Once you're an Officer in the military, does it matter how you were commissioned? For example, are your chances at promotion, certain commands, etc. affected by how you were commissioned (like an Academy graduate being chosen over an OCS graduate)?
Once you're an Officer in the military, does it matter how you were commissioned? For example, are your chances at promotion, certain commands, etc. affected by how you were commissioned (like an Academy graduate being chosen over an OCS graduate)?
Pima - I disagree for two reasons:
1. As an ED, there is no advantage to being USNA vs whatever else. All you need is an engineering degree undergrad and you're no more or less selective to lateral transfer into the community as anyone else.
2. Unless there's some medical issue, you cannot direct commission as an ED. You will have to either lateral transfer or get an ED option, which again does not have any bias towards commissioning sources.
I must disagree a bit, here. This year, at least, there were 10 slots for subs-ED option direct from USNA. My Mid is one of them, even though completely medically qualified for line service. Also, it does not appear that an engineering degree, per se, is required, as mine is a chemistry major. Granted, the USNA "chemistry" degree is much more closer to an engineering degree than a standard chemistry degree from another college.