<p>TheFatAnorexic,</p>
<p>Unrestricted Line: Refers to communities such as aviation, surface (SWO), subsurface; USNA tries to commission as many officers down this path</p>
<p>Restricted Line: Refers to communities such as the IDC, Eng Duty, Human Resources, Public Affairs</p>
<p>Staff Corps: Refers to Medical Corps, Dental Corps, and Chaplains</p>
<p>In order to select the SWO-Intel, SWO-IW, and SWO-IP options there CANNOT be a medical disqualification from serving in unrestricted line – otherwise, one couldn’t complete the SWO part of the option!</p>
<p>Boards for IDC will most likely be biased to Computer Science and certain Engineering majors. As some of the slides indicated, it is specifically limited to Group I/II majors.
Additionally, major courses are given a heavier weight than other courses. Most likely, teacher input will factor, as some of the professors that teach classes sit on those boards – motivation and dedication are important.</p>
<p>Attainment into the selected option community is dependent on the SWO qualification. You will be required to serve at least 27 months on a ship prior to re-designation.</p>
<p>The career path and billet slides are a notional representation of a typical pipeline path. This is the career progression you can expect (but not necessarily the exact path) once re-designated to the community. There is a comments section for each slide, which gives a good contextual description – I recommend you read that.</p>
<p>Marines might be able to choose an Intel option during The Basic School (TBS). It is NOT a part of these options.</p>