Even if you can't march at all, you will be fine.
Nothing worse than getting the nickname "Jell-O" or "Drill Waiver" from your DI.
Really? In Pensacola, we got ours at some point during the first three weeks of OCS--I still have a photocopy of mine. We all packed into PSD after a session in the rose garden. Most of us fell asleep, and every single one of us had pinkeye, so clearly that was a great idea. We got our new ensign IDs right around when we commissioned.
There was nothing organized for us. Some people went to PSD on their own to make it easier to get back on base as candios on liberty weekends, and to make it easier to get on base at their next command until they got their new O-1 CAC card there (when I went to API, I had to show my orders and driver's license to get on). And there were also a lot of AD guys and gals in our class, who already had CAC cards. But for the most part, we had to go to PSD on our own time, either as a candio or right after graduation, or just wait until you get to your next command, which is what I did.
Arod himself would approve, good stuff. For memorization purposes and ease of use it may be better to pull out the non-branch selections from the drop-down. i.e. if we have the navy symbol maybe just navy choices? from a patterning perspective it may help others associate those positions with the Navy and when they see the Marine choices they associate the same way. When asked to recall the info down the road they hear navy/marine and recall navy/marine from the patterning. my .02 but who am I
