I'd assume the answer to this is no... but is it possible for a mid to service select EOD but if not selected go USMC?
Well God bless you Spud and thank God you made it home in one piece. Merry Christmas.Just as a bit of historical perspective, my class's Service Selection Night was in February (this was at the height of the Vietnam War) and Smoke Hall had a bunch of tables set up for each of the branches: SWO, Subs, Aviation, Marines (no separate SEALS at that time). Each had a paper display board behind the table with items particular to that branch such as ship, coast, school starting dates, Marine Air, etc. Going by class rank, the top 20 guys were called in and walked to the table they wanted, expressed their desires, signed something, and went back to their room pretty happy. Then at a set time, the next 20 went down to Smoke Hall and the whole process repeated again and again until the whole class had been assigned their new Ensign duty station. Naturally, the guys at the bottom of the class (how do I know this?) walked in and a table or two had already been shut down as their quotas had been filled. When my roomate and I walked in, there were two: SWO and Marines still in operation. He strode confidently to the USMC table and was met by smiling faces. I hesitated as he and I had discussed the Marines quite a bit but since I really was not wild about wading through mud and rice paddies with an M-16 at high port, I slunk over to the SWO table. Twenty months later I was wading through mud and rice paddies with an M-16 at high port with the riverine forces wondering how the hell did this happen.
Take note, innocent young SWOs.
Just as a bit of historical perspective, my class's Service Selection Night was in February (this was at the height of the Vietnam War) and Smoke Hall had a bunch of tables set up for each of the branches: SWO, Subs, Aviation, Marines (no separate SEALS at that time). Each had a paper display board behind the table with items particular to that branch such as ship, coast, school starting dates, Marine Air, etc. Going by class rank, the top 20 guys were called in and walked to the table they wanted, expressed their desires, signed something, and went back to their room pretty happy. Then at a set time, the next 20 went down to Smoke Hall and the whole process repeated again and again until the whole class had been assigned their new Ensign duty station. Naturally, the guys at the bottom of the class (how do I know this?) walked in and a table or two had already been shut down as their quotas had been filled. When my roomate and I walked in, there were two: SWO and Marines still in operation. He strode confidently to the USMC table and was met by smiling faces. I hesitated as he and I had discussed the Marines quite a bit but since I really was not wild about wading through mud and rice paddies with an M-16 at high port, I slunk over to the SWO table. Twenty months later I was wading through mud and rice paddies with an M-16 at high port with the riverine forces wondering how the hell did this happen.
Take note, innocent young SWOs.