Planning to go to a selection board in January, is there anyone who has recently gone that could give me a heads up on what to expect? I have not yet attended a board.

Thanks!!

What specialty are you going for? Guessing aviation since you haven't been in very long. If that's the case, post an email and I'll be in touch. I'm not far removed from that time frame.

Anything else and the only contacts I gave are MI and transportation. However, both were senior enlisted branch transfers from the AF so I'm not sure how much help they would be.

I'm a MI Warrant that completed WOCS in March. Shoot me an email at vandiverchilds at yahoo dot com.

Are you a civilian attempting to go flight? I only ask b/c otherwise you don't personally attend the selection board, they just review your packet. Having a good resume, evaluations and a organized/up to date ERB is critical.

That's the information I was needing, thank you!

If you are talking Active Duty or Reserve, I can help. I've seen packets across all branches. Familar with boards too.

Your file should be very good..reviewed by several people to assure you don't have mistakes in your grammar, appearance, and letters of recommendation. Get your photo within one month of submitting your packet, I don't care what the regulation says. Despite experience most applicants have, sometimes even SFCs have weak packets since their LORs were weak, indicating either the interviewer does not really want this person on the WO Corps or the candidate wasn't really interviewed.

Keep in mind not all letters of recommendations are created equal. I've seen more than a few CW5s who wrote LORs which were way too long and lacked any real substance other than 'this is an extremely hard worker'. You can't control what someone writes, so make sure you find the right person who is familiar with the process. Lower density MOSs don't do these as often as the Command Chief Warrant Officer of an Aviation Brigade. Rank in these cases matter. LORs from a few CPTs who have 3-6 years of experience don't compare as well to those in the board who have 10-20 years experience to compare folks to.

All that said, if the packet is great, but NCOERs are weak, there is really not a great chance to get picked up unless the branch is really short WOs and does not have a good feeder MOS to populate the ranks. If you are NG, just disregard this whole post, but figured someone here could use the info.

Good luck.

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Are you a civilian attempting to go flight? I only ask b/c otherwise you don't personally attend the selection board, they just review your packet. Having a good resume, evaluations and a organized/up to date ERB is critical.

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I beg to differ. In the Guard, you will appear before a board. Two in Texas if you are aviation. The SAO recruiter for TX aviation on the warrant side is an Aggie.

I wasn't aware of the NG and Reserve route. Good to know.

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Just wanted to bump this to share that I was selected! MOS 153A Rotary Wing.

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Active, Guard or Reserve?

Congrats

Outstanding!

Reserve.

Are you worried about SERE training?

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Are you worried about SERE training?

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Worried? Not really. Maybe a little anxious bc of not knowing what to expect.

Awesome. I've heard some crazy stories from long ago, but would be curious to hear what you think when you get back.

Pieces of advise from a current aviator:

SERE is a head game, just remember that and you'll be fine.
WOCS will drive you crazy, but if you were a CT it will be very familiar.
B CO is a beat down, you'll understand when you get there and see the patch.
Know your 5&9 for primary and you'll be golden, it won't make any sense to you before you start flight line, but all anybody cares about is that you can repeat it.
If you ever fly with Tracy Hobbs just go ahead and assume you'll get a U. If its Eli Hernandez you'll need a translator.
Enjoy eating lunch at 1000.
Teasers is a scary place.
Enjoy, it was one of the best times of my life.

Congrats!!!

Gig Em! What are you going to fly?

Thank you for the advice!! Wish I could pick your brain more.

I don't know yet, most likely a CH-47 or UH-60

This'll help ya!

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