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I can't believe this argument went on this long. We need a bigger war to fight.

OCS prep Practice 5 hours of sleep, writing fast and neat, and ask your OSO/MOI about OSMEAC. And get some good PT; one less thing to worry about. When you show up, be a leader (this doesn't mean yelling a lot). If your peers respect you, so will the Sergeant Instructors, which is what this...

Authorized Did those Danners finally get authorized? When I went through, the suedes were brand new, and only Bates and Belleville had 2 types each (ICB and Jungle). The Bates turned black when they got wet (go figure), so Belleville was the in thing. I knew some guys that bought some...

Baby at OCS Pregnant wife? Make sure your platoon staff knows about that. They'll pretend not to care, but they really do want you to see your child birth. If you're able to bring your car, it benefits you during libo and upon graduation. If you only live 20 miles away, get your parents or...

Reverse psychology If I ran OCS, I would ensure that each class was slightly different to prevent candidates from preparing beforehand from gouge they learned on web forums. Having said that, if you went through Juniors, you have a good idea of what to expect: PT (boots/utes), academics...

Moto For you motivators, don't lose that. It will serve you well. You'll take crap for it, but it might save your career and/or life someday. The guys who aren't excited about training generally write new resume's after 4-8 years. Good luck.

Read to succeed For success at OCS, the best thing you can do is memorize stupid stuff like the General Orders and 5-par order format. The instructors don't really care if you can write a dissertation on the use of combined arms in the Korean War. As you'll find, you're always learning "the...

Grass is greener After being through TBS, I can say with certainty that the weather in Pensacola is generally nicer than Quantico. The best time to do TBS is last year, which means that you're in Florida now.

Same smell, diff skivvies I see Gaijin has also read the 7 Habits.... Marines have always been called to perform special operations. Now, some will have a different boss, with slightly different training and gear. I'm sure Marine pilots (as well from all services) will be called on to support...

Cold Wx training Former Arctic Alpha Lt here.... During admin bivvy (i.e. FEX I and MOUT), sleep in your skivvies, with your boots and cammies inside your sack with you. they'll still be moist in the morning, but won't be frozen. During tactical bivvies, make sure you have some extra layers...

Teacher's pet SPC's love having LT's who are older than them. You could give them some advice on money and family life.

I asked around in the TBS forum, but it seems the boot lieutenants don't remember that old recruiting commercial where the warrior slays the fiery lava dragon with a sword. Does anyone know where I can acquire this video?

Week 8? I thought that was MOUT tra -- oh wait, I get it. Ha! Don't hate. Aviate!

Common sense was an uncommon virtue Back in Delta, we were almost "required" to sleep on wrestling mats in the gym after mess night. The Major wouldn't let us sleep in nice warm bivy sacks in our racks with the power out (or brown-baggage sleep at home). Fortunately, the power came back a...

Do you remember that old USMC recruiting commercial with the dude on the creaky wooden bridge who slays the fiery lava dragon with the sword? Does anyone know where I can aquire this video? The whole reason I joined was to slay the lava dragon.

Commission And the sooner you make first luey, so bigger $$$.

Unpredictable I've been through two training companies (long story), and my wife had two very different experiences. The biggest factor for the wives is the CO's/XO's wife. A good one will act as a mother-hen and bring all the girls together like a family, and they will become best of friends...

thanks for the gouge, thunder

For all new aircraft, history will be the toughest and truest critic. Speaking of new aircraft, anyone read up on the new Marine One aircraft? Sounds like Sikorsky's a bit pissed off. Then again, I think the President deserves to have a custom vehicle. -------------------------- TBS, A/05