Monster Marine OCS thread: stupid questions answered here!

[Treetop Flyer]

Haha yeah I caught the humor. It will just be whatever it will be. Just not a fan of sharp objects but a shot or 2 isn't the end of the world.

Thanks

My experience is 15 years old but expect to get a lot of shots. I don’t specifically remember blood being drawn but that’s likely too

 

[TheSage]

My experience is 15 years old but expect to get a lot of shots. I don’t specifically remember blood being drawn but that’s likely too

I appreciate the info

 

[RoarkJr.]

Haha yeah I caught the humor. It will just be whatever it will be. Just not a fan of sharp objects but a shot or 2 isn't the end of the world.

Thanks

They’ll have 2 parallel lines of corpsmen and you walk through as they stab. I may be confusing boot and OCS but the shots were pretty gnarly. Especially the one in the ass, that more so felt like my lower back.

 

[TheSage]

It ended up being 7 vaccines and 6 vials of blood for me. Builds character for a needle phob that's for sure. For any other needle phobs make sure you send in your right shot records. Oh and there wasn't the Ass shot.

At USMC OCS do they do a full blood panel?

 

[Swanee]

Oh and there wasn't the Ass shot.

 

[Chrisrm]

Just found out I've been selected for Juniors this summer. Currently base building on the running and studying general knowledge from NROTC PQS. Last PFT was 279.

Any pointers on how to be best prepared?

 

[HAL Pilot]

Any pointers on how to be best prepared?

Don’t forget to practice your “Yut, yut”, “Oorah!” and “Devil Dog”.

Knife hands can wait until the second summer when you’re closer to being commissioned and need to perfect them before leading Marines.

 

[Treetop Flyer]

Just found out I've been selected for Juniors this summer. Currently base building on the running and studying general knowledge from NROTC PQS. Last PFT was 279.

Any pointers on how to be best prepared?

Keep working on the PFT, when I ran the intro PFT back in 2005 it was with a sore arm from a bunch of shots and they’re very strict about form.

 

[Seaman4]

I have a really, really stupid question: during OCS how do you deal with stomach cramps while in formation or anywhere? You cant be punished for having to go to the bathroom so is it justifiable to break off formation/ignore orders when its horribly bad to avoid an 'accident'?

 

[Treetop Flyer]

I have a really, really stupid question: during OCS how do you deal with stomach cramps while in formation or anywhere? You cant be punished for having to go to the bathroom so is it justifiable to break off formation/ignore orders when its horribly bad to avoid an 'accident'?

Is shitting yourself a common occurrence?

 

[Seaman4]

No, I don't have any medical conditions related to shitting myself.

 

[RoarkJr.]

I have a really, really stupid question: during OCS how do you deal with stomach cramps while in formation or anywhere? You cant be punished for having to go to the bathroom so is it justifiable to break off formation/ignore orders when its horribly bad to avoid an 'accident'?

Better to get chewed out than to be the guy who shat himself.

 

[HAL Pilot]

Better to get chewed out than to be the guy who shat himself.

Truer words have never been spoken…unless you want THAT call sign….

 

[wonderb0iwl]

Do the Marines require letters of recommendation for an air contract? Apparently they do but I can't actually find it anywhere on the application. Do they mean references? Or do they request the letters at the end of the process.

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

Hey guys,

I recently got my duty orders for NAMI, and I have a quick question. The document says, "I fully acknowledge my duties as a Naval Flight Officer Candidate in the Marine Officer Program.". I am planning on commissioning as an SNA, not NFO. I thought the NFO role in the Marine Corps had been phased out. After I took the ASTB, my OSO told me they don't even look at the FOFAR score anymore. I'm assuming the duty order may be written on an old template that hasn't been updated, but I wanted to ensure before I ask my OSO a dumb question. I never expressed interest in becoming an NFO, and I certainly never put it in writing. Is there a chance I've been an NFO candidate for the last three months without knowing?

You don’t have to post multiple threads and posts about this. One is enough.