I'm currently on the Merit List for Infantry Officer (DEO). Some of you might be tempted to knock me on the head... I actually got a call last January offering me a spot on the BMOQ course starting on Feb. 13th, but I refused the offer because I had just been promoted to a rather important manager position at this company, and I thought it would’ve been disrespectful to quit immediately after such a generous promotion.
So anyway, I told the recruiter to call me back in the Spring, after I've made some significant contributions at my current job. As of my last communication with my recruiter two weeks ago, I was told that the only infantry officer positions left - and as a matter of fact, most of other officer positions left - are strictly for ROTP’s.
This could change at any time however, as they are constantly updating their list of vacancies. I’m not sure whether I should believe this, but apparently I will be among the first to be called as soon as positions free up. Thus, if you’ve been waiting for a while and are on the merit list, anything can happen in the coming days/months.