30 year old SWO?

[exNavyOffRec]

Thanks for the additional input. The recruiter I contacted is an "officer recruiter." I sent him my resume per his request and he emailed
me back stating that this week he will be sending more info in order to get my "officer package" together. I hope that is a sign I have a
chance. While I am realistic and thankfully have backup plans, the Reserves is something I definitely will pursue if active duty does not
work out. <5% means there's a chance, and if there's a chance, I've always been one to go for it! I basically have an "officer package"
ready because I had prepared a JAG package- I have to tweak my moto statement (changing from JAG to SWO) and then update my
LOR's but everything else is good to go!

I will keep everyone posted on how things go and I am sure I'll be asking more questions! Happy New Year!

You can apply to both at the same time, I have had people do that.

The motivational statement should be why you want to be an officer, not specific to a designator, in your case changing it to discuss SWO would not be the best since their are no SWO boards for the near future.

You would have 2 motivational statements, one for reserve one for active.

Make sure you have the correct revision of the application, if not simple enough to move data over.

 

[BusyBee604]

I've met plenty of really neat people who wear wings, but overall I thought the various cats and dogs I worked with on my dissociated sea tour were even more interesting

Hmmm, more interesting non-winged "cats and dogs"...from what communities? That certainly was never my experience!
BzB

 

[Jim123]

Hmmm, more interesting non-winged "cats and dogs"...from what communities? That certainly was never my experience!
BzB

Line, non line, ships, subs, grunts, active, reserve, uniformed, non-uniformed... For me, what makes different people tick compared to what makes me tick are fascinating.

All us fliers certainly come from a wide variety of backgrounds (places, upbringings, educations, etc.) and aviation has more than its share of individual characters, but having flying (and a few other things) in common tends to give us a similar outlook on lots of things. I don't think that's a bad thing, mind you- I love the satisfaction from working with like-minded people in such an intense line of work. Now, to me, the "rest" of the population out there has at least as wide a variety of backgrounds, but often they also look at things from a differently than I do (or most of my pilot friends do)... and that is not necessarily a good vs bad thing either.

Hope that makes sense. Cheers!

 

[Mavy]

06-JAN-2012 UPDATE:
Happy New Year! OR emailed me my Navy Officer kit (this is a good sign, right?! I am filling everything out, getting the references, etc. He said it's imperative I get the medical
stuff in STAT so I can get that started. I guess, in the end, it's going to be a matter of being in front of the board and them drilling me with questions
such as.....such as?! I have no idea. In any event, I'll keep everyone posted on the developments...

 

[exNavyOffRec]

Unless you are going for a few reserve programs or JAG the board isn't in front of anyone. Going to board is just a term used to describe when you paperwork is reviewed by the officers making the selections.

 

[das]

...though if you're applying to an IDC community (e.g., INTEL, IW, IP) you will have a panel interview where they can "drill" you with questions. Be prepared, have a real, personal answer for why you want to join the Navy — think of it as a job interview, and you'll do fine.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

...though if you're applying to an IDC community (e.g., INTEL, IW, IP) you will have a panel interview where they can "drill" you with questions. Be prepared, have a real, personal answer for why you want to join the Navy — think of it as a job interview, and you'll do fine.

Only if going reserve IDC. The only active programs that have interviews attached to the application process are SEAL, PAO, CEC, and JAGC

 

[das]

Yes, thanks for the clarification. I was still talking in the reserve vein since I am operating under the assumption that age will be an issue for him for OCS.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

Those reserve IDC boards can be brutal, the ones I have found that really have a shot are prior enlisted in that community.

 

[Mavy]

So, I've turned in all of my docs- officer app, medicals, references, etc. and now recruiter is non responsive. Is
this the dreaded "if they don't contact you it's because you aren't competitive" spiel? I'm going to talk to the
enlistment recruiter next week. Anyone know if there are 2 year enlistment periods anymore? (I know during
OIF I heard of some 2 year stints available...)

 

[exNavyOffRec]

How much time have you given for a response? They could be on leave or TAD.

 

[bubblehead]

Those reserve IDC boards can be brutal

Depends on from which region you are applying.

If you live in the Washington, DC area, then I feel for you. That board is notorious only because Washington, DC has a very large population of overqualified people applying to the DCO program.

the ones I have found that really have a shot are prior enlisted in that community.

RUMINT... I am prior Enlisted and had to apply twice.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

Depends on from which region you are applying.

If you live in the Washington, DC area, then I feel for you. That board is notorious only because Washington, DC has a very large population of overqualified people applying to the DCO program.

RUMINT... I am prior Enlisted and had to apply twice.

I wasn't referring to the applicants I was referring to the board members, you can have the best applicant in the world but if the board members give you an average score you are done.

Some of the questions board members have asked our applicants include "How is a division set up", "what would you be doing on your dril..l weekends", "what would an Intel officer do for their active time", "what would you look for when reviewing an eval", basically questions that really could be answered by a person that was prior enlisted.

 

[Mavy]

Hmmm...well I submitted my completed app on Wednesday and then asked him about MEPS (I turned
my medicals in about 2 weeks ago because he said I could start that process now) but I didn't receive any
confirmation or response. My younger brother is enlisting and I wanted to go to MEPS at the same time
as him. I'm just paranoid. The wait is killing me!

 

[Mavy]

UPDATE: Welp, looks like I've been cut off. Haven't heard from Chief in 4 weeks, emails/calls
go unreturned. BLAH! Thanks for all the input advice! Go Navy!