What are my chances of getting approved for a direct commission for 72D?

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 13:19:42 -0400

I am currently an AD serving as a 68W, 1 year and 4 months in, BEng In Elect/Elect Engineering (3.78/4 GPA) and a Masters degree in Telecommunications and I am working on getting a DC for the 72DN2 or 72DN2 Position. What are my chances of getting approved for it??

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 21 at 2018 2:08 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 14:08:42 -0400

What is a 72DN? if you don’t mind me asking . Are you sure there is a Direct Commission program for that MOS ?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 21 at 2018 6:47 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 18:47:06 -0400

It sounds like you would be good. Call your nearest AMEDD recruiter. Make sure you get someone that knows what they are doing. Active duty enlisted straight into an active duty direct commission are weird. I had to learn it all the hard way this year.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 21 at 2018 8:02 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 20:02:04 -0400

I send an email last Friday to AMEDD recruitment in Nashville. I’m working on my ENviromental Dregee. let me know your experience!

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 12 at 2019 12:42 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:42:05 -0400

https://www.goarmy.com/army-cyber/cyber-direct-commissioning-program.html

You'd probably known about this, I expect....

Cyber Direct Commissioning Program

System admin, web developer, programmer. Put your civilian experience to work and become an officer in the Army through the Cyber Direct Commissioning Program.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 12 at 2019 12:43 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:43:07 -0400

https://news.usni.org/2018/06/13/navy-implements-warrant-officer-1-rank-for-cyber-specialists

If you'd think about going intersvc look at this....

Navy Brings Back Warrant Officer-1 Rank for Cyber Sailors - USNI News

Navy pay can't keep up with private sector cyber jobs, so the service now offers a quick path to management as a way to keep talent.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 12 at 2019 12:44 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:44:40 -0400

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Institute_of_Technology

All warrants and commissioned in all svcs, as well as senior enlisted, I'd seen on YouTube videos, are allowed to apply here, trust me, read it, OK? I could never get it, God knows I tried....

Air Force Institute of Technology - Wikipedia

The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) is a graduate school and provider of professional and continuing education for the United States Armed Forces and is part of the United States Air Force. It is located in Ohio at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton. AFIT is a component of the Air University and Air Education and Training Command.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 12 at 2019 12:45 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:45:43 -0400

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School

Same here, I had an O-6 recommend for it, I still couldn't get it, this one I REALLY wanted, as in SERIOUSLY....

Naval Postgraduate School - Wikipedia

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is a public graduate school operated by the United States Navy and located in Monterey, California. It grants master’s degrees, doctoral degrees, and certificates. Established in 1909, the school also offers research fellowship opportunities at the postdoctoral level through the National Academies’ National Research Council research associateship program.[3]

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 12 at 2019 12:52 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:52:01 -0400

You've gotta understand something, OK? ROTCs as well as USMC platoon leaders course (PLC), less well-known, can be used for grad school, there's stuff on the site here about that, just look it up, you'll see it...also, with that GPA, you should SERIOUSLY be trying for either a grad school teaching, research, or grad assistantship (TA/RA/GA), or possibly even mil Rhodes scholar...you're gonna realize, real quick, as I found out, though I wasn't prior enlisted, which would've helped me enormously, that the moment you go commissioned or warrant, you MUST IMMEDIATELY start a masters, even if part time, as well as do all your profsnl mil educ (PME) stuff, nonresident/correspondence, to have ANY serious chance of being allowed to stay in...plus, trust me, as I did, you're most DEFINITELY gonna need the higher training, I did, you will also, I've been EXACTLY where you wanna go, plus, being clinical now, I'd SERIOUSLY think about bioengineering, which already likely occurred to you, as well as going clinical as well to combine with a technical background, lemme send you more, you'll understand, OK? You wanna yak more, no rush, whenever you want, just lemme know...also, elaborate on specific course titles, STEM and non-STEM, grades, aside from the GPA, hobbies, interests, reading tastes, and sports, esp martial arts...I'd seriously suggest both aikido as well as iaido, I honestly think they'd suit your intellect, as I found they suited mine, I assure you, if you've never tried either, OK?

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 12 at 2019 12:53 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:53:24 -0400

http://www.ocsfoundation.org

The forum pages are quite good on this, it's not all-inclusive, it doesn't cover Army WOCS, NOAA BOTC, or any of the direct commission indoc OIS programs, just the five main OCS programs, so far as I've seen, however, it's quite good, I'd found, esp the forum pages....

OCS Foundation

SERVICES FOR: Candidates Alumni Officer Families

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 12 at 2019 12:54 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:54:10 -0400

https://www.usuhs.edu/graded/doctoral

Look at this, esp the neuroscience....

Uniformed Services University

The mission of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences is to educate, train, and comprehensively prepare uniformed services health professionals, scientists, and leaders to support the Military and Public Health Systems, the National Security and National Defense Strategies of the United States, and the readiness of our Uniformed Services.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 12 at 2019 12:55 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:55:21 -0400

https://search.aol.com/aol/search?q=interservice%20physician%20assistant%20program&s_it=loki-tb-sb

I'd seriously look about this, USCG has their own, their other clinicians are USPHS...I'd wanted to go USPHS, I'm total perm disabled, I was never able, though God knows I'd wanted to....

interservice%20physician%20assistant%20program - AOL Search Results

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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 12 at 2019 12:56 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:56:01 -0400

http://www.usphs.gov

Look at their pages on engineers, as well as their Jr and Sr COSTEP, their analogue to ROTCs and USMC PLC....

www.usphs.gov

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 12 at 2019 12:56 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:56:56 -0400

USPHS also uses comp sci (CS) and IT, plus, they're direct commission, if you go clinical, they have an arrangement for psych-related esp to do 3-yr tours with Army, Navy, and USAF....

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 12 at 2019 12:57 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:57:23 -0400

https://search.aol.com/aol/search?q=dod%20usphs&s_it=loki-tb-sb

Here's more on that....

dod%20usphs - AOL Search Results

To address behavioral health issues associated with combat deployments, the Department of Defense and the U.S. Public Health Service signed a memorandum of agreement in 2008 establishing the "DoD-USPHS Partnership for Psychological Health" initiative.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 12 at 2019 1:16 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 13:16:14 -0400

https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/current-and-prior-service/advance-your-career/warrant-officer/flight-warrant-officers.html

We have a family friend who'd gone this way...it only needs high school, you'd probably ace their SIFT with your GPA, I think that's their exam, trust me, look at it if you've got any flight interests, OK?

Flight Warrant Officers

If you have dreamed of becoming a helicopter or fixed-wing pilot, the Army can help you turn that dream into a reality. Warrant Officers fly some of the most exciting, technologically advanced aircraft in the world.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 12 at 2019 1:20 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 13:20:11 -0400

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_test_engineer

Read about this, it's hard to get, seriously difficult, one of the best EEs I'd worked under while on active only got alternate, he got fed up, and got out...all the flight test programs have this, USAF, Navy, Army uses them for rotary wing and fixed wing flight test, you can also apply to the Empire Test Pilot School (ETPS) in the UK, as well EPNER in France, on their exchange programs, plus, all their programs, pilot/aviator, navigator/WSO, and FTE, as discussed here, are all at least masters level, so far as I'm aware...there's also a civilian overflow school for such stuff in Calif, Natl Test Pilot School (NTPS), it's not Federal, though I'd read it's used a good deal by all the svcs, from what I'd read....

Flight test engineer - Wikipedia

The flight test engineer generally has overall responsibility for the planning of a specific flight test phase, which includes preparing the test plans in conjunction with other analytical and/or systems engineers, overseeing the buildup of the aircraft to the proper configuration, working with the flight test instrumentation engineer to ensure the sensors and recording systems are installed for required data parameters, and preparing the...

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 12 at 2019 1:26 PM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 13:26:14 -0400

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_test_engineer

Given that you're clinical, to not at least think about this, which I'm quite sure you must have, would obv be, to my mind, totally crazy...you'd be perfect for it, if you'd wanna consider going this direction...look also at dental, esp for dental materials, as close as dental gets to bioengrg, as well as the NIDR for dental at NIH, or whatever the name morphed to, as well as the osteopathic (D.O.) schools, NOT orthopedic, and NOT just the M.D. programs, OK? Look esp also under dental at oral and maxillofacial surg, esp orthognathic surg, which is craniofacial reconstruction, and the follow ons such dental residencies have to let you double dip and get an accelerated M.D. or D.O., getting either one or two yrs advanced credit, the reasons for the differences are involved and would take more explanation, however, trust me, they've existed since the 70s, Harvard was the first one to have such an arrangement for dual dental-med, plus, if you ride the intellectual gravy train all the way, you could walk out with an MD/DO-DMD/DDS-PhD, which is most def top of the intellectual sci food chain, I assure you, OK? Trust me, been there, done that (BTDT), I just couldn't get it, why would take hours to explain, just trust I know whereof I speak on such things, OK?

Flight test engineer - Wikipedia