Well hello everyone...
I gotta agree with Matt on that one...OCS is secret for a reason, and to be honest with you, all the inside info on the world isn't going to help you out any. You have to get up every day and perform no matter what, your class (you + 50 strangers) has to gel as a team or your toast and the curriculum is always changing. I met with Vicki when I got down here (she picked me up at the airport-followed by the Aviation Musuem and Seville Quarter the night before check-in, very motivating!!!) and I've seen a ton of differences between what she told me and what I've experienced so far, your Chief/DI controls everything you do and they all do things their own way.
I no longer wonder why the only info I could get on getting ready for OCS was: "Get in shape and learn your big 3!" Because that's really all you can do. Outside of that the only advice I coud give is:
Mouth: SHUT
Ears: OPEN
Eyes: LOCKED
Gut: IN
Fingers: CURLED
...all that plus not screwing up and being ballistic will give you the greatest ability in all of OCS: INVISIBILITY
Hey EODDAVE: You will be in lovely Poopie class 14-02, we will probably be marching by you at some poiint and you will know who we are when your INDOC staff screams at you not to eyeball us as we are a senior class, but that's okay cuz were one big happy family down here!
Week 6 for us is in the can as of today...week 7 up next, Navigation, OUT-PFA and then a little X-mas break. We come back for two weeks of classes and then it's Candidate Officer status for us. Can't wait.
OC Shutter, USNR
OCS Class 11-02