Application Process

This document describes the first part of an officer's career in SCS from the very beginning to Academy graduation.

As of June 2012, the Academy has not yet been put in place and is not implemented into the application process.

Outline of the Process
During Phil Dudek's discussion about the Application Process at Senior Staff Meeting #1, a set of necessary general requirements was set for the tasks that the Recruitment Process needs to accomplish. The overall application process looks like this:
 * 1) Collection and submission of application to application mailbox (Welcome Area) by cadet.
 * 2) Fleet Operations personnel reviewing application and sending the cadet a welcome letter (folder), which contains:
 * 3) Welcome Letter
 * 4) Task List (outlining tasks in phase 3 below), with link to Manual of Operations
 * 5) *The Fleet Operations officer also IM's the cadet to schedule a personal meeting.
 * 6) Cadet does the following, which they are told to do through the task list given in the welcome folder:
 * 7) Have a personal meeting with a Fleet Operations officer to discuss.
 * 8) Reads the Manual of Operations
 * 9) Collects uniform (commbadge), titler, and dress uniform.
 * 10) Cadet joins SCS Forums.
 * 11) Cadet contacts Surgeon General (or whoever is stated in the task list) to arrange a medical appointment to complete portions of the Personnel Record. The Surgeon General will be responsible for posting the medical record on the wiki.
 * 12) Cadet contacts the Fleet Operations officer stating the above tasks were completed.
 * 13) The Fleet Operations officer schedules another personal meeting with the Cadet (or has one on the spot if both online). Cadet must determine which of the following he/she wants to serve at:
 * 14) **Fleet Operations
 * 15) **Corps of Engineers
 * 16) **Security and Tactical
 * 17) **Sciences
 * 18) **Medical
 * 19) **Academy
 * 20) **USS Rhodes (specify specific ship-board branch)
 * 21) Once that is determined, the personnel officer arranges for the Cadet to participate in a USS Rhodes mission (cadet is given details of the time of the next RP session).
 * 22) Once the cadet attends that session, the CO of the Rhodes will promote the cadet to the rank of Ensign.
 * 23) The cadet will go on to serve in their branch of choice (or the USS Rhodes crew, if that is what they chose). They will have to contact the chief of the branch/Rhodes CO to inform them of their completion of the application process.