I just got the call this morning; as my recruiter put it, "Do you want the good news or the good news first?" The good news was that I have been recommended for SNA. The other good news is that I have been recommended for SNA. Since I wasn't busy today, I went ahead and drove to the local recruiting station to do a PFA and take care of some paperwork and other preliminaries. My run was good (10:02, it would have really been something for me to brake ten minutes, much better than I'd been expecting though), but my pushups (59) and sit-ups (79) weren't as good as I'm capable of, probably because I'd started the morning with my usual exercise, not expecting the day to turn out like this.
Anyway, I'm more than a little surprised and excited. Honestly, I wasn't getting my hopes up because I didn't feel my chances were actually that good. As I was reminded a while back, however, they may turn down a lot of people, but they have to pick someone. Anyone who's interested in my credentials can look at my profile. I would venture to guess that what pushed me over is that I got reference letters from people who I know are well acquainted with me and had a high degree of respect for me; also, I did put a lot of effort into my application, and in particular, my motivational statement. That is just a guess, of course. You have to consider that everything submitted stands a good chance of being scrutinized, so it pays to put effort into everything. What ultimately puts you over the next guy is anyone's guess.
So, I've got a number of things to do, including heading to MEPS for my PRT, physical, and all that fun stuff. That should take place fairly soon, but I'm not sure how soon I'll have the final selection, and no idea when I'll be leaving. The Chief at the Billings recruiting station says OCS will always be at Pensacola as long as there's a base there; I guess I'll find out. The timing of this was particularly special, my sister is got harp duty while she waits for her language school to start, so she was working at the recruiting station when I went in to do my PFA; I was there eight months ago when she was in the process of applying and went to do her PFA. Interesting how these things work sometimes, God does have his plans. It's all pretty exciting, and I can't wait for all the paperwork and such to go through.
Anyway, I'm more than a little surprised and excited. Honestly, I wasn't getting my hopes up because I didn't feel my chances were actually that good. As I was reminded a while back, however, they may turn down a lot of people, but they have to pick someone. Anyone who's interested in my credentials can look at my profile. I would venture to guess that what pushed me over is that I got reference letters from people who I know are well acquainted with me and had a high degree of respect for me; also, I did put a lot of effort into my application, and in particular, my motivational statement. That is just a guess, of course. You have to consider that everything submitted stands a good chance of being scrutinized, so it pays to put effort into everything. What ultimately puts you over the next guy is anyone's guess.
So, I've got a number of things to do, including heading to MEPS for my PRT, physical, and all that fun stuff. That should take place fairly soon, but I'm not sure how soon I'll have the final selection, and no idea when I'll be leaving. The Chief at the Billings recruiting station says OCS will always be at Pensacola as long as there's a base there; I guess I'll find out. The timing of this was particularly special, my sister is got harp duty while she waits for her language school to start, so she was working at the recruiting station when I went in to do my PFA; I was there eight months ago when she was in the process of applying and went to do her PFA. Interesting how these things work sometimes, God does have his plans. It's all pretty exciting, and I can't wait for all the paperwork and such to go through.
