Posted on Nov 26, 2017
Can someone cross-commission from the Navy into the Army mid contract?
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So here's the short of it.
Before becoming a Naval Officer, I was in the Army and wanted nothing more than to fight. Just a general blanket term of fighting. Commissioned into Navy expecting to fill that hole as a pilot..But here I am, in flight school being told over and over again that unless I am in the rare scenario where I am offered tac-air (which is temporarily closed), despite Naval Aviation being so fulfilling in many other areas including prestige, I won't see any action.
It will be a cold day in hell when I DOR (quit) from flight school or anything for that matter but in the case I fail, I will not walk into the re-designation office with no pre-planned proposals for where I want to go--which is back to the Army to fight. I've done research into the Army's blue to green program as well as specific branch options but I feel I fall into a lot of grey area with it all.
So...to circle back....the short of my question is...does anyone have any information that could shed light on this transfer...should I be in the situation where I need to find a new job? Any references or people I can turn to that can assist me with this?
Before becoming a Naval Officer, I was in the Army and wanted nothing more than to fight. Just a general blanket term of fighting. Commissioned into Navy expecting to fill that hole as a pilot..But here I am, in flight school being told over and over again that unless I am in the rare scenario where I am offered tac-air (which is temporarily closed), despite Naval Aviation being so fulfilling in many other areas including prestige, I won't see any action.
It will be a cold day in hell when I DOR (quit) from flight school or anything for that matter but in the case I fail, I will not walk into the re-designation office with no pre-planned proposals for where I want to go--which is back to the Army to fight. I've done research into the Army's blue to green program as well as specific branch options but I feel I fall into a lot of grey area with it all.
So...to circle back....the short of my question is...does anyone have any information that could shed light on this transfer...should I be in the situation where I need to find a new job? Any references or people I can turn to that can assist me with this?
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That is an excellent question. I would look in the AR 601-210. This covers all enlistments in the Army. Just out of curiosity why didn't you apply for warrant in the army? May not of been fixed wing but rotary would of given you both sides of what you crave, pilot & combat support/action? I'm unsure about the USMC criteria. I'm a Amputee Private Pilot on civilian side now after 20 yrs service. Good luck to you!
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LTJG (Join to see)
That was actually my first route. Took the Army Aviation test (SIFT) did great...then was just told it isn't my time to fly for the Army. The retention NCO asked me to wait around but age wise i was getting close to the cusp so i went ahead and looked for other routes.
One route i'm still considering is to request rotary for the Navy (despite it being considered the red headed step child of Naval Aviation) and then trying to transfer into the Army
One route i'm still considering is to request rotary for the Navy (despite it being considered the red headed step child of Naval Aviation) and then trying to transfer into the Army
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SFC Keith Sollazzo
I feel your red-headed attitude. I was an Aviation ElectricIan on C-2 (COD) VRC-30 in the Navy 88-92 then went into the Army after the Gulf War cause I didn't feel I was contributing enough to the war effort. Sounds like you're having similar thoughts. Full fill your flight goal first while continuing to look for that spot that your heart desires. Once a soldier always a soldier.
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