Awesome info as usual Capt MJ. To add one minor point. There is a Submarine-ED option out of NROTC and USNA available with the SWO-EDI believe there is a SWO-ED option out of USNA and NROTC. Go SWO, qualify, sustained superior performance, guaranteed lat transfer.
Oh yes, thank you for adding that.Awesome info as usual Capt MJ. To add one minor point. There is a Submarine-ED option out of NROTC and USNA available with the SWO-ED
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Yes, correct. The fellow captain friend I mentioned above and I met at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. She had come off ship duty as a SWO, and was at NPS getting her engineering M.S., transitioned to EDO while there and headed to her first EDO assignment in San Diego after that. She toggled among San Diego, Norfolk and DC after that, with a ship tour as Chief Engineer on an aircraft carrier thrown in.And correct me if I’m wrong but if you have your SWO pin, apply for EDO, get a spot, you will be sent to get a masters once they move you over from SWO to EDO. It seems to involve more than an undergraduate engineering degree. So, if you aren’t into more college-EDO wouldn’t seem to be a good fit. Looks like SeeBees just require an undergrad degree. But - any restricted line seems to be limited billets.
Here is the program authorization 101A form for SWO-ED. It gives all the specifics for SWO-ED.And correct me if I’m wrong but if you have your SWO pin, apply for EDO, get a spot, you will be sent to get a masters once they move you over from SWO to EDO. It seems to involve more than an undergraduate engineering degree. So, if you aren’t into more college-EDO wouldn’t seem to be a good fit. Looks like SeeBees just require an undergrad degree. But - any restricted line seems to be limited billets.
For all officers, having a Master’s degree in an approved field of study is pretty much necessary to promote past O-5.My son told me a masters degree in CEC is required if you want to promote.
Good stuff. My friend was a Ga Tech Mech E undergrad and went to OCS. She was one of the first women to get SWO qualified and was a top performer, so doors opened.Here is the program authorization 101A form for SWO-ED. It gives all the specifics for SWO-ED.
https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Career/OCM/PA-101A_EDO_Option_Jan-2023.pdf?ver=Pq6MLYyLoER3xgVdUkx96A==
This doesn't mention it, but you have to go to NPS through the SWO quota of candidates, or MIT through the EDO quota for your Masters. You then have a chance to get boarded in the EDO and if approved, you complete the lateral transfer to EDO. Submarine -ED is the same, but you have to complete a Division Officer tour before you can apply for EDO. This also means that without qualifying for a masters program, you cannot get EDO.
The way I read everything. EDO doesn't necessarily send you to get your masters. You have to qualify in SWO or SUB for a spot in the Masters quota for these two communities, or qualify for a EDO quota at MIT. If all qualifications are then met, you can apply for the board. Basically you are still a SWO or SUB until you qualify in the board and then transfer. Rather than Being in a EDO "pipeline" the entire time.
And yes...there would be a possiblilty of getting your masters of engineering at MIT which would be amazing.