sTUPID qUESTIONS aBOUT ocs

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

Thank you for your service

TYFYS

 

[Carina]

perhaps a really stupid question, so I guess this is the place to ask. I am prior enlisted and have enjoyed TA which paid for a lot of my BA degree. If accepted to OCS, is TA the same for officers as it is for enlisted? 16 credits a year?

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

perhaps a really stupid question, so I guess this is the place to ask. I am prior enlisted and have enjoyed TA which paid for a lot of my BA degree. If accepted to OCS, is TA the same for officers as it is for enlisted? 16 credits a year?

Why use TA when you can go to Naval Postgrad School and not have to worry about any more college debt?

 

[HAL Pilot]

Why use TA when you can go to Naval Postgrad School and not have to worry about any more college debt?

Yup, no need to worry about the extra obligated service from NPGS. You'll just get passed over for promotion due to the not observed fitreps and score some nice severance pay as you use your new grad degree to get a job in the civilian world.

 

[Carina]

Why use TA when you can go to Naval Postgrad School and not have to worry about any more college debt?

Uuumm ok. Don't know how that works but I'll research it.

 

[Carina]

Yup, no need to worry about the extra obligated service from NPGS. You'll just get passed over for promotion due to the not observed fitreps and score some nice severance pay as you use your new grad degree to get a job in the civilian world.

Definitely will look into it! Of course that's if I get accepted to OCS and after all training and learning whatever the Navy picks me for

 

[Carina]

Why use TA when you can go to Naval Postgrad School and not have to worry about any more college debt?

Thanks for the info!!!

 

[olylifter123]

During OCS do you receive the small pox vaccination? I am thinking of getting the shot beforehand.

 

[AUav8r]

During OCS do you receive the small pox vaccination? I am thinking of getting the shot beforehand.

I think you do but I can't remember as there is an assembly line of shots you get. They go off of your shot record so chances are if you have had it and are up to date you won't need it, and if you do they will hook you up.

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

During OCS do you receive the small pox vaccination? I am thinking of getting the shot beforehand.

Why pay when you can get it for free by Navy Medicine? Or why get one when you might not need one until you deploy.

 

[olylifter123]

I think you do but I can't remember as there is an assembly line of shots you get. They go off of your shot record so chances are if you have had it and are up to date you won't need it, and if you do they will hook you up.

In my case, I looked through my immunization records and under the category "travel immunizations" I have received a few but I am also a bit worried since I have a history of eczema and eczema and the smallpox vaccination do not correlate very well.

 

[olylifter123]

Why pay when you can get it for free by Navy Medicine? Or why get one when you might not need one until you deploy.

I am a bit worried with the shot and I have a history of eczema and doing a bit of research the shot and eczema do not mix well. I have a few friends that are in the military,specifically the navy and army and they do have eczema and I am not sure how they went through with the smallpox vaccination.

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

In my case, I looked through my immunization records and under the category "travel immunizations" I have received a few but I am also a bit worried since I have a history of eczema and eczema and the smallpox vaccination do not correlate very well.

Um, history or current diagnosis of eczema is considered disqualifying...

 

[olylifter123]

Um, history or current diagnosis of eczema is considered disqualifying...

I do not have any chances of joining? Long story short, I was in the AFROTC program in my college passed, DODMERB (told them I had eczema and they said I was in the clear), decided to focus more on school than ROTC then apply to OCS after college.

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

I do not have any chances of joining? Long story short, I was in the AFROTC program in my college passed, DODMERB (told them I had eczema and they said I was in the clear), decided to focus more on school than ROTC then apply to OCS after college.

DODMERB and Air Force have different standards than Navy.