Influx of SNA's

[submarinerssbn]

I read in a post (can't remember which one), about the fact that everyone graduating from the USNA and ROTC causes an influx of SNA's. What long term and short term might this do for personnel trying to enter the same field, a couple of months afterwards? will it weigh on the decision of my OCS selection board when designating us from our three choices?

What might this do for classes later on in the year and early next year? does preceeding the end of the physical year allow for more slots available for jets(yes the infamous nagging questions about jets, jets, jets).

I am just curious how that works or how it effects the guys who have gone to OCS and Flight School after that influx of students from USNA and ROTC and just after the physical year.

Sorry about retorical questions and being narrow minded about jets but i can't help the urge that Ricky Bobby and I share, "I want to go fast!!!!!!"

thanks for your inputs and experience

 

[Gatordev]

OCS selections don't really co-mingle with ROTC and USNA selections. You can't say they're independent, but they don't completely have anything to do w/ one another. OCS is used to fill gaps/meet quotas not achieved by the academies. So getting accepted might be somewhat affected by the previous year's selections at ROTC and USNA, but otherwise, it's not really something to worry about.

As for selection out of Primary, it's totally irrelevant. Once you're commissioned at NASC and beyond, no one really cares how you were commissioned when it comes to communities. You compete against everyone else and if the high scores and/or jet slots that week all go to OCS guys, so be it. It doesn't matter.

Basically, apply. The worst they can say is no and you apply again.

 

[atrickpay]

I read in a post (can't remember which one), about the fact that everyone graduating from the USNA and ROTC causes an influx of SNA's. What long term and short term might this do for personnel trying to enter the same field, a couple of months afterwards? will it weigh on the decision of my OCS selection board when designating us from our three choices?

I believe there is a set amount of slots to be given out for each acquisition method. So the USNA graduation shouldn't really affect how many OCS slots are available.

What might this do for classes later on in the year and early next year? does preceeding the end of the physical year allow for more slots available for jets(yes the infamous nagging questions about jets, jets, jets).

First of all, it's a 'fiscal' year. I don't know for sure if the fiscal year affects the number of slots (for any airframe), but I would think it would slightly. The end of the fiscal year = more people leaving the Navy.. Or maybe it doesn't, that's just what I would guess.

I am just curious how that works or how it effects the guys who have gone to OCS and Flight School after that influx of students from USNA and ROTC and just after the physical year.

Another guess, but amount of people going through the program at a given time probably remains close to constant. So the amount of people you're competing against will not fluctuate that much throughout the year.

Sorry about retorical questions and being narrow minded about jets but i can't help the urge that Ricky Bobby and I share, "I want to go fast!!!!!!"

thanks for your inputs and experience

People are probably going to tell you not to think about a jet slot. It's really out of your hands, and you shouldn't worry about it. If you're going in with the mindset of 'only jets', you'll do more harm to yourself than good.

All of the above is from someone who isn't even in the Navy, so I could be completely wrong.

 

[Uncle Fester]

I believe...I don't know for sure...but I would think...Or maybe it doesn't, that's just what I would guess...Another guess...All of the above is from someone who isn't even in the Navy, so I could be completely wrong.

Not to be a dick or anything, but if you've got that many guesses in your post of advice, maybe you should just hold your fire. There's plenty of folks here who are winged aviators, officers and current instructors and can give solid gouge. Adding to the static doesn't help.

ssbn: Sourcing numbers are fairly constant year-to-year, and Big Navy knows what to expect. Don't sweat it.

The numbers coming in the door ebb and flow during the year - as you might expect, we have bigger classes in API during the mid-summer (most ROTC and USNA grads) and smallest in March-April when the winter grads are in but the spring grads haven't arrived yet. Again, this is constant year-to-year and we plan for it.

By the time the studs hit Primary, what with medical holds, attrites, personal problems, blah blah, any burbles in the class sizes are more or less evened out. And your comissioning source doesn't matter.

 

[wingsB4rings]

All of the above is from someone who isn't even in the Navy, so I could be completely wrong.

No experience but lots of advice and know how...? Sounds like our possibly future boss (unfortunately).

 

[BACONATOR]

No experience but lots of advice and know how...? Sounds like our possibly future boss (unfortunately).

Sex, politics and religion? What was it about those three again?