The whole A-4 wing is a fuel tank ("wet wing" = 3,800#). Had to come all the way 'bock sheep' plugged into a K-A3 Tanker. Entire one-piece wing replacement was required... took months, but it did fly again. Tough little 'Hawk!
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Final Select Purgatory
- Thread starter bvlinas
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brogdawg32
Well-Known Member
I solemnly swear I'm up to no good? Ehhh something like that. Just swore in, feels good! See everyone out in the fleet!
Congrats! Were you interviewed by an investigator before getting your FINSEL and swearing in?
brogdawg32
Well-Known Member
Nope, and none of my references have been contacted yet either
loui86dz
Do or do not... there is no try-Master Yoda
Checking into final select purgatory. I was selected for IW in the April/June IDC board. I just finished my interview with a background investigator today for a top secret clearance. My recruiter thinks I'll ship out in October/November. I am hoping he's right but I have already prepared myself mentally for a longer wait haha.
exNavyOffRec
Well-Known Member
Just as long as they didn't say a signed check.....
CatoTheGrounded
Member
After two weeks of no contact from my recruiter he finally emails me today...to tell me I need to resign some forms. Good grief.
Fronch
OCS 03-15 (IW)
I got my FINSEL back at the beginning of July, and my recruiter has told me that I'll be swearing in sometime in the first week of August. However, I looked back at the Navy Recruiting manual, specifically Chapter 8 Section 4 Page 1 (page 47 of this document) wherein it states:
I'm inclined to trust that my OR knows what he's doing, but this has me a little worried...
My best semi-educated guess (and maybe @RUFiO181 wouldn't mind clearing this up once and for all - please and thank you), we're not Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) Officer Candidates (OCs). The wording in the instruction implies that IRR OCs enlist within 15 days, but as far as I know we're not anything but selected applicants (e.g., we're not in an IRR status before we swear-in. I'm not sure that we are afterwards either).
Edit: We didn't have to do a DD368 (Conditional Release)
From the OCS Application Checklist:
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Fronch
OCS 03-15 (IW)
Clarification would be helpful. I was under the assumption that we enter the IRR for the period of time between when we swear in and when we arrive at OCS. However, upon re-reading the document I linked, that could also be interpreted as instructions for OCS applicants who are in the IRR (from prior service) at the time of application. Reading Chapter 4 of the same manual indicates (on p. 31) that the NRD "completes enlistment documents and service agreement," with no indication of a timeline. My only personal concern is whether there is enough time between my swearing-in and my OCS date for my orders to be generated.
Again, I'm going to err on the side of trusting that my OR knows what he's doing; he has gotten me this far in the process, I have no reason to doubt his competence at this point.
This also demonstrates the danger of the Internet; I don't really have a lot of context for the information in this manual, which makes confusion or misinterpretation much more likely.
The time from when you swear in to when you arrive at OCS should work toward your IRR time once you leave the Navy, but you are not actually IRR.