Requirements for joining the Dark Side

[Jo Sul]

My SF time was spent as an NCO. A series of unfortunate events resulted in my commissioning. After doing all the usual officer things I looked into returning to SF as an officer. At the time I was told that my previous SF qualification did not count on the officer side of the house and that in order to become an 18A I would have to repeat the ENTIRE process - SFAS and SFQC, just like anyone else.

Is this still the case?

Does anyone else think this seems a bit strange?

Put yourself in these shoes - given your background and experience would you gain anything from repeating the entire process in order to qualify for the job?

Personally, I think we would want to encourage experienced SF NCOs to return to SF as officers if they did commission.

Thoughts?