Posted on May 15, 2015
What was your Enlisted to Officer Commissioning source?
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The Transition from Enlisted to Officer was a key turn of events in my career. I know there are various program in all services and that many times young enlisted do not know about them. I thought it would be good to start a post where people list their source and a brief description of how they met the requirements and how the program worked for them. For me my source was the Enlisted Commissioning Program, now the Seaman to Admiral (name so by Adm Mike Borda). It requires that you have an Associate’s Degree that I earned in my free time using TA and VEAP. I entered the program in 1993 and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from ODU in 1995. I got select on my second attempt.
Here is the website for the current program.
http://www.sta-21.navy.mil/
Here is the website for the current program.
http://www.sta-21.navy.mil/
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MECEP. At the time regular commissions were granted (which was a big deal). Reserve officers (NROTC) had to compete for a regular commission. MECEP was second only to the military academies in terms of its benefits. The four years I spent in college counted as AD time toward retirement. I consider myself very fortunate to have been selected for MECEP as there were so many highly qualified applicants. It is not the easiest way to earn a commission. Were it not for my supervisor AT1 Rudy DeSoto encouraging me to take college classes with him and to see what commissioning programs I qualified for I probably would never have put in for it. Most people have to apply more than once before they are selected and for me, it was the first and last time I could apply without an age waiver. Getting selected was an answer to prayer.
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I went through a board and received a direct commission as a Signal Officer.
I had a bachelor degree in business that was heavy in IT courses and a lot of experience in IT. I also had leadership experience in and out of the military. I was ometely out of the military and came back in with the intent to become an officer.
After the board, I waited on the results. I get my letter of appointment on the same day I got deployment orders to Iraq. I deleted my commission for 18 months so I could go to Iraq as a SSG with the people I had trained with. I knew I was going at some point, I figured it was better to go with people I knew.
When we got home from Iraq, we did the typical 3 AM welcome home ceremony, then they did my commissioning ceremony right then and there. It is still one of the most memorable days of my life.
I had a bachelor degree in business that was heavy in IT courses and a lot of experience in IT. I also had leadership experience in and out of the military. I was ometely out of the military and came back in with the intent to become an officer.
After the board, I waited on the results. I get my letter of appointment on the same day I got deployment orders to Iraq. I deleted my commission for 18 months so I could go to Iraq as a SSG with the people I had trained with. I knew I was going at some point, I figured it was better to go with people I knew.
When we got home from Iraq, we did the typical 3 AM welcome home ceremony, then they did my commissioning ceremony right then and there. It is still one of the most memorable days of my life.
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Yes I think Direct Commissions are the most interesting although less of a formal program like LDO and Warrant programs. I have seen it used for filling critical Medical and Law Enforcement.
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I agree and I will never by the Clinton's story till I die, then I will have proof.
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