Officer program

[OtherSyde]

I'm an IT2 in Hawaii, about 93 credits into my BA; I screwed up and waited too long though (wasted 4 years as an undesignated Airman on the Stennis), and it's probably too late for me at this point (from what I've heard it usually takes several package-submissions to get accepted, and you have to be an officer for a minimum of 10 years in order to retire as one instead of retiring under your highest enlisted rank). I've heard it's tough to become an officer from an enlisted position, and I also think there's only about a 15-25% pass rate in OCS right now because of the war winding down and all the PTS-type stuff; a lot of senior officers are actually even getting forced into early retirement right now.

OCS is longer and more intense now, and they also have Marine drill instructors instead of Navy personnel. It'll be super tough, but if you're hell-bent on getting there, I've heard that (if you can actually get in), you probably have a better chance of surviving the cut than most of the squishy, out-of-shape, idealistic, mentally soft civilian kids fresh out of pampered college dorm rooms who can't part with their iPhones for 10 minutes; they get eaten alive at OCS, whereas a seasoned post-boot-camp Fleet veteran is much more prepared for the onslaught, more focused, and ready for the whole extreme "attention to detail" thing.

Good luck man.

P.S. - Google and watch the video "Faces of OCS" for a good look if you haven't already seen it. Or here it is on YouTube: FACES OF OCS update - YouTube