As many of you may have noticed, changes are being made to the OCS program. Starting with the next class (07-06), until further changes are made, the first week you will no longer be Indocrination Candidates, then 8 weeks as Officer Candidates, and the last 3 being Candio's.
I have not been told all the gory details of the new program (and even if I did know, I wouldn't tell), but essentially:
The first 3 weeks will be Military Training, when drill comp (I understand it will be sword drill, there will not be rifle drill anymore) and the RLP (Room, Locker, Personal Inspection) will take place. Read: lot's of time with the DI's. I do not know if the class will be Indoctrination Candidates that entire time. It will be intense.
The next 6 or 7 weeks will be academic, where much of the time will be spent in a class room setting. It will not be like it has been, where you take one class a week, cram for and take the test, dump the knowledge. It will be similar to a semester system, where all the classes are taken concurrently, and during either the 9th or 10th week, take final exams. The intent is to increase the amount of retained knowledge, as opposed to pump and dump.
The last few weeks will, of course, be the Candidate Officer phase of training.
I put this out as a heads up to those planning to leave for OCS anytime soon. As always, the best advice for preparing for OCS is the same. Get in the best shape possible, memorize the BIG 3 verbatim, know the Rank Structure for the Navy and Marine Corps, etc. Everything else will fall into place once there.
I have not been told all the gory details of the new program (and even if I did know, I wouldn't tell), but essentially:
The first 3 weeks will be Military Training, when drill comp (I understand it will be sword drill, there will not be rifle drill anymore) and the RLP (Room, Locker, Personal Inspection) will take place. Read: lot's of time with the DI's. I do not know if the class will be Indoctrination Candidates that entire time. It will be intense.
The next 6 or 7 weeks will be academic, where much of the time will be spent in a class room setting. It will not be like it has been, where you take one class a week, cram for and take the test, dump the knowledge. It will be similar to a semester system, where all the classes are taken concurrently, and during either the 9th or 10th week, take final exams. The intent is to increase the amount of retained knowledge, as opposed to pump and dump.
The last few weeks will, of course, be the Candidate Officer phase of training.
I put this out as a heads up to those planning to leave for OCS anytime soon. As always, the best advice for preparing for OCS is the same. Get in the best shape possible, memorize the BIG 3 verbatim, know the Rank Structure for the Navy and Marine Corps, etc. Everything else will fall into place once there.