Good Stash jobs, and how to get them?

[Recidivist]

Since there is a pretty good wait between OCS and API, can anybody who got a good stash job let us in on what to try for and how to go about it? Also about stuff that we'll need to do later, but might be able to get done in the interim (like SERE?).

thanks

 

[Fezz CB]

A SERE stashed job? I'd be interested in what that position would be like. But yea, I dont really know if there are any "good" stash jobs. Most of my buddies who were stashed didnt really enjoy their jobs (i.e. flt mgmt, qdeck watch, stucon). You could volunteer for NAMRL (spin 'n puke and other stuff), OHARP (go back to hometown and help recruiting and/or be an office slave), survival pool and Aviation museum (you get to wear a flight suit-yah!).

I'm sure there are ohter stashed jobs out there. But thats my 0.02

 

[zab1001]

No one is going to let you do SERE before wings, at least not these days. Another chance for you to "break" in some manner and delay your training or possibly remove you from the pipeline. Not to mention spill the beans to all your fellow Enswines about the process.

 

[Ex Rigger]

My stash job is to be on the golf course at some point in the day.....no check in time.....it's kinda nice. I'd suggest that one.

 

[zippy]

i know people who got stashed at HSL-37, TPS and VMFAT-101 prior to showing up for API... good deals are out there- i guess you just gotta think outside the box and do a bit of your own leg work.

 

[Gatordev]

i know people who got stashed at HSL-37...

Yes they did, and for two of them, it was a giant cluster for them to get out there. Definitely had to roll w/ the punches to make it happen.

 

[othromas]

I second the museum, and I remember a few guys saying the gym isn't a bad deal if you like to lift.

 

[Goober]

Third on the museum...worked a total of two days in two months.

 

[dnweinreb]

Museum is a very good stash job. I was under the impression that you either got stashed or you didn't. When I got stashed nobody asked me whether I wanted to go or not. They just handed me a sheet.

 

[wink]

OHARP is a good deal if you want to get away from the Navy a bit. In all my years of recruiting I have never seen an OHARP office slave. I guess you can't know for sure but it is usually very laid back with plenty of opportunities to get out of the office. PT with applicants and selectees/DEPERS, visit campus, play basketball at lunch, give presentations about OCS/USNA/ROTC to interested young'uns, escort applicants to airshows, there is some variety. It is especially fun to go back to your old college town and pick up where you left off, but with more money and a secure future. Last I heard they weren't allowing OHARP as a stash job for aviators. Don't know why. We have been getting only non avaitors in my office. Any news on that.

 

[SlickAg]

Not only do they allow it, but I believe they are actually encouraging SNFOs to do it. Quick note for you SNFO types, my buddy just checked into Pcola and he ran into a guy who was a Dec 04 grad, got there around April/May, and still hasn't classed up yet. Enjoy the wait. My buddy was told to expect around 6 months.

 

[Recidivist]

Gouge I got at the Navy office today said that there was no OHARP for SNA/SNFO because they are going through API, and its up to aviation training command at that point what to do with you. Not saying this is true, note gouge, but its what I heard.

 

[Fezz CB]

Gouge I got at the Navy office today said that there was no OHARP for SNA/SNFO because they are going through API, and its up to aviation training command at that point what to do with you. Not saying this is true, note gouge, but its what I heard.

You could do OHARP before you start API. I'm doing it right now. Do you mean those currently in API? If so, then that makes more sense. And yes, its up to NASC to release you should you decide to do oharp. As long as you have a receiving command, you should be alright.

 

[A6-EA6]

The key to any one of those options is for you to head out and do all of the legwork. Find somewhere/something you want to do and then contact people there to get them to buy off on your idea. Bring that to the powers that be and see what happens. In the USN, if you put in the effort and get a plan together that can work (and can prove it), most times they will let you execute it. Good luck and good on you for trying to do something other than sit around and wait.

 

[wink]

The key to any one of those options is for you to head out and do all of the legwork. Find somewhere/something you want to do and then contact people there to get them to buy off on your idea. Bring that to the powers that be and see what happens. In the USN, if you put in the effort and get a plan together that can work (and can prove it), most times they will let you execute it. Good luck and good on you for trying to do something other than sit around and wait.

Excellent career advise to start with your OHARP shopping. Not only did I once pitch a unsolicited home brewed op plan as a lowly Lt to a Commodore, but he bought it and allowed my partner and myself to reorient an entire Battle Group's formation and change the airplan, just so we could have a go at a problem his staff couldn't fix. I also once got shore duty orders where I wanted to go by confirming a billet would soon open and then putting on my best trop whites with hair cut and making an appointment to see the C.O. of the command. I essentially inertviewed for the job, and he then called the detailer and made a by name request. The Navy is a big machine with tons of procedures and regulations. Still, there is plenty of room to work the system if you learn how. A good beginning is doing as much work yourself for the folks you want something out of.