It can take 12-24 months to be assigned to a unit after you’ve been selected by the panel. There’s a lot happening in the background; there are many agencies and offices involved in processing your paperwork. Here is a brief synopsis: Once the panel results have been validated by Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA) Directorate of Military Personnel Management (DMPM), applicants will be notified of the status of their packet by the Civil Affairs Proponent. In the interim, you will be contacted by a recruiter who will help you with your personnel requirements (i.e. commissioning physical, security clearance, Oath of Office, etc.).
Your packet will be forwarded to the HQDA, U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC), Army Human Resources Command (HRC), and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) for approvals and processing along the way. . These personnel requirements can take up to a year to complete. Failure to complete these personnel requirements within this time-frame will result in your disqualification for commission. Only once you have an interim security clearance, have been cleared medically, and your packet has been approved by all the agencies above will you receive your offer to commission.
If you are a branch transfer officer your process will be much shorter. Please contact us if you are experiencing any hurdles in getting a unit transfer or branch transfer completed. While we help to facilitate all this administrative work, we cannot control or influence the timeline on which other Army agencies complete their part of the work. Patience is key! Please help us move this process along by being as responsive as possible when asked for additional information.