Changing jobs in the Navy?

I'm an NROTC cadet at Texas A%26amp;M and I plan on commissioning as a Surface Warfare Officer. However my main objective is to become an Intelligence officer. What's the process for switching job classifications, how long does it take, and how long would I have to be a SWO before trying to switch over? By the way, I'm a double major in Political Science and Sociology with a minor in Psychology if that helps. Please don't answer if you aren't in the military. I'm looking for legitimate answers, not guesses from civilians.Changing jobs in the Navy?
Past O3 it will not happen. the chances of being allowed to redesignate could be very low. there is always a need for SWOs and INTEL is a much smaller community. URLs tend to hold on to their people until NPQd.Changing jobs in the Navy?
I was Army, not Navy but some of the same stuff applies. Find out if there is a need for lots of junior officers as SWO (I bet there is) and more need for experinces officers in Naval Intel. Maybe there is a program that sets you up to do exactly what you want. In the Army we need LOTS of Infantry Lieutenants, not so many Captains. In Army Intel we need LOTS of Captains, not so many LTs. So guess what, we have a program for new officers called ';branch detail';. These are technically MI officers ';detailed'; to Armor, Infantry, etc for two to three years. They train and are assigned as that branch officer. Then, just before (or slightly after) they make Captain (O-3), they go to the MI transition course and from then on are intel officers. It is good for everyone. Combat branches get good young officers, the MI branch gets experienced Captains and the officer gets to learn a lot more about the Army. After all, the Armor or Infantry are the ones that new MI Captain is going to be directly supporting once he/she is branch qualified in intel. Somehow I imagine the Navy has a similar program, it just makes too much sense not to.



By the way, whatever you major in, in college, rarely has an impact on what you do in the service unless it is a technical field such as Law, Medicine, Clergy, etc. Otherwise, the military traines you how they want you trained. The degree just proves you can be trained. I encourage cadets to get degrees that they plan to use AFTER the military. Even if you retire from active duty, there will still be an ';AFTER'; the military.
There are several Classifications of inteligence officers in the Navy, but the main ones are Restricted Line Officer Subspecialists, and generally most of these guys have completed their division officer tour and qualified as OOD before applying for augmentation to to Intel.

Basically we're looking at at least five to seven years at the Lieutenant/ Lieutenanat Commander level.



So, how are things on the Quad? I went back on active duty Submarines) as an enlisted after one semester in C-2. Water under the bridge. Best of luck.