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What should I do to pursue being a Naval Aviator?

I am currently an enlisted MM Navy Nuke in “A” School. I have a college background with 139 college credits and a 3.32 GPA. I was working on getting a dual-major in Engineering Physics and Business, but I still have three years of college left to do. My GPA is lower than it should be because I flunked many classes in my freshman year when I was pursuing a music degree. I’m not sure if I can get a waiver for those classes. Also, I still need to get my eyes fixed with eye laser surgery, which I hope to get eventually. I am just looking for some outside opinions on what would be the best route to go. Would going Nuke Officer be a more likely route to take? However, I would prefer being a pilot above all else because I want to get a chance to fly fighter jets. I am also considering putting in a package for the Naval Academy, but I’m not sure if it would be worth putting in or not?

Not sure how an enlisted Sailor can get out of a Navy enlisted contract in a critically undermanned specialty to become a Naval Aviator except through Sta-21 and then those selected usually have at least four years active duty service.

https://www.sta-21.navy.mil/program_options.asp

The maximum age to go to flight school is 26 and can be waived to 28 with two years active duty. If those are semester units, then it seems like you may have already been to college at least four years since 120 units is a normal course load over four years. There are also Naval Aviators in the Marines. The Marines don’t care what the degree is in for the Plc, their prime commissioning source or Nrotc and offer aviation contracts as early as freshman year of college.

http://www.dcmarineofficer.com/aviationcontract.html

http://www.dcmarineofficer.com/platoonleadersclass.html

http://officer.marines.com/marine/making_marine_officers/commissioning_programs

The maximum age for selection to the Naval Academy is 22 on July 1 of the year entering the Academy or 21 on July 1 of the year entering NAPS. Just be aware that the Naval Academy has a new number one priority and in implementing it has significantly reduced the number of enlisted sailors and Marines being appointed to the Naval Academy in the past few years. This year only 27 Sailors(15 Naps, 12 direct appointments) and 7 Marines. Whereas in the past around twenty Sailors would enter from the Nuke School, this year and last only seven Nukes were appointed. Not a single Marine was appointed directly to the Naval Academy directly this year.

http://www.usna.edu/admissions/USNA%202014%20Class%20Portrait.pdf

As far as eye surgery, the Marines have a contact lens waiver. See page 2:

http://www.und.edu/org/mao/MarineProgams.pdf

Nuclear might make more sense since the Navy is in dire need of nuclear trained officers and the selection rates have been quite high, but not if your desire is to be a Naval Aviator. Enlisting as a Nuke seems to have complicated plans to become an Aviator given age restrictions and the time remaining to earn a degree. It may have been easier to be selected for Bdcp with Naval Aviator as a designator than Sta-21. I don’t see a problem with a 3.32 GPA regardless of failed Music classes as a Freshman. I guess it is difficult to give specific advice without knowing the length of contract, age and time in which a degree, not necessarily a double major in Engineering Physics and Business, can be earned.

http://www.cnrc.navy.mil/noru/orojt3/generalofficer.htm

http://www.cnrc.navy.mil/sanfrancisco/opo/

http://www.waynesdyno.net/generalofficer.html

It might be helpful to speak with a USN OOP(Officer Programs Officer.)
Good Luck!

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