I got my conditional release from PERS 403 (the nuke community), but my BOL never reflected anything about my application, and my chain of command never heard anything about me not getting accepted.
like i said, all that happened was an email from me reaching out to Celestin and asking about my status. I know that LDO non select results are posted to BOL, which makes me thing that Celestin never submitted my application because as far as i can tell there is no record of me applying, other than my emails with him.
im bitter about it because im not allowed to apply again to OCS until 2026 because PERS wont grant me a conditional release until i am within 18 months of my EAOS, so im stuck being enlisted until then.
Im hoping that if i can get proof that my application was never submitted because of Celestin, then i can convince PERS to grant my conditional release to let me apply again.
So you are aware Mr. Celestin doesn't make the call to or not to submit, he just processes the paperwork and moves it up and everything is tracked so if any processor isn't moving an application along it is noticed and that issue fixed.
I can see a few places that could have caused this whole thing to happen.
1. Your FOFAR was too low and you were a "N" but they dropped the ball on notifying you, what was your FOFAR? if it was a 5 or 6 probably low chance of selection last year.
2. Age, it looks like your age at application would have been 31/32, you need to have been able to graduate prior to age 32, if that couldn't have happened they could have just rejected for that reason, or if you had a waiver approved by NRC the board could have just rejected the waiver as they can do that.
3. GPA, even though aviation doesn't have a min GPA listed on the PA they often don't go less than 2.5 but even then the board can decided to just reject anyone with a GPA less than X.XX and not even review their applications.
4. Conditional release, I heard they changed the conditional release for nukes to 18 months before EAOS, I thought that happened last year, if that change happened before the board they could have decided to not send you to board.
No matter which of the above it was or maybe something else someone should have communicated to you what happened, that is what every person who applies deserves whether good news or bad news.