SNA A-Pool wait time?

[flyboy21]

Just curious...heading down sometime this fall and didn't know how long I could expect. Any help? Also, does the wait time change throughout the year? (i.e. longer just after all the USNA/ROTC grads commission?) Thanks.

 

[Fezz CB]

anticipate anywhere between 3-6 months after check-in. Also depends on ifs complete upon report.

 

[flyboy21]

Sorry, I forgot to clarify. I'll be IFS complete by the time I report.

 

[mules83]

What fezz said is right according to my friends in pensacola now. There is a rumor though (i said RUMOR) that the wait will be a lot less this june.

Im sure if you want to go to vance, you will class up the next day......

 

[Zach]

Hey Mules,
Before I classed up, LT H (the LT who is in charge of A-pool) said the wait time was going to be getting less and less as we move into summer. As for predicting the wait time for fall, I really couldn't tell ya. You could be like freese and class up 2 weeks after commissioning or like me and wait 5 months (we both commissioned on July 30). The only thing I know for sure is to get out of daytona ASAP!

 

[BurghGuy]

According to word from LT H, he's actually going to run out of SNAs around June this year, then all the USNA grads come in shortly thereafter. I know guys who came down last august as SNAs with IFS and went to Whitting who classed up in around two weeks. I came down in October and had to wait almost 6 months. It all depends on when you get down and how many slots are open

 

[jai5w4]

There is a rumor though (i said RUMOR) that the wait will be a lot less this june.

Woohoo! Just got my orders for 2 June. Actually, that's the rumor I heard too...shortage of SNA's reporting in June...

jai5w4

 

[BurghGuy]

Yeah. That's the going word from schools command. How true it will end up being, who knows. I was also told I'd class up in about a month, which then became 2, then 4, then 6. So, be prepared for anything. Either way, enjoy your A-pool time. Get SCUBA qualed, buy a boat, whatever. And no matter what, do not take a stash job unless you have to. They tell you taking a stash job will get you classed up faster, but I don't know how true that is. I classed up with a group of guys I checked in with, a few who had stash jobs... Plus, is being stuck in A-pool so bad that you want to get out there that bad?? All pay no work...

 

[Fezz CB]

And no matter what, do not take a stash job unless you have to.

Concur. Unless u get stashed back in your hometown for OHARP (voluntary). If theres nothing for me to do, i get sent home. Usually before lunch. Life is good.

 

[boobcheese]

How long after graduation do people usually report to P-Cola? Do you typically get orders prior to your grad date and if not how much afterward? I know people at my unit have been typically doing IFS locally after graduation. I will be a SNFO if that makes a difference.

 

[pennst8]

Ignore/Delete better handled through PM

 

[mules83]

Woohoo! Just got my orders for 2 June. Actually, that's the rumor I heard too...shortage of SNA's reporting in June...

jai5w4

darn, must be nice. the person who handles the package at my unit messed up mine so i wont get my orders for awhile (zach, you know who......).

I put in for june 2 so i hope i get it too.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin']

Wait, you guys got to put in for a report date at your units?? Any idea when orders are supposed to come out for everyone?

 

[Gatordev]

darn, must be nice. the person who handles the package at my unit messed up mine so i wont get my orders for awhile

Hopefully, at least, it was a female.

 

[pennst8]

Hopefully, at least, it was a female.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to gatordev again.

Well played, sir... well played.