I realize many of these questions may be answered in bits and pieces throughout this thread, but to avoid having to look through 178 pages and in hopes of getting the most updated information I have a few questions. I'm a Supply applicant waiting for the January board. I have no prior experience.
What's the deal with the silver dollars? Is this a tradition? Gesture of gratitude?
Tradition. Some people give something else to their DIs/Chiefs...I think we had an EOD guy give some expended bullet casings. You can go with the silver dollar (most do), or with something that means something personal to you.
SUYA... I'm assuming this is the sandpit? Sand Under Your Arms?
Haha, that's a new one. Cute. Sand Up Your Ass, but the way the PC military seems to be going, I wouldn't be surprised if your version gets picked up.
What are the different jobs that one gets assigned during candio phase? Are these assigned my the class, the class leadership, or something you volunteer for?
Generally assigned by your class leadership (i.e., your president, etc.). The DI/Chief might make certain people fulfill certain roles based on their aptitude (or lack thereof), but I haven't seen that happen too much. One example was our class adjutant, who hated being the adjutant but just kicked the SHIT out of being adjutant. Despite wanting a different position, there was no way the class team was going to allow him to fulfill a different role.
There are a grip of jobs...people who run PT, people who run the class, people who run the incoming class, people who manage the paperwork/scheduling for candidates' events/graduations/orders/etc., people who manage medical appointments, people who take pictures of all the events at OCS, people who oversee all of the aforementioned.
If one gets rolled and has to wait 3 weeks for the next class, what do you do during those 3 weeks other than work on whatever it is you failed? Who do you answer to during this time?
You roll into H (Holding) class. I can't speak from experience, but it looked like the H'ers all did the same stuff the rest of us were doing. They just got an extra three weeks of it. The exception is that if you are in H, you aren't moving forward with the various milestones (academic classes, drill competition, etc.). You're basically just getting better at being a candidate at OCS until you can roll into the next class.