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Naval Reserve to pilot training

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Airman Rob

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New to the forum - looks great!!
I have been in USNR for 4 months now - and imminently receiving my US citizenship. What is the procedure to go from an enlisted Airman rank to pilot training -

I am 29 - is the prior service waiver to age 31 still in place - and would I qualify for that??

Your help would be much appreciated.
 
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Goliath112

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Originally posted by Airman Rob
New to the forum - looks great!!
I have been in USNR for 4 months now - and imminently receiving my US citizenship. What is the procedure to go from an enlisted Airman rank to pilot training -

I am 29 - is the prior service waiver to age 31 still in place - and would I qualify for that??

Your help would be much appreciated.
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you have a Phd? wow.. well you might want to see your comannd career counselor for more specifics. but I pretty sure that waiver is still in place for priors. also I know that there are immediate commissioning oppurtunities for sailors with Bachelors or above. which means you send a OCS application to Millington. talk to your ccc dude.

man the wait is killing me
 
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Airman Rob

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Haven't completed the PhD - still working on it!! I think it is possible to get a Direct Commission of some kind -
Not sure whether that wouldn't be into a line or staff category and whether or not I need to attend OCS/ some other officer training.
Recruiter told me if I was a US citizen when I applied, I would have joined as an officer.

Is the prior accession-based waiver a month-for-month waiver, or just "some qualifying service" - and does it matter if that service is Reserve vs Active duty
Thanks
 
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Dave Shutter

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I'm pretty sure the age waiver is back to month-for-month and it is active duty. A direct commission would make you a Staff Corps Officer so you'll have to go to OCS for Aviation. If you got the direct flavor you could apply for a transfer to Aviation but if Pilot is directly what you want you might be better off just going straight to OCS. It would save you a lot of time which you don't have that much of.
 
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Airman Rob

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Thanks for the insight - appreciate it!
Where is the month-2-month exchange called out - OPNAV 1420.1 specifies the age limit as waiverable to 31 with prior service, but doesn't place any more restrictions -
Any ideas??
 
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