The Manpower Planner Occupational sponsor traveled to the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, CA. My cohort for the Master of Science in Management had been previously screened in absentia for the Special Education Program (SEP) in 2005 by a board process. Twice during our education, the sponsor traveled to NPS to advertise which positions were going to be available, and to assess our job preference. I indicated that I was most interested in position of Reserve manpower Planner (Analyst) and the sponsor assessed my previous assignments across all the major elements of the Marine Corps over the past 18 years (at that point in my career) and agreed that I was an excellent candidate for the position.