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I'll pitch in here as well. The decision on whether or not to go for immediate grad ed needs to include
the warfare community as a very significant factor. Some communities such as Surface Warfare have very
critical career milestones and stepping away for a year or more at the starting line can have very significant and
yes, detrimental effects on career progression.
Something to remember in terms of community and service wide selection boards is that "Ducks pick Ducks"
and what the means in this area is that non-standard career paths can affect selection.
Community selection boards are how an officer gets screened for jobs such as Department Head and
CO/XO. Performance in those jobs is what is looked at by Service Wide selection boards for promotion.
Needless to say, if you don't select for those key positions, they aren't there for the promotion boards
to see. There are expected timelines to have had those jobs and if you are "late" due to immediate grad
school, you won't have had the necessary experiences for the Selection Board to evaluate.
.
This is probably less of an issue in aviation as their key screenings take place years later in the career than
they do for SWOs and Submariners.
the warfare community as a very significant factor. Some communities such as Surface Warfare have very
critical career milestones and stepping away for a year or more at the starting line can have very significant and
yes, detrimental effects on career progression.
Something to remember in terms of community and service wide selection boards is that "Ducks pick Ducks"
and what the means in this area is that non-standard career paths can affect selection.
Community selection boards are how an officer gets screened for jobs such as Department Head and
CO/XO. Performance in those jobs is what is looked at by Service Wide selection boards for promotion.
Needless to say, if you don't select for those key positions, they aren't there for the promotion boards
to see. There are expected timelines to have had those jobs and if you are "late" due to immediate grad
school, you won't have had the necessary experiences for the Selection Board to evaluate.
.
This is probably less of an issue in aviation as their key screenings take place years later in the career than
they do for SWOs and Submariners.
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