Enlisted to Officer

[warehimer33]

Okay, so I was chatting with my recruiter, a nuke EM1 sub, a few weeks ago and I asked him the probability of getting selected for the Enlisted to Commissioning Program and he said it's like 90% acceptance. Does anybody, preferably a nuke, know how one gets commissioned while being enlisted? I'm guessing there is schooling involved but does that mean OCS or what??

[LT Guppy]

It depends.

Do you have your degree already?

If so, you would apply directly to OCS.

If not, you would apply to the STA-21 program, or BDCP/NUPOC (http://www.navy.com/joining/educatio...rgraduate.html) to complete your degree prior to attending OCS.

You could also become a LDO or CWO.

Maybe it's different in the nuke community, but from what I've seen your recruiter is being very generous with that percentage.
Direct Commission applicants (those with degrees) have been recently picked up at a rate of anywhere between 1-30 percent depending on the community.
I don't know the percentage for the other programs, but it's not uncommon for people to have to apply more than once before being selected.

Best thing you can do is get the best Evals you can, and get recommendations from your chain of command.

[warehimer33]

Originally Posted by Guppy2010

It depends.

Do you have your degree already?

If so, you would apply directly to OCS.

If not, you would apply to the STA-21 program, or BDCP/NUPOC (http://www.navy.com/joining/educatio...rgraduate.html) to complete your degree prior to attending OCS.

You could also become a LDO or CWO.

Maybe it's different in the nuke community, but from what I've seen your recruiter is being very generous with that percentage.
Direct Commission applicants (those with degrees) have been recently picked up at a rate of anywhere between 1-30 percent depending on the community.
I don't know the percentage for the other programs, but it's not uncommon for people to have to apply more than once before being selected.

Best thing you can do is get the best Evals you can, and get recommendations from your chain of command.

Thanks, gup. I read up on the STA-21 Program and apparently anybody in the nuclear power pipeline can apply for an officer position but I couldn't find anything on how they train an enlisted nuke to become commissioned. I'll just have to keep searching; I was just testing the waters here to see if anybody had any insight on my question.

[LT Guppy]

I think NUPOC might be what you're looking for.

[warehimer33]

Originally Posted by Guppy2010

I think NUPOC might be what you're looking for.

Yeah, I think so too.

[sweetmtn]

You will have to go through nuke school, and you could be picked up for either Annapolis while at school or after nuke school the STA-21 program