OCS SWO Board 10 Feb 20

[1812TC]

Are you sure? I was only able to get it to work on an NMCI machine but I didn’t have to use a PIV cert.

Yes, I used my personal laptop for the previous flight boards at-board lists with my cac reader at home.

 

[1812TC]

How many on here have this as their 1st choice vs 2nd choice?

1st and only choice

 

[R.Dougie]

1st and only choice

Same here.

 

[HSalt]

1st and only choice

Same as well.

 

[AT2Pax]

SWO only

 

[PontusPilot]

How many on here have this as their 1st choice vs 2nd choice?

1st Pilot/ 2nd SWO/ 3rd SUPPO

 

[Jbyrne89]

1 NFO/2 SWO. I actually would prefer SWO but my recruiter said it was better strategically putting NFO first for some reason? Anyway, I am extremely nervous about Monday haha

 

[R.Dougie]

Hopefully the board still happens on time. I have not seen the AT BOARD list yet.

 

[sldm992]

1. intel 2. swo. I am also nervous about next week

 

[Nicholsq]

I tried logging on the website with my CAC but it won't go thru. Do you need to be on a DOD computer to access the site?

You need to use the email cert not the dod cert to log in

 

[jlee199]

I just talked to my recruiter about rumors that the board is going to be more selective cause of
Achieving quotas and stuff and he told me that he has not heard of anything that would insinuate a more elective board. He said if anything SWOs are increasingly higher in demand cause the navy is upsizing and not downsizing. He also assured me class dates filling up and class dates getting pushed back doesn’t have any effect of selectiveness

 

[jsd2]

I'm honestly so grateful that some of you guys have responsive recruiters who help you, and then you guys post it. Mine seems to live under a rock and is crazy difficult to get more than a word or two out of.

 

[Jbyrne89]

I just talked to my recruiter about rumors that the board is going to be more selective cause of
Achieving quotas and stuff and he told me that he has not heard of anything that would insinuate a more elective board. He said if anything SWOs are increasingly higher in demand cause the navy is upsizing and not downsizing. He also assured me class dates filling up and class dates getting pushed back doesn’t have any effect of selectiveness

this is the best thing I’ve read all week and all I do at my painfully boring job is read haha ?

 

[exNavyOffRec]

He said if anything SWOs are increasingly higher in demand cause the navy is upsizing and not downsizing. He also assured me class dates filling up and class dates getting pushed back doesn’t have any effect of selectiveness

That isn't how it works, ships take years to build and the number of new ensigns per ship is minimal so minimal it would result in just a handful of extra selections per board.

Yes the backup can have an effect of boards, they should make cuts now, last time they avoided the problem and then they had like no SWO boards for a year, and people waiting to go to OCS for over a year.

 

[Siej]

You need to use the email cert not the dod cert to log in

Thanks, I was finally able to access the site. I saw the selection results from the last two boards. They were pretty good compared to other programs. Hopefully, it's the same or better this time around.