Kierkegaard, why the "rule" on the multiple special communities, especially SEAL and EOD, where there would appear to be natural overlap of interest and skills. Or someone who'd like to be a SEAL but, if that doesn't work out, would love to do Cyber. I can think of various reasons but would be interested in the company line, so to speak.
For many of those communities, since they are so selective, you kinda have to be all or nothing. Since there are so few spots, those communities won't even entertain somebody that doesn't desire it as their first choice.
I guess a question for a current a Mid... if someone puts SEAL first and anything but SWO second will they get SEAL? I ask because when I was there if anyone put anything but SWO behind SEAL they basically took themselves out of the running for SEAL. They took it as you aren’t dedicated to being a SEAL because you aren’t willing to go be a SWO and reapply. I know there are also double the amount of SEAL spots as when our class went through so that may have changed things.
I think this depends on who is running the SEAL program at the Academy at a given time. When I graduated, I knew people that put SEAL first and USMC ground second that still got NSW. Same with EOD.