anybody got any experience doing this?
I'm USAF at Whiting and would love to stay a reservist here or at mainside rather than try to get a T-6 job at Columbus or somewhere else.

 

We've got one ex-AF guy in my squadron (Navy VR), so it is possible. I think it took him a long time to affiliate with the Navy Reserve though, possibly a year or maybe even more. During the time it takes to affiliate with the Navy, you can't drill with the unit, so it would be a good idea to start the process early. Good luck and Fly Navy!

 

A buddy of mine just transitioned from Marine Corps to the Navy. His contract was up and he resigned his active duty commission with the USMC. On our letter (USMC) you have to state if you want a commission in the reserve. He said yes to that and then started to work the transition from the Navy side. He was picked up on a Navy reserve pilot board with the squadron he wanted before he did all this. The Navy helped get him to the right Navy admin people to make the transition happen. The paperwork took about 4 months to route. However, it was during Thanksgiving and Christmas and New year holidays but I hear it still takes 3 months or so. I would recommend you get the Navy squadron to say yes we'll take you and then start working it from the AF side of the house. Good luck but I'm pretty sure it can be done.

 

I was the Reserve DH in Corpus when we accepted three AF members to Navy SELRES. It took anywhere from three to six months to process before starting to drill. The main thing is to go and see the local Navy Reserve Officer Recruiter to get all the paperwork ready so that when you get the DD-214. The paperwork has to go through Navy Forces Command for approval then to PERS (Millington) to get orders cut. Good point of contact would be the Wing Five or Wing Six Reserve OIC. If the rule is still the same you can submit a package for selection four months prior to getting out. Good luck.

 

Like 41DS and VQ2 said, absolutley. Like VQ2 said, work with the Reserve Squadron Augment Units (SAU) at Wing 5 and 6.
1. If they support your intent (package), it will make the transfer simply administrative.
2. Start now and work to find anyone who has transferred from USAF/Marines in CNATRA to the SAU's. They will have relevant gouge.
3. I would see if CNATRA has a common Navy Reserve recruiter for the interservice transfer. (I know you are supposed to use local [where you are living] but up to 4 years ago we had one take care of all CNATRA transfers).
The local recruiters were not familiar with interservice transfers. The Marines do things differently than USAF who do things differently than Navy and USCG. The departing service has unique rules, Navy fortunately is pretty straight forward and least complicated to join.

Best of luck.

 

thx to all for the help. navy flying is certainly less restrictive and therefore easier to deal with. am i going to have to switch to brown boots? lol