Ditto. You are the first flying CWO on AW. There are a lot of guys wanting to know all you care to share about CWO pilot/nfo. Congrats for getting into a very competitive program. You guys are going to be the trail blazers. That is why I think Brett is right. You guys are going to be tracked very closely to provide data that will be used in determining the future of the program. Go ahead and make the request, but my guess is that even a 25 year old in the CWO program would not be allowed to switch.
Yes, I will make a request, but I will still be VERY happy with what I got if it does not go through. Bupers now has a FLYING CWO section under Officer Assignment / PERS 43 Avation. Some good info there. Applying was the same as any other CWO package except for the ASTB and Physical I had to get. I will be in Mustang University FEB 19th and will be in Pensacola 30 Mar. I will put updates on here when I can. I will of course make a new thread and start fresh.
Well I was a submariner NAVET Chief and was in for 12 years. I had an AA degree in electronics, my PPL, Instrument and Ground Instructor certifications. I also participated with the Civil Air Patrol (qualified Mission Pilot) to fly SAR missions. When I got selected, I was an instructor at Tident Training Facility Kings Bay Georgia. My main course of instruction was teaching the PNAVs or Perspective Navigators the Strategic Weapons Navigation Subsystem before they became Navigators of an SSBN (all soon to be Department Heads). I started that as a First Class and then made Chief first time up. I busted my @?? at sea and had EP's with a couple of NAMs. When I got to shore duty, I had average evals (its hard to break out from 110 other First Classes when they were there before you and had all the collarteral duties.) Just get better with each eval and having a sailorization billet helps in general (Helped me with Chief and Warrant). I had an outstanding CO's recommendation (big help) and chose my board wisely (ALSO VERY BIG HELP). I had a CWO4 submariner to represent CWO community, a LCDR NFO that I knew from the JAX Navy Flying Club which represented NFO as well as Aviation community and also had at the time I was the told he was the most Senior LDO in the Navy which of course was a Full Bird as my Senior Member. I could not of asked for better recommendations from any of them. My history, I served on a 637 Fast Attack submarine (USS Spadefish). I decommisioned her then went to the USS Key West Fast Attack. After the split tour, I went to "C" school and transfered to Trident Missile Submarines. I served about 2.5 years on board the USS Kentucky then got transfered to TRITRAFAC as an instructor. Here I am now. I you want more info, please ask. I hope this helps.