sTUPID qUESTIONS aBOUT ocs

[shotcalla10]

Yea. Oops.

Btw, I'm not talking about a little shaking. The sgt gave him quite a few bloody lips and noses. There's an old adage in martial arts that once you reach a certain level, there is no such thing as an accident.

yeap... drill instructors know exactly what they're doing, and they're damn good at it too. hoorah. but just keep in mind that almost everything they do is to make you stronger. learn to love PT or RPT or atleast psyche yourself out to love them, it'll make life at OCS alot less stressful... i hate it when guys are so scared to get beat that their main motivation is to avoid beatings instead of actually wanting to do things the right way... people like that are usually the ones who get all stressed out and point fingers at other candidates who get them dropped... if you don't wanna get beat, don't goto OCS... period. I generally see a trend of lazy people complaining the most about everything. Laziness shows in their physical shape, academic performance, drill performance, and everything else. I'm not saying I'm a saint but I think I'm doing my best to not take OCS for granted. Beatings make me stronger physically, lack of sleep and all other stress makes me stronger mentally. Graduation day will be that much sweeter no?

 

[Kickflip89]

yeap... drill instructors know exactly what they're doing, and they're damn good at it too. hoorah. but just keep in mind that almost everything they do is to make you stronger. learn to love PT or RPT or atleast psyche yourself out to love them, it'll make life at OCS alot less stressful... i hate it when guys are so scared to get beat that their main motivation is to avoid beatings instead of actually wanting to do things the right way... people like that are usually the ones who get all stressed out and point fingers at other candidates who get them dropped... if you don't wanna get beat, don't goto OCS... period. I generally see a trend of lazy people complaining the most about everything. Laziness shows in their physical shape, academic performance, drill performance, and everything else. I'm not saying I'm a saint but I think I'm doing my best to not take OCS for granted. Beatings make me stronger physically, lack of sleep and all other stress makes me stronger mentally. Graduation day will be that much sweeter no?

Welcome to the club!

Don't worry, we all drank it as well

 

[skim]

Georgia boy, you need to use the search function. All these questions have been asked before. You are still nuking this whole thing. Just take it easy, get in the OCS stream and let it carry you. Its easy to overthink things and wig out(ask xmid about me) but once you get 'institutionalized', you realize how things work.

 

[nugget81]

I am not an OCS graduate, but have been instructed on the proper form by one last week:

Pushups are to be done with "knife hands;" ....words, words .....but the rules change at OCS.

You forgot the part where you're yelling "Spirit" on the way down and "Discipline" on the way up, or if you were in the class behind mine, it was "Dirty, Nasty!" While you may not be yelling those during the PFA, you will be "counting" at the top of your lungs while your partner does his or her situps and pushups.

Go there in reasonably good shape (the minimums will not cut it), don't get broken, and do what you're told with speed, volume, and intensity. What else is there to it?

 

[rugby mike]

Welcome to the club!

Don't worry, we all drank it as well

Without a doubt the funniest comment I have seen on a.w.

 

[BACONATOR]

You forgot the part where you're yelling "Spirit" on the way down and "Discipline" on the way up, or if you were in the class behind mine, it was "Dirty, Nasty!" While you may not be yelling those during the PFA, you will be "counting" at the top of your lungs while your partner does his or her situps and pushups.

Go there in reasonably good shape (the minimums will not cut it), don't get broken, and do what you're told with speed, volume, and intensity. What else is there to it?

Pushup chants were awesome. Probably one of the funniest ones I ever heard through the grapevine was when DCO was still in pcola. One DCO guy DORed after no more than like 10 minutes of PT. Since his DI was going to have a seizure with such weakness, yet couldn't beat the DCO classes as much as OCS classes, a nearby OCS DI took it out on his class by dropping them and making them chant:

DI: "Down!"
Class: "Couldn't hack it!"
DI: "Up!"
Class: "Had to pack it!"
DI: "Down!"
Class: "Gotta go!"
DI: "Up!"
Class: "DCO!"

 

[shotcalla10]

Pushup chants were awesome. Probably one of the funniest ones I ever heard through the grapevine was when DCO was still in pcola. One DCO guy DORed after no more than like 10 minutes of PT. Since his DI was going to have a seizure with such weakness, yet couldn't beat the DCO classes as much as OCS classes, a nearby OCS DI took it out on his class by dropping them and making them chant:

DI: "Down!"
Class: "Couldn't hack it!"
DI: "Up!"
Class: "Had to pack it!"
DI: "Down!"
Class: "Gotta go!"
DI: "Up!"
Class: "DCO!"

oh man... you should've heard what my class had to chant during push ups one early morning after revellie... i'll tell you after i graduate because i don't feel right about informing the outside world while i'm still in... i promise its hilarious.

 

[jt71582]

Hang in there Shotcalla! I look forward to hearing your stories and scaring myself.

 

[badger16]

It can be very fun for the candios though...

After 2 months here, I am so ready to see things from those colored glasses. King hall come Friday!

 

[rhinoh82]

Did anyone have any prior service Marines in their Navy OCS class? I'm a prior service Marine applying for Navy OCS and was trying to draw comparisons between Newport and Parris Island. Seems like a lot of the same; referring to yourself in third person, sounding off like you've got a pair, the DI's own everything (my hatch, my bulkhead, etc.). Just wondering if the DI's pay them extra special attention?

 

[dephyler]

I met the British Accent lady today. She was really nice and helpful. My recruiter said that she's a lot better than the Pensacola NEX, where they seemed to hate everyone. She nailed my sizes just by looking at me. I was pretty impressed.

 

[Morgan81]

Did anyone have any prior service Marines in their Navy OCS class? I'm a prior service Marine applying for Navy OCS and was trying to draw comparisons between Newport and Parris Island. Seems like a lot of the same; referring to yourself in third person, sounding off like you've got a pair, the DI's own everything (my hatch, my bulkhead, etc.). Just wondering if the DI's pay them extra special attention?

Oh, yeah. You'll be under the microscope all of Indoc week, but since you've seen most of the DI's tricks you should make it though ok. Just don't screw your classmates over since the majority of them will be off the street and will need your leadership (which is exactly what the DI's will probably be looking at you to provide too). But, once you prove yourself to your DI (whenever that may be), you'll earn his or her respect.

 

[BACONATOR]

I got a lot from this article. Just a couple of detail questions:

1. In the beginning, when the instructor gives the candidates instruction and then asks them "got that"...shouldn't they respond "Yes sir" and not "Aye sir" seeing as how it was a question and not a command?
2. When the instructor commands the recruits to tie their laces "outboard over inboard, and...tucked in with no bridges" what exactly does this look like? I have an idea, but am not sure.

Yeah...these may seem like petty detail question, but I am curious.

Thanks and good fortune

To echo what kickflip says, these small minute details DON'T MATTER. Nobody gets attrited for not being able to tie outboard over inboard "fast enough". These are just details that they can scream at you to stress you out. I freaked out over details just like you, but you just have to trust us that it DOESN'T MATTER. You can't get the yelling to stop.

It's like soviet Russia: everybody loses (as my Russian friend says). You WON'T ever, as a candidate, get the DI to come over, look at you, and go "wow, nice job!" He'll yell at you because you're not loud enough, he'll yell at you because your gig-line is AFU, your shoelaces are tied improperly, and if EVERYTHING is perfect, then he'll yell at you because you're one ugly motherfucker.

Just GET USED TO IT. God knows that the yelling at OCS will pay dividends when you get a screamer in the cockpit. While the ROTC/Academy guys are curling up into the fetal position and crying when the IP is screaming "GET THE FUCK ON ALTITUDE, NOW!". You just revert to OCS-mode and simply reply, "Yes/Aye, sir!".

 

[Tom]

Did anyone have any prior service Marines in their Navy OCS class? I'm a prior service Marine applying for Navy OCS and was trying to draw comparisons between Newport and Parris Island. Seems like a lot of the same; referring to yourself in third person, sounding off like you've got a pair, the DI's own everything (my hatch, my bulkhead, etc.). Just wondering if the DI's pay them extra special attention?

I had a long talk with a DI about this once. All he said was it's different. Different goals and different evolutions. A big difference is that at Parris your time is allocated for you while at Newport you have part of the day to attempt to accomplish all the work given to you. Also there are no humps and no shooting.

 

[Flash]

Just GET USED TO IT. God knows that the yelling at OCS will pay dividends when you get a screamer in the cockpit. While the ROTC/Academy guys are curling up into the fetal position and crying when the IP is screaming "GET THE FUCK ON ALTITUDE, NOW!". You just revert to OCS-mode and simply reply, "Yes/Aye, sir!".

You just curl up in a ball and sob when you get called out wearing your flgiht jacket at the local bars.