We have another peer who DOR'ed way later (out of primary) and wanted to go direct to the SEALs. The SEALs wanted him but Big Navy said no, he needed to earn a warfare pin in a community and then lat transfer as he's already commissioned.
I have not heard of a case of a person not being able to DOR from OCS.
DOR is always an option at OCS, and they make that very clear every morning at squadron PT.
You’ll either re-designate or leave. And by the point you find that out you’ll likely be many weeks into OCS just heads up.
It’s also possible that people can end up in student pool after graduating bc of how long their cases take to be reviewed. Some guys from my class were in student pool for a month and a half-ish before they got down here
Very true but I think he was asking in the case that you’re medically DQd.
Right, you can be medically DQ'd while waiting in student pool. Idk anyone that happened to, but you wouldn't be commissioned at that point so I would think you could just redes or DOR if that happened. DORing would be a terrible option if that were the case bc then you would've gone thru all of OCS for no reason and would be giving up a chance at a Navy career. Just my opinion tho
I had a person DOR down in Pensacola, his back became an issue and he was DQ aviation so he decided to go home, he flies the big jets now.
Was this when OCS was in Pensacola? I'm glad it worked out for him tho
It was when OCS was in RI, I have seen several come home from Pensacola but most weren't mine or they were assigned to us as they were processed out.
3 people DQed in my class in student pool. 2 were told at their flight physicals "you probably won't clear so prep for redes". 1 was completely out of left field.
Had 2 more peers get DQed in Pensacola. Both were "weird" circumstances that should have never cleared out of student pool.
Yep, most that I know who were DQ in Pensacola were weird circumstances.