Would an O-3 or above be willing to conduct an interview for my Navy OCS package?

LT (Join to see) -If I was on the OCS board, I would it peculiar if all the letters of recommendations were from outside the chain of command.

PO2 (Join to see) - Your interview pannel does not need to be made up of Naval Aviators. The interview is not at all geared towards whether you are a good candidate to be a Naval Aviator, it is evaluate whether you are a good candidate to be a commisioned officer. You just need 3 officers grade O-3 or higher, regardless of officer designator.

Chain of Command is not always the best option.

I was a young Corporal looking for mentors and sponsors to go to flight school as well.
Certain Rates and MOS's definitely rub elbows with brass a lot more than others. I got lucky as a METOC Marine.
In addition, the highest ranking person in my immediate chain of command was a CWO5, short of the CO of H&HS squadron, who had no idea who I was.

I was briefing pilots on a daily basis, but with the station weather unit, so none of them really knew me.

Deployment was the best thing that could have happened to me. I was an individual augment to the Air Combat Element of a Special MAGTF. I tried my best to stand out and made conversation about wanting to fly whenever I could. I also made a good friend while serving as a Gate Guard on the flight line. I would make conversation with one pilot in particular and he invited me to tour the unit multiple times. Everyone in my deployment units liked me and some of those pilots ended up being my instructors when I finally made it to Pensacola. Two of my strongest letters came from the O-6 of that MAGTF and the O-5 in charge of the KC-130 unit. That O-5 was later my CO in Primary.

While this helped me get the Letters of Recommendations I needed, my chain of command really didn't like what I was doing because it meant I was intending to leave my field so why should they help me or recommend me for promotion?

Literally no one in my immediate chain wanted to help me so I made a lot of people mad and jumped chain a few places, especially when it came to submitting my Interservice Transfer request.

LTJG (Join to see) - That reflects poor leadership from your COC. I did not mind being a steppingstone for soldiers to go do bigger and better things. I tasked myself to do that.

Thank you for the feedback sir, I will work on updating my post shortly.

PO2 (Join to see) - I added a couple of Navy Aviator tags to try to draw in some prospects.

Thank you for the help sir!

Concur