yes, and if your DI pisses you off..just ask him to meet you at the parachute hangar for a quick judo lesson.
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Some Random Questions and a specific PRT question
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yes, and if your DI pisses you off..just ask him to meet you at the parachute hangar for a quick judo lesson.
"NFQ" means Not Fckn Qualed. Don't be "that guy"
3. the time it takes between when you apply and when you get a commission depends on what field you are looking to enter and the needs of the navy. If you are in a HIGH need area with a lot of turn over, like swo or supply, you can get picked up quicker then a more applicant rich field like intel or pilot.
4. OCS is crazy. The first 6 weeks are the absolute worst. You don't sleep hardly at all and you get beat all the time. 7-8 get better but are still painful. Plus you are worried about passing your classes when you can't even stay awake for more than 20 mintues. by week 9 you've passed the out PFA and all your classes so stress goes down but you still don't sleep. Week 10 you are under instruction learning to run the regiment. week 11 & 12 you are preparing to graduate and running the regiment and are sleeping less then you thought humanly possible. Then you graduate and it was all worth it any way.
5. Everyone is an equal at OCS. As for in the fleet, every community is a click. some are more tighter than others. But, every job has it's place.
the PROJO Site is best way to get an idea of what OCS is like. Only picture yourself not sleeping and under constant stress and fear. BTW, GySgt Sandra Center was my DI. You're damn lucky if you get her. She's the best DI at OCS. Just don't call her SIR!
4. OCS is crazy. The first 6 weeks are the absolute worst. You don't sleep hardly at all and you get beat all the time. 7-8 get better but are still painful. Plus you are worried about passing your classes when you can't even stay awake for more than 20 mintues. by week 9 you've passed the out PFA and all your classes so stress goes down but you still don't sleep. Week 10 you are under instruction learning to run the regiment. week 11 & 12 you are preparing to graduate and running the regiment and are sleeping less then you thought humanly possible. Then you graduate and it was all worth it any way.
5. Everyone is an equal at OCS. As for in the fleet, every community is a click. some are more tighter than others. But, every job has it's place.
the PROJO Site is best way to get an idea of what OCS is like. Only picture yourself not sleeping and under constant stress and fear. BTW, GySgt Sandra Center was my DI. You're damn lucky if you get her. She's the best DI at OCS. Just don't call her SIR!
OCS PRT Question
I don't have the best upper body strength,and it looks like the Navy PRT standards will require me to do mid 40s with push-up. Right now i can do about 25. So my question is-what happens if a person shows up to OCS and can't pass the in-prt? Is he just sent to "H" for however long until he can finally pass? Any of yall know what the absolute minimum (male-25) is for the in-prt?
I don't have the best upper body strength,and it looks like the Navy PRT standards will require me to do mid 40s with push-up. Right now i can do about 25. So my question is-what happens if a person shows up to OCS and can't pass the in-prt? Is he just sent to "H" for however long until he can finally pass? Any of yall know what the absolute minimum (male-25) is for the in-prt?
m0tbaillie
Former SWO
Get on it
There is nothing magical about being at OCS that will boost you from 25 to 40 pushups so if your plan is to show up knowing you can't pass, you've got a plan for disaster. AND if that's really all you can only eke out now, you're probably not taking into account that DIs will likely discount your pushups. If you want to be an officer, you need to take your fate into your own hands.
This may sound harsh, but you need to face reality (that's why others are advising you the way they are). So you never addressed your upper body strength? Then get on it. Expecting OCS to nurture you in H company is no plan and won't work anyway because you have the PRT before you get Final Select. You first started posting 8 months ago so have you wasted those months without surmounting this obstacle? You need to get to a gym or with a trainer if you can't discipline yourself to improve and pass a relatively easy physical test. Note: just making the minimum will make your experience at OCS unnecessarily unbearable and increase your chances to be attrited.
There is nothing magical about being at OCS that will boost you from 25 to 40 pushups so if your plan is to show up knowing you can't pass, you've got a plan for disaster. AND if that's really all you can only eke out now, you're probably not taking into account that DIs will likely discount your pushups. If you want to be an officer, you need to take your fate into your own hands.
This may sound harsh, but you need to face reality (that's why others are advising you the way they are). So you never addressed your upper body strength? Then get on it. Expecting OCS to nurture you in H company is no plan and won't work anyway because you have the PRT before you get Final Select. You first started posting 8 months ago so have you wasted those months without surmounting this obstacle? You need to get to a gym or with a trainer if you can't discipline yourself to improve and pass a relatively easy physical test. Note: just making the minimum will make your experience at OCS unnecessarily unbearable and increase your chances to be attrited.
You do a PRT before OCS where you have to hit your number, which is 47 for me. You can't go without passing that. At least that's how it is for my command.
Do more push ups. A lot of them. In my experience. weight lifting like bench press only helps push ups marginally compared to doing a lot of them.
25? Come on man I'm a lazy BDCP college guy and I can hit my mins :icon_tong
Do more push ups. A lot of them. In my experience. weight lifting like bench press only helps push ups marginally compared to doing a lot of them.
25? Come on man I'm a lazy BDCP college guy and I can hit my mins :icon_tong
This is another topic that has been discussed at length. Do a search, you'll find lots of opinions and advice from those who were prior-enlisted officers.
To sum up: Enlisting is a mistake if your ultimate goal is to be an officer. You have the most control of your fate coming in off the street. Once you're in, you become subject to the Needs of the Navy and the Navy may or may not need you to become an officer.
Seriously - your questions so far have been asked and answered many times. Take advantage of the wealth of knowledge here and do a search. Welcome aboard!
Incidentally, if you have no interest at all in flying, why are you posting on a Naval Aviation forum?
you'll sit in H while you watch your class progress without you. some people have sat in H long enough to help set up for their original class to graduate, and even attend their graduation still not classed up. when in H your progress does not continue AND if you roll into H the first week you don't get rid of the poopie suit and chrome dome. you'll do PRT's until you pass two IIRC then you class up.
do pushups, do them often. that is the only way you'll get numbers up. do them properly, too. HOLD the pushup position for the full 2 minutes even if you cannot push any more. don't crank out 20 weak ass pushups and then go ok done and stand up, stay in the up position for the remainder of the 2 minutes.
if you're having push up problems you need to be pushing BEYOND your max AT LEAST three times a day and holding the position for the full 2 minutes each time. searching will provide more suggestions.
You need to read up here a bit more. Like most organizations, all the services are akin to a pyramid. Criteria at bottom rung is low enough that a high school diploma or equivalency will get you in the door. Sounds like you may have gotten a false impression that all entry points into the pyramid are open to whomever wants to sign on the dotted line. Even enlisted rates has specialties that are highly competitive, but commissioned officer accession is further up the pyramid and since it offers better pay/more responsibilities at entry and opportunities like flight school, it is even more highly competitive and consequently requires more education/grades/physical ability/extra curricular activity
If you want to go into the Navy to do "office work", you need to look into navy a bit more. navy officers are leaders, not office workers. Or talk to a recruiter and let them explain jobs available at enlisted and officer entry points.
