

I believe LASIK/PRK can correct it if your eyes allow it. All depends on what’s going on with your eyes and the shape of them.