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Time between OCS and API
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Ed Williams
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It all depends on where you are going and if you are a SNFO or SNA. Best and worst that happened while i was working in Flight MAnagement.... One student checked into the Apool on friday ocs graduation, took the in prt the next friday and started classes the next thursday. Worst case, 9 weeks.
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lthackston
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I am also interested in what people have to say about this. I hope to have a few weeks between in order to get some things squared away. I should be finishing OCS at the end of July. Does anyone have further thoughts or information about the wait between OCS and API for SNA?
lthackston
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Okay, my other related question then is what is one required to do during that waiting time? Is is free time to do as we please or are we required to stay in Pensacola and only take short 50 mile trips?
Is the wait between OCS and API the same waiting period that new Ensigns get sent (probably after they requested) back home for a short duty at your hometown recruiter's office? I've heard of this several times and actually saw a Nuke at my recruiting station who had just returned from OCS.
What else do you do for the 8-12 weeks before you class up?
What else do you do for the 8-12 weeks before you class up?
during waiting time either you do nothing or are assigned a stash job. In stash jobs you normally spend 2-3 days working and those are normally 6 hour shifts. You are allowed to go a certain distance without telling someone (I can't remember what it is) and if you go outside that radius then you just sign a travel log. Not a big deal at all.
The time for aviators and nuke/suppy guys are different. When those guys go home to work at a recruiting station they are just waiting for a class to start for them. Pilots and NFOs aren't allowed to do OHARP duty right now. So you can either take a vacation (up to 30 days if you are BDCP or 10 days if just graduating from OCS) or stay here and work. I didn't take any vacation and just have a stash job. Believe me...you don't need a vacation. You'll have PLENTY of time to sit around and just relax.
The time for aviators and nuke/suppy guys are different. When those guys go home to work at a recruiting station they are just waiting for a class to start for them. Pilots and NFOs aren't allowed to do OHARP duty right now. So you can either take a vacation (up to 30 days if you are BDCP or 10 days if just graduating from OCS) or stay here and work. I didn't take any vacation and just have a stash job. Believe me...you don't need a vacation. You'll have PLENTY of time to sit around and just relax.
Tali, It's not like you ever work anyway!!! :-p Sorry I haven't called, is your number still the same? Congrats on commissioning!!!!! I have some news for you ;-) I'll try to call you soon, I'm on spring break, but it's not much of a break, I'm still busy as heck. I don't check this thing much, so email me at my address, if you don't have it, then I'll try to get a hold of you soon.
Sorry everyone for using up your space, You should be on an Air Force board anyway!!!! :-p
Sorry everyone for using up your space, You should be on an Air Force board anyway!!!! :-p
ghost_ttu said:
Great...thanks for making me wait to hear the news :icon_boxi
I don't have your e-mail.....I sent you a PM before the sight was changed, but maybe you didn't get it.
I classed up for API last Friday. Not too bad so far. We have 5 Air Force guys in our class (just thought you'd like to know).
Anyway...have fun on break.
I just finished API about a month ago and I waited 16 weeks from after my OCS leave ended to API start. I wasn't waiting on waivers or anything but I did do IFS. The people who didn't take the leave after OCS still had to wait the same time (most of them classed up only a week before I did). The exceptions to this while I was there was the volunteers for Moody, Vance, and corpus.
thundersquid said:
realy, no one wants corpus? it was the same when I was in Pcola. People would wait for whiting. I don't see the reasoning behind that. It's not like you'll have THAT much free time that it would make a difference. Corpus people have moved faster I've noticed once in Primary. I will be complete with primary at corpus in less than 5 months, including weather and holidays.
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