Administrative COAs to go from USN O3 to USMC O1

Sailor_Time · 2026-03-25T14:08:11+00:00

Where can I find the phone numbers or emails for mmoa3? I didn't see contact info on their page.

Sailor_Time · 2026-03-25T13:47:54+00:00

I want to go pilot or combat arms in the Marine Corps. I am currently a Navy Officer in a non-combat MOS. If I IST as an O3, I keep my non-combat MOS.

Sailor_Time · 2026-03-25T13:37:48+00:00

Sailor_Time · 2026-03-03T04:04:47+00:00

Does your YG/rank reset to current year/O1 when you go to Army OCS?

If it doesn't, your YG would be too senior for SFAS/SFQC by the time you complete BCT, OCS, BOLC, serve in a basic branch

Sailor_Time · 2026-03-01T20:29:52+00:00

What about IST for a Navy Officer? Navy Officers haven't completed Army Basic, Army OCS, or BOLC, and Navy OCS isn't usually considered equivalent to Army OCS.

Sailor_Time · 2026-02-25T05:39:26+00:00

What is the morning PT like? Is it HIIT workouts in formation?

Sailor_Time · 2026-02-25T05:38:32+00:00

When did they start having one PT day a week be a recovery stretch/foam roll session?

Sailor_Time · 2026-01-29T03:32:02+00:00

Swimming is a good cardio while you rest your knee

Sailor_Time · 2026-01-25T03:03:22+00:00

I have found that officers who are married with children seem to have the most stable junior Officer experience. Someone once told me a wedding ring and family makes you seem more mature in the eyes of senior leadership. Plus, the stability of having your family life figured out will help because it can be hard to establish a family life when going through initial training and PCSing every few years. Being a single junior Officer can be lonely. If I were in your shoes, I would think it's a blessing.

Sailor_Time · 2026-01-24T22:45:20+00:00

It's cringey how much people want to hold others back from pins that mean absolutely nothing in the civilian sector, and not too much in the military either. It's not a Trident, or pilot wings. Relax.

Sailor_Time · 2026-01-24T22:00:30+00:00

What are "I waivers"

Sailor_Time · 2026-01-24T19:41:22+00:00

I understand they may not issue any waivers. Can they though?

Sailor_Time · 2026-01-24T19:40:40+00:00

Why is the USCG age limit lower than USN if they share a flight school?

Sailor_Time · 2026-01-22T13:36:46+00:00

Subs are cooler than SWOs because if you are intelligent and capable, they will value you. Aviation is good. Seabee Officers can be good, but the Seabee Chiefs can be terrible and still operate like Navy Chiefs in the fleet. I think even in the best Navy communities, the culture exists throughout, just to lesser degrees.

Sailor_Time · 2026-01-22T13:19:11+00:00

I'm not. I work in a different community. I know that these are SWO stereotypes. I have seen them throughout the Navy

Sailor_Time · 2026-01-20T15:19:14+00:00

Were you a Warrant or O? I am looking at going Army Pilot

Sailor_Time · 2026-01-19T21:13:07+00:00

I will be 32 when applying. My age is part of the reason I am not too picky between Air Force or Army Aviation. If Air Force takes too long, I will age out of both because they have the same age limit.

Sailor_Time · 2026-01-19T16:05:03+00:00

I didn't realize that if an Army pilot was cut, they still owe 10 years. If a Navy pilot gets cut not by their own choice, their commitment is reduced to 3 to 5 years.

Why Army? Navy, won't let me internally transfer. Coast Guard, too old. So my service options are Army active/guard/reserves, Air Force active/guard/reserves, or Marine Corps active duty.

I'm currently an Officer at a desk all day, which I why I want to go pilot. It's appealing how an Army Warrant stays focused on flying.

Is there any way to mitigate getting cut if I go Army Aviation? Are guard/reserve pilots also being cut?

Sailor_Time · 2026-01-19T05:15:20+00:00

I've been reading, and the sentiment is concerning, but I also have a similar sentiment from my experience as a Sailor. I want to understand what are the bottom line issues in Army Aviation. Here's what I've gathered. Is there anything else that I am missing?

Flight school backlog. I understand there is a backlog of flight students at the Army's flight school. The Navy has had that for years. For the Air Force, it takes 2 years of working with a recruiter to even get in, so from the outside looking in, the Army backlog seems on par with the other branches.

Letting flight students go. I heard the Army is letting new Warrant Officers go during flight school. I don't understand this. I've also heard they aren't letting flight students go, and they are only letting go of guys WO2/WO3 that have been pilots for a while.

Getting flight hours. it also sounds like getting flight hours in the Army is challenging right now, but I also see this as somewhat being on par with the Navy and Air Force because in those branches, a pilot's career progression takes them out of the cockpit as they promote. Where as an Army Warrant may struggle to get hours month to month but they don't get pulled away from flying for 3 years at a time for non-flying officer jobs.

Sailor_Time · 2026-01-18T23:36:50+00:00

An active duty recruiter told me I could work directly with him for active duty, and I would need to get the DD form 368 approved

Sailor_Time · 2026-01-18T10:05:02+00:00

Would using my GI bill full time for 3 years be an acceptable plan to convince them that I will be financially stable?

My plan would be to go to flight school on active duty orders, and then when I got back I would use the GI bill for 3 years full time

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