How does the HRC process work when they issue a DA 61, DA71, and Offer letter?

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:23:06 -0500

I have been in the direct commission process and posting questions on here for over a year now and have gotten insight and answers that have always been spot on. As for now I am at the "waiting around" point of my direct commission process. Here is some of the pertinant info:
MOS: 38G / 6D
DA Selected to the rank of CPT (MILPER has been released)
Scroll is done
Ch2 Physical, SEC Clearance, Live Scan, DD 368 all complete and being tracked by HRC.

I am now at the end of the process (see chart attached). My question is: What does the behind the sceenes process look like at HRC while I wait for a DA 61, DA71, and Offer letter? Which departments does it filter through? Is there a flow chart to give some insight? Any one gone through this? Any way to track it through IPPSA or other?

Thank you all.

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 21 at 2024 5:21 PM

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:21:58 -0500

There might be a way to check your progress in IPPS-A.
The last step prior to you getting the offer and oath of office is your security clearance getting granted.
You can see your security clearance level in IPPS-A.

On that note, have you and everyone else you annotated on your SF-86 been interviewed for your clearance? If so, when?

You would have been interviewed first, then your listed references, then your packet would have been submitted to the CAF for adjudication. That adjudication could be complete 3-6 months after the last person was interviewed.
3-6 months on average, the CAF does process tens of thousands of clearances a year and there are busier times of the year.

Response by MAJ Byron Oyler made Nov 22 at 2024 6:12 AM

MAJ Byron Oyler — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:12:26 -0500

You know this process far better than I did 21years ago and all I can add is needs of the Army. That will be central in your career. I applied in March, was commissioned in June, and OBC in Sept. We were hot and heavy in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Army needed nurses. It is very different today.