Not selected for officer school
Though this is another problem with the Navy, I won’t categorize it with that group of posts, at least not without supporting statistics.
I applied for the FY11 Limited Duty Officer program but I was not selected. Honestly, I don’t know what it takes to be picked up. The requirements for civilians to become an officer are pretty low (http://www.navy.org/officer_requirements/) but the requirements for enlisted to become an officer are crazy. > more <