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Serious question. I came out of the IRR to submit an OCS packet. Everything was going great, but my vision results didn't post in time *jaded Army sigh*. The submission date was in late June, the board meets in September, results post in October, and OCS would probably be in April 2022.
I haven't seen a new MILPER message yet for the next submission deadline, but at this point it looks like it could be at least a year before I can actually get into OCS. I'm very frustrated. I understand hurry up and wait, but this seems like too much.
I've outgrown my MOS and want to finish my last 8 years out strong. I don't want to be in this unit, doing this job, wasting a year of my career (Do I do nothing? Reclass? Get on the wait list for ALC?), waiting for OCS. I really wish the Direct Commission program was still around (besides the professional corps). Open to any advice, thanks!
I haven't seen a new MILPER message yet for the next submission deadline, but at this point it looks like it could be at least a year before I can actually get into OCS. I'm very frustrated. I understand hurry up and wait, but this seems like too much.
I've outgrown my MOS and want to finish my last 8 years out strong. I don't want to be in this unit, doing this job, wasting a year of my career (Do I do nothing? Reclass? Get on the wait list for ALC?), waiting for OCS. I really wish the Direct Commission program was still around (besides the professional corps). Open to any advice, thanks!
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I always tell people that the Commissioning process is a selection process in itself. Information can be hard to find, there's nobody to walk you through the process, and you will inevitably hit roadblocks. I think the Army makes it hard just to see who will quit.
What you do is mission planning, this is exactly why we have OCS and not direct Commissions any more. Identify the goal, backwards plan your time line from there with enough padding for incidents to happen and for you to recover. If your whole plan failed because an Army system didn't post your vision in time then your time line did not have adequate time for you to stumble and recover.
So, backwards plan, identify alternate Courses of Action, identify possible points of failure, create a plan for overcoming them
What you do is mission planning, this is exactly why we have OCS and not direct Commissions any more. Identify the goal, backwards plan your time line from there with enough padding for incidents to happen and for you to recover. If your whole plan failed because an Army system didn't post your vision in time then your time line did not have adequate time for you to stumble and recover.
So, backwards plan, identify alternate Courses of Action, identify possible points of failure, create a plan for overcoming them
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CPT Lawrence Cable
I think the Army makes it hard when they have more than enough bodies to fill all the slots. When they are short, the process seems to get much faster. In the buildup during the Reagan Years, the battalion solicited all the enlisted that on paper met the qualifications, then sent you to take the aptitude test that was required at the time if you volunteered, and then before the board. I had orders within 60 days of the process starting. While I like to think it was because they didn't want to let such a high speed soldier get away, the rest of the class seemed to have breezed through it pretty quick too.
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If you have any interest in getting a (or another) masters, you should look into ROTC, much more straight forward process.
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some of the best advice my father ever gave me/beat into me with a bat, NEVER QUIT! I would have never made it to OCS, not to mention all of the stuff that happened in OCS. Oh my God, getting into SF then actually completing it etc... etc... etc...
I am sorry it is not something easy like go see SSG Blow he will hook you up. I dont know SGT Blow, but when it gets bad and they have kicked you in the ribs and lost the your most recent eye test and can't schedule you until never. Back up, be professional, take a breath get all your shit together and start working up the food chain. I can't wait to have this conversation with 2LT Glannotto, I will have to say fucking A LT fucking A.
I wish I had something more eloquent, something easy but mean a dirty is kind of what I do best. Fucking hang tough DO NOT FUCKING QUIT.
I am sorry it is not something easy like go see SSG Blow he will hook you up. I dont know SGT Blow, but when it gets bad and they have kicked you in the ribs and lost the your most recent eye test and can't schedule you until never. Back up, be professional, take a breath get all your shit together and start working up the food chain. I can't wait to have this conversation with 2LT Glannotto, I will have to say fucking A LT fucking A.
I wish I had something more eloquent, something easy but mean a dirty is kind of what I do best. Fucking hang tough DO NOT FUCKING QUIT.
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