No, you don't get to choose... they may let you list your preference, but it's completely "needs of the Navy" when they decide. I really don't know that there is any logical reasoning for them assigning rates, since I saw guys who's ASVAB scores made it clear they weren't cut out for Anti-Submarine Warfare get assigned to Romeos, while guys with outstanding scores who were the ideal candidates for ASW got Sierras. You'll be assigned AWR or AWS at the end of Rescue Swimmer School... from there, you'll go across base and either go through 4 months of AWO/AWR A School, or 2 months of AWS A School.
Percentage-wise, I saw more Rescue Swimmers get AWR... but that was just my observation. They had 4 AWO/AWR classes running at the same time in A School, while there was only 1 AWS class.
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