In-Processing - Your first three to five days at OCS absolutely suck. You pick up gear, stand in lines, mark that said gear issued, eat "boxed nasty's", wait at medical, get your shots, and I think you get the drift... You stand in line for three days awaiting you Pickup Day.
Initial PFT - The Initial PFT is usually held the day before your Pickup Day, so most likely will be held on your third or fourth day at OCS. Its nothing more or less than any other PFT you have ran, except you run with about 300-400 other candidates. So run fast, because the slow moving corners of backuped candidates will slow your time. Don't fail your initial PFT because you will be sent home! And rightfully so... who doesn't show up to OCS in shape??..
Pickup - Pickup day is the day that your lives will change forever. You will meet your "Staff" or your "Hats". All of you will be taken to Yekel Hall and given a speech as to how hard OCS is and if you like to leave now, no questions asked, feel free to leave now. IF YOU LEAVE YOU ARE A PUSSY! And I mean that in the most delicate manner possible. After this speech by the Colonel of OCS, your different staff members are marched in to the classroom, looking crisp and mighty mean (Its meant to intimidate you, and Intimidated you shall be). Finally after this, you will all be brought back to the baracks, told to stand on line with your trash, and then your staff will come out of the duty hut guns a blazzin, and OCS begins!
Mail - Mail sucks at OCS. Im not going to write alot about it. Sometimes you get it, sometimes you don't. Make your staff happy.. you get mail. Suck at life, embarrass your staff.. no mail. Get It??..
Pay - You get paid on the 1st and 15th of the month. If you are smart and have gotten Direct Deposit, you have nothing to be worried about. If not, the 1st Sergeant will have to give you your hard check, and yell at you because you didn't get Direct Deposit and caused him to have to do more work. So just get Direct Deposit and have one less chewing out session.
Liberty - Be Smart!!! Libo at OCS is not for you to relax and chill out. It is designed for OCS to see what you are like when you are alone, and nobody is watching (at least you think they're not watching, and there are Marines everywhere in the surronding areas of OCS). Libo is meant for you to mess up, so that they can send your ass home. Simple as that. So be smart, do not go out and do stupid things or act like a retard. Go and relax, recover, call your girl, have a beer (not 15) and enjoy the quiet.
2 comments:
great post, thanks for the intel. probably the most clear and succinct expectations blog post i've seen for OCS.
Marine OCS is no joke !!! Don't mess up on liberty or your ass will be so gone !!! When I was in OCS back in the 70's they made it much rougher on us aviation and law candidates. Just remember it's all a big game and you must play by the rules. I remember in an exercise having to write a letter to a family of a Marine in your platoon who got killed due to a mistake you made. What an eye opener. That's when it hit me THIS SHIT IS SERIOUS !
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