NRC is signing Final Select letters four classes out. This is done to ensure that if a date is assigned, that applicant will ship on that date. There are other factors as well, such as there are 17 OCS classes per year and NRC works to level load each class so there is not a log jam in training post OCS. Certain communities also desire that their selects attend certain classes due to follow on schools. More factors include age critical folks get priority. Generally speaking, the way it works is that if all your documentation is at NRC and verified, your name goes to the bottom of the ready list and assigned a ship date accordingly. Another factor is that NRC is not assigned final designator specific shipping goals until late in the shipping season. NRC is the fill gap between USNA and ROTC. NRC is required to increase or decrease shipping based on over or under production of USNA or ROTC. Most of the above is out of the control of the applicant. All concerns above are NOT falling on deaf ears. What applicants can control is getting all the required documentation to his/her recruiter that is requested or for Fleet applicants to get info directly to NRC in a timely manner.
