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SWO Board 09 NOV 20

zarevich

zarevich

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exNavyOffRec said:
So why did it take you 1 year and 7 months? I can tell you that it in no way takes that long to get to a board, hell I could get a person into MEPS, PQ letter from N3M and submitted to NRC in just a month, and before a PQ letter was required I could do it in just a few days.
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I meant to ask this question long ago, are you retired or still an Officer in the Navy (SWO?)?
 
tuckerjames

tuckerjames

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exNavyOffRec said:
So why did it take you 1 year and 7 months? I can tell you that it in no way takes that long to get to a board, hell I could get a person into MEPS, PQ letter from N3M and submitted to NRC in just a month, and before a PQ letter was required I could do it in just a few days.
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Without getting into specifics, we all have separate and unique circumstances, my point is... this is a process not an event!
@fsumt92 makes a good point.
 
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exNavyOffRec

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zarevich said:
I meant to ask this question long ago, are you retired or still an Officer in the Navy (SWO?)?
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retired CPO, still talk to guys I developed friendships at the NRD, many have moved up into senior positions now. I was asked to apply for a processor position and was going to until I saw how much they get paid, and it is not very much at all I still wonder how those guys can survive on what they get paid.
 
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exNavyOffRec

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tuckerjames said:
Without getting into specifics, we all have separate and unique circumstances, my point is... this is a process not an event!
@fsumt92 makes a good point.
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you cannot compare @fsumst92 experience to your as he is applying from reserve/AD and they have many more hoops to jump through. I can think of only 2 people that we had with a process over 6 months to get to board, both of those were due to significant medical history that required multiple consults with medical specialist, often needing to be scheduled many months out.

If you had a medical (or legal) situation that needed to be reviewed then time lines can go out the window.

If you did not then your experience and timeline should be the same as nearly everyone else without medical (or legal), that way if one recruiter leaves the new recruiter can pick up right where the other one left off.

Unfortunately you do have some OR's that don't care about their job due to one reason or another.

I will say that if you had no medical (or legal) issues and it still took you as long as it did then that is a shitty experience and no one should endure that.
 
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notacoverband

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exNavyOffRec said:
you cannot compare @fsumst92 experience to your as he is applying from reserve/AD and they have many more hoops to jump through. I can think of only 2 people that we had with a process over 6 months to get to board, both of those were due to significant medical history that required multiple consults with medical specialist, often needing to be scheduled many months out.

If you had a medical (or legal) situation that needed to be reviewed then time lines can go out the window.

If you did not then your experience and timeline should be the same as nearly everyone else without medical (or legal), that way if one recruiter leaves the new recruiter can pick up right where the other one left off.

Unfortunately you do have some OR's that don't care about their job due to one reason or another.

I will say that if you had no medical (or legal) issues and it still took you as long as it did then that is a shitty experience and no one should endure that.
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That's if you can even get in touch with an OR in the first place. I spent 6 months trying to get in touch with one while living in Miami, being told someone will call you in a week or two, called the go navy number a million times (almost 10) and always the same story. They would sound shocked that no one called me back, said THEY WOULD be the one to handle it personally and I kept waiting. Realized I wanted to join to join more than anything else and wasn't getting any younger so enlisted. No regrets so far though had no idea what I was getting into, but now I want to go all in.
 
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exNavyOffRec

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notacoverband said:
That's if you can even get in touch with an OR in the first place. I spent 6 months trying to get in touch with one while living in Miami, being told someone will call you in a week or two, called the go navy number a million times (almost 10) and always the same story. They would sound shocked that no one called me back, said THEY WOULD be the one to handle it personally and I kept waiting. Realized I wanted to join to join more than anything else and wasn't getting any younger so enlisted. No regrets so far though had no idea what I was getting into, but now I want to go all in.
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That is a problem with the way they changed officer recruiting, and yep that 1800 number is pretty much what directs you to enlisted programs, your info probably went into a black hole, and often if you contact a local office the enlisted recruiters will try and get you to go enlisted.
 
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Foreverghosty

Active Member
exNavyOffRec said:
That is a problem with the way they changed officer recruiting, and yep that 1800 number is pretty much what directs you to enlisted programs, your info probably went into a black hole, and often if you contact a local office the enlisted recruiters will try and get you to go enlisted.
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Yea, I believe it really depends. I did enlist but I did dual entry. My enlisted recruiter was phenomenal she was so down to earth and explained all the ups and downs that goes with the Navy and also she pushed me to go for Officer since I had my degree was 2 classes away at the time to get my Masters. Also, Officer recruiter called me back pretty fast. I think it depends on where you are located and the type of people within your NRD.
 
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notacoverband

Active Member
exNavyOffRec said:
That is a problem with the way they changed officer recruiting, and yep that 1800 number is pretty much what directs you to enlisted programs, your info probably went into a black hole, and often if you contact a local office the enlisted recruiters will try and get you to go enlisted.
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I know they get a lot of blame but my enlisted recruiters were great. They pushed as well and even offered to try and hunt down some ORs but in the end found a job I really wanted and rolled the dice.
 
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