July 2013 and/or Rolling Board

[Tiffany Murphy]

I hope you get that all worked out! It sounds like you may just need to get some clarification in to prove that you are okay. Do you think you can go back and have them check again?

I went and got an EKG done this morning and everything is normal. I sent it to my OR so I should be cleared medically now!

 

[Evan Pappas]

One of the advantages of living in the DC area (you know, in addition to the reasonable beltway traffic and amicable politicians...) is that I could get a pre-commissioning physical at Walter Reed military hospital in Bethesda in lieu of MEPS. That was a two-step process; about a half day of blood labs, hearing and visual tests, dental exam, etc, followed by a one-hour review of results with a doc a couple weeks later. My recruiter needed to set up the initial appointment but from there I was able to do all of my own scheduling directly with the hospital, just like in the civilian world.

I highly recommend that path if you can get it - the whole process was very efficient, saved me from taking a bunch of leave (0730 appointments before work FTW), and the hospital staff treated me like a human being throughout.

I did the same thing. Seemed way more efficient than going through MEPS. When I failed the depth perception test they scheduled a full optometry exam there and eventually passed me. Didn't have to pay a dime for the additional visit.

You out of NORS Hyattsville?

 

[Mr Spenz]

I went and got an EKG done this morning and everything is normal. I sent it to my OR so I should be cleared medically now!

Your OR should get a PQ letter from N3M stating your medically cleared. Congrats! Gonna start a P90X/insanity hybrid workout Monday!

 

[Scaevola]

I did the same thing. Seemed way more efficient than going through MEPS. When I failed the depth perception test they scheduled a full optometry exam there and eventually passed me. Didn't have to pay a dime for the additional visit.

You out of NORS Hyattsville?

Woah, didn't realize there was a NORS in Hyattsville. I moved just across the line to Howard county after I graduated from UMD, so I'm applying through NORS Baltimore. That office is near BWI which is only like 20 min from my house, but I go right past Hyattsville on my way to work in DC every day. I see on the CNRC website that Hyattsville reports up to NRD Richmond, while Baltimore is part of NRD Philadephia - strange to think that just a few miles across the Patuxent River made such a difference in our experiences!

Good luck on your board, I'm finalizing my packet for the August IDC board - submission deadline is 17 July. Go Terps!

 

[TA910]

Oh I couldn't lol that would irritate me even more. Besides I work in the sun don't want a face tan line!

Yea that wouldn't be the best look

 

[Evan Pappas]

Woah, didn't realize there was a NORS in Hyattsville. I moved just across the line to Howard county after I graduated from UMD, so I'm applying through NORS Baltimore. That office is near BWI which is only like 20 min from my house, but I go right past Hyattsville on my way to work in DC every day. I see on the CNRC website that Hyattsville reports up to NRD Richmond, while Baltimore is part of NRD Philadephia - strange to think that just a few miles across the Patuxent River made such a difference in our experiences!

Good luck on your board, I'm finalizing my packet for the August IDC board - submission deadline is 17 July. Go Terps!

That's awesome. Hyattsville was a great location while living on campus but now that I'm back home in Montgomery county it's a bit of a hike. Good luck on your board as well!

 

[TA910]

SNA/SNFO (15 July Board)
24 Male - NAVAIR Civilian
6/7/6 49 ASTB
3.28 GPA BS Mechanical Engineering 2012 - Drexel University
6 LORs: NAVAIR Department Director (O-6 NFO), NAVAIR Branch Head, NAVAIR Team Lead, Previous Employer, USNA Professor, Drexel University Professor
MEPS - PQ
NASIS - Active Security Clearance
High School NJROTC Squad Leader

Can anyone please comment on my application package stats? Thanks in advance and best of luck to everyone on the upcoming selection board!

Whole person concept. Its up to the board to decide. Couple days left!!! You should be fine

 

[exNavyOffRec]

Woah, didn't realize there was a NORS in Hyattsville. I moved just across the line to Howard county after I graduated from UMD, so I'm applying through NORS Baltimore. That office is near BWI which is only like 20 min from my house, but I go right past Hyattsville on my way to work in DC every day. I see on the CNRC website that Hyattsville reports up to NRD Richmond, while Baltimore is part of NRD Philadephia - strange to think that just a few miles across the Patuxent River made such a difference in our experiences!

Good luck on your board, I'm finalizing my packet for the August IDC board - submission deadline is 17 July. Go Terps!

FYI, the word is they have closed the IDC board early, one of the AD applicants called and was told it was moved to August and it had been closed.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

Whole person concept. Its up to the board to decide. Couple days left!!! You should be fine

Not so much, the whole person concept really only applies to "other than aviation" on aviation the better you do on the ASTB the better off you are, I have seen guys with 2.9 GPA's, no outside activities, just went to school and they were picked up but they had 9's, guys with 8's and 9's with one paragraph motivation statements, so so LOR's, etc.....

 

[Mr Spenz]

Not so much, the whole person concept really only applies to "other than aviation" on aviation the better you do on the ASTB the better off you are, I have seen guys with 2.9 GPA's, no outside activities, just went to school and they were picked up but they had 9's, guys with 8's and 9's with one paragraph motivation statements, so so LOR's, etc.....

Almost sounds as if 7's aren't even good enough.

 

[JULIET_SIERRA]

You out of NORS Hyattsville?

I applied through NORS Hyattsville as well lol.

 

[Scaevola]

FYI, the word is they have closed the IDC board early, one of the AD applicants called and was told it was moved to August and it had been closed.

My OR already has all of my materials and is reviewing them with the NRD processor. I know I'm not his only IDC applicant and he hasn't indicated anything about it closing earlier than the published July 17 date. We've spoken several times the last two weeks and I get the impression than he's on the ball. I'm not AD, could there be a difference for fleet applicants vs. the street on that?

 

[exNavyOffRec]

My OR already has all of my materials and is reviewing them with the NRD processor. I know I'm not his only IDC applicant and he hasn't indicated anything about it closing earlier than the published July 17 date. We've spoken several times the last two weeks and I get the impression than he's on the ball. I'm not AD, could there be a difference for fleet applicants vs. the street on that?

no difference in cutoff between AD and non AD, the processor could have been mistaken, or NRC could have closed it early, they have done that before with no notice as they do not have to go by the schedule cutoff dates.

The last times they have done a early cutoff was because they board said they only wanted to review XXX number of application so when that was reached they closed it out.

 

[TA910]

Almost sounds as if 7's aren't even good enough.

Let the board decide

 

[Mr Spenz]

^^agreed!