November/December boards, looking at the competition.

[SurfTheLine]

AM3 (AW/SW) 5 years in the Navy (currently Active Duty)
BBA in marketing 3.71 GPA (March 31, 2007)
Junior Sailor of the month (June 2007)
Junior Sailor of the Quarter (2nd quarter, 2007)
Letter of commendation from CO (0-5)
Plane captain of the month (December, 2005)
Plane captain of the quarter (4th quarter, 2005)
ASTB OAR 47 5/6/5 (1st try)
1 LOR from XO (0-5)
4 LORs from 0-4's in same command
SNA physical complete
Clearance paperwork submitted
My last 3 evals were Promotable, Must Promote, #1 Must promote (4.27 individual trait average).
NJP in January 2003, NJP in October 2004, been a turnaround sailor since.

Planning to get endorsement/LOR from my commodore who is an 0-6, and my last CO (0-5).

 

[badger16]

Planning for the November boards.

-23 y/o
-3.0 GPA (History)
-ASTB 7/7/6 57 (1st time)
-PRT(taking on Wednesday)- 100ish sit ups, 80-85ish push ups, 9:00-9:15 mile and a half run.
-5 LOR's - 1 former guidance councelor, 1 prof, 1 former youth group leader/family friend, 2 former employers.
-10hrs flight time (still flying when I have cash)
-No prior military service.


My application should be set to send off after my physical and PRT @ Great Lakes on Wednesday. Anyone else had to go to Great lakes? If so how was it? Anything I should know before hand?Good luck to you Surf, and to everyone else applying.

 

[red_ryder]

Physical OK, 23/M
ASTB 9/9/9/74
GPA 2.51, B.S. Materials Science&Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign
Eagle Scout
Some extracurriculars, karate and soc. for business and mngmt in engineering

Still gotta take the PRT and round up LOR from
Family friend armycorps of engineers, 2 prof's I worked under
plus a couple others I'm trying to think of.

Still not sure if I might go in for the december boards instead.

 

[Praying4OCS]

Applying for:
1) Pilot 2) IWO (OCT31 Board) 3)NFO

Age: 26
8 years of active duty Service - FT2(SS)
-Hold TS/SCI Clearance

Collateral Duties:
TPU Div LPO (55 person division)
Command Recreation Committee President
Command Fitness Leader
Command Honor Guard LPO

PRT:
Last 4 were Outstanding Low

Eval:
6 total
Last 3 Evals are EP
(Last 2 were #1 E-5)
First one is #1 E-4

OAR:
46 5/6/6

Education:
BS Information Technology
GPA: 3.45
AA Computer Science Technologies
GPA: 3.43

CO's Recommendations :
Personally typed from current Commodore (O-6) who stated I was the best applicant he has reviewed in his 25 year career.

Interviews: 6 total
3 Submarine O-5
1 NFO O-6 (Current Chief of Staff for Navy Region SW)
1 Pilot O-5 (Current CO of a Helicopter Squadron)
1 IW O-5 (SPAWAR)
-All have 10's w/excellent write ups

LOR: 6 total
1 Submarine O-6 (previous Commodore)
1 Submarine O-6 (my previous CO)
1 Joint Staff O-6 (previous Commodore)
1 NC O-5 (Father-in-Law)
1 CWO3 (Command's SSO who is an IW)
-All great write-ups

Additional Info:
Had CO's NJP in 2003
One of my LOR (Sub O-6) is from the CO who masted me
Both my previous CO and current Commodore discuss the NJP and how much I have learned from it.
All Evals since have been EP except the one immediately after, which was an MP
I also wrote an NJP address discussing the situation and how I have learned from it

 

[Praying4OCS]

The boards are approaching fast! IW board in a week! Aviation board in three weeks! Good luck to all applying. I hope we are all on the "pro rec" list!

 

[badger16]

Anyone know if the aviation board is going to meet before the 15th because of Thanksgiving or is it same bat time same bat place?

 

[Praying4OCS]

Anyone know if the aviation board is going to meet before the 15th because of Thanksgiving or is it same bat time same bat place?

I'm not sure but I don't think it would be changed. Thanksgiving is on the 22nd this year. If the board is on Thursday the 15th, the results should be out COB Friday.

 

[badger16]

I'm not sure but I don't think it would be changed. Thanksgiving is on the 22nd this year. If the board is on Thursday the 15th, the results should be out COB Friday.

So only a day for the results to come out? That is awesome. Forgive the ignorance, but what is COB?

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Close Of Business

 

[badger16]

Ahh, Gotcha. Thanks for the quick reply.

 

[Bird Dog]

Not sure of my chances, but here are my stats:

-Age: 25
-Graduated Summa Cum Laude; 4.0 GPA, BS in Business Administration major in Management
-Seven years Active Duty Navy: (AW/NAC), Master Training Specialist, Collateral Duty Inspector and Work Center Supervisor
-1500 Flight Hours; 50 Combat missions over Iraq / Afghanistan
-ASTB: 56 / 6/6/4
-CO Recommendation (CAPT)
-Officer Interviews (10’s with solid write ups):
VAQ Wing Commodore
VAQ Wing Deputy Commander
NASWI Base Commanding Officer
-LOR’s:
Former Officer In Charge now Strike Officer on Lincoln
Retired Air Force Colonel and Professor / Advisor
English Professor
Business Finance Professor / Advisor
Civil Servant Colleague / Co-worker
-PRT’s: last three were Excellent High and Mediums
-Other miscellaneous accolades: (NAM, IOQ, CPR instructor, Command Financial Specialist, Strong Evaluations, Spanish proficiency, etc.)

 

[Praying4OCS]

Birddog, your stats look great! Good luck. Are you up for November or December?

Not sure of my chances, but here are my stats:

-Age: 25
-Graduated Summa Cum Laude; 4.0 GPA, BS in Business Administration major in Management
-Seven years Active Duty Navy: (AW/NAC), Master Training Specialist, Collateral Duty Inspector and Work Center Supervisor
-1500 Flight Hours; 50 Combat missions over Iraq / Afghanistan
-ASTB: 56 / 6/6/4
-CO Recommendation (CAPT)
-Officer Interviews (10’s with solid write ups):
VAQ Wing Commodore
VAQ Wing Deputy Commander
NASWI Base Commanding Officer
-LOR’s:
Former Officer In Charge now Strike Officer on Lincoln
Retired Air Force Colonel and Professor / Advisor
English Professor
Business Finance Professor / Advisor
Civil Servant Colleague / Co-worker
-PRT’s: last three were Excellent High and Mediums
-Other miscellaneous accolades: (NAM, IOQ, CPR instructor, Command Financial Specialist, Strong Evaluations, Spanish proficiency, etc.)

 

[Bird Dog]

Birddog, your stats look great! Good luck. Are you up for November or December?

Hoping for the November board!

 

[k_smittay]

Applying for:
1) Pilot 2) IWO (OCT31 Board) 3)NFO

Age: 26
8 years of active duty Service - FT2(SS)
-Hold TS/SCI Clearance

Collateral Duties:
TPU Div LPO (55 person division)
Command Recreation Committee President
Command Fitness Leader
Command Honor Guard LPO

PRT:
Last 4 were Outstanding Low

Eval:
6 total
Last 3 Evals are EP
(Last 2 were #1 E-5)
First one is #1 E-4

OAR:
46 5/6/6

Education:
BS Information Technology
GPA: 3.45
AA Computer Science Technologies
GPA: 3.43

CO's Recommendations :
Personally typed from current Commodore (O-6) who stated I was the best applicant he has reviewed in his 25 year career.

Interviews: 6 total
3 Submarine O-5
1 NFO O-6 (Current Chief of Staff for Navy Region SW)
1 Pilot O-5 (Current CO of a Helicopter Squadron)
1 IW O-5 (SPAWAR)
-All have 10's w/excellent write ups

LOR: 6 total
1 Submarine O-6 (previous Commodore)
1 Submarine O-6 (my previous CO)
1 Joint Staff O-6 (previous Commodore)
1 NC O-5 (Father-in-Law)
1 CWO3 (Command's SSO who is an IW)
-All great write-ups

Additional Info:
Had CO's NJP in 2003
One of my LOR (Sub O-6) is from the CO who masted me
Both my previous CO and current Commodore discuss the NJP and how much I have learned from it.
All Evals since have been EP except the one immediately after, which was an MP
I also wrote an NJP address discussing the situation and how I have learned from it

We get it, you kick ass.

 

[Praying4OCS]

We get it, you kick ass.

Finally, I get the recognition I deserve. I think I should make a new thread called "Why I kick a$$!"

(being sarcastic).