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31OCT22 SNA/SNFO BOARD

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exNavyOffRec

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cjh5073 said:
Hello all,

Literally just called the Aviation OCM,

DIRECT QUOTE

“To relieve any anxiety - the board is 100% happening.”

Everyone chill.
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FYI, the aviation OCM doesn't control the board NRC does, and the few boards that were cancelled last minute were cancelled by NRC not the OCM, NRC notifies the OCM there is not going to be a board.

It would be very odd for NRC to cancel the board this close to it, but it has happened before.
 
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cjh5073

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exNavyOffRec said:
FYI, the aviation OCM doesn't control the board NRC does, and the few boards that were cancelled last minute were cancelled by NRC not the OCM, NRC notifies the OCM there is not going to be a board.

It would be very odd for NRC to cancel the board this close to it, but it has happened before.
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I get that. CNRC rules all.

Just don’t feel like an O-5 is going to blow smoke up my ass like my enlisted recruiter did. (No offense to recruiters).

They’re also in the same building. The horses mouth is right down the hall. Plus all the other times I’ve spoken to the OCM and the ISPP Program Director they’ve been pretty straightforward, not to mention every single aviator in my command, and Oceana, and CNAL.

We’ve all worked really hard to get here - and of course we all want it to work out. Let’s just think positive vibes.
 
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exNavyOffRec

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cjh5073 said:
I get that. CNRC rules all.

Just don’t feel like an O-5 is going to blow smoke up my ass like my enlisted recruiter did. (No offense to recruiters).

They’re also in the same building. The horses mouth is right down the hall. Plus all the other times I’ve spoken to the OCM and the ISPP Program Director they’ve been pretty straightforward, not to mention every single aviator in my command, and Oceana, and CNAL.

We’ve all worked really hard to get here - and of course we all want it to work out. Let’s just think positive vibes.
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It isn't that they will blow smoke, it is they just don't know. While they are in the same building they don't talk all the time and until NRC decides to cancel they aren't going to bother anyone else.

I have had CPO's at NRC letting me know they were cancelling a board while senior officers outside NRC were saying it was happening, until the board didn't happen.

Like I have said before you move forward as if it is going to happen until it doesn't, and that call can happen at anytime from NRC.
 
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exNavyOffRec

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cjh5073 said:
Just don’t feel like an O-5 is going to blow smoke up my ass like my enlisted recruiter did. (No offense to recruiters).
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Oh and you are not wrong, enlisted recruiters are known for doing that and it bugs me, too many people have enlisted because they were told it was the best way to become an officer.

Unfortunately I have encountered OR's that were almost as bad but in different ways, also have seen issues with senior officers on afloat commands that don't understand the process and will tell guys things like for AD GPA doesn't count, or degree doesn't matter (when going for CEC), or a good one is AD applications are reviewed and approved as they arrive at NRC.
 
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OptionsDollaraire

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So the bottleneck is at Pensacola and for students waiting to start flight training? Is it too many bodies and not enough time/instructor pilots/ aircraft?
 
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cjh5073

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exNavyOffRec said:
Oh and you are not wrong, enlisted recruiters are known for doing that and it bugs me, too many people have enlisted because they were told it was the best way to become an officer.

Unfortunately I have encountered OR's that were almost as bad but in different ways, also have seen issues with senior officers on afloat commands that don't understand the process and will tell guys things like for AD GPA doesn't count, or degree doesn't matter (when going for CEC), or a good one is AD applications are reviewed and approved as they arrive at NRC.
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Yeah I mean luckily CNAL handled my application, and I had a really supportive command.
 
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exNavyOffRec

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villo0692 said:
I did talk to him on the phone, he used to be my Commanding Officer at some point, he made Capt
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That might be a sign he is getting ready to transfer, it seemed like with my Dept Heads they would arrive as CDR's and shortly before they were transferring they would make CAPT.
 
BB Poison

BB Poison

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Shit here I was thinking “damn I won’t make it to OCS til I’m 25” and we got guys in their 30s waiting to get selected. I feel for y’all, hopefully your board doesn’t get cancelled and we see each other in the fleet when we finally get winged in 10 years.
 
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FloridaDad

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BB Poison said:
Shit here I was thinking “damn I won’t make it to OCS til I’m 25” and we got guys in their 30s waiting to get selected. I feel for y’all, hopefully your board doesn’t get cancelled and we see each other in the fleet when we finally get winged in 10 years.
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We'll all hopefully get there eventually! I was hoping to get to OCS before my kids got too much older. Every month that goes by the harder it'll be on them. Obviously deployments will be hard too but they'll be old enough at that point to understand why and understand that I'm coming back. At this age it'll just be, "why is Daddy still not home? Will he ever come back?" for a few months. I'm at least hoping it'll be soon enough that they won't remember me leaving for OCS when they're older. They're 1 and 3 so that's definitely possible still.
 
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