Navy Option Service Assignment

Approximately six to nine months before graduation, Navy Option midshipmen supply the Navy with a list of ranked preferences for their warfare community assignment. Assignments to the warfare communities below are made according to the midshipman’s overall performance, Commanding Officer rank (both academic and military), and, ultimately, the needs of the Navy.

• Naval Aviation
• Submarine Officer 
• Surface Warfare Officer 
• Special Warfare (SEALs)  
• Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD)