sTUPID qUESTIONS aBOUT ocs

[Corpsmanup780]

Is there any benefit to doing the more difficult Officer Candidate Billets? What makes all the extra work required worth the effort apart from the pride in a job well done?

 

[Spartan43]

Is there any benefit to doing the more difficult Officer Candidate Billets? What makes all the extra work required worth the effort apart from the pride in a job well done?

You get to have your cell phone

 

[Dangy]

Is there any benefit to doing the more difficult Officer Candidate Billets? What makes all the extra work required worth the effort apart from the pride in a job well done?

The staff might like you or hate you. But they'll know you.

 

[Corpsmanup780]

The staff might like you or hate you. But they'll know you.

In my experience, having your name out there isnt ALWAYS a good thing haha.

 

[Whitefoot]

In my experience, having your name out there isnt ALWAYS a good thing haha.

By the Candio phase, everyone gets his or her phone back. Before that, only the president, VP, or the Medical liaison gets to have a phone. Aside from that, after it is all said and done, there was no real added benefit.

 

[Corpsmanup780]

By the Candio phase, everyone gets his or her phone back. Before that, only the president, VP, or the Medical liaison gets to have a phone. Aside from that, after it is all said and done, there was no real added benefit.

Thanks for the info!

You graduated OCS in may of last year, are you still in API? Is that due to backlog?

 

[Sonog]

Is there any benefit to doing the more difficult Officer Candidate Billets? What makes all the extra work required worth the effort apart from the pride in a job well done?

OCS is a crash course in leadership and becoming an officer. You get out of it what you put in. Some people actually lack good real world leadership experience and these billets and candio billets kind of provide that. Post OCS no one in the Navy gives a shit if you were class president or regimental commander or honor graduate. But if you want to make the most out of your OCS experience challenge yourself and try to go for the more demanding billets.

 

[Alpha Ginger]

As far as this hair thing goes I keep hearing different things. I've been told that women do not have to cut their hair as long as it can go smoothly in a bun and ponytail. I head to OCS Feb 14 so if anyone who was recently there could let me know that would be fantastic.

They won't cut your hair unless it's too short to put up in a bun. Learn how to do a sock bun cause they won't let you use hair/bobby pins!

 

[Dangy]

Being drill body was fun.

 

[Popo Jijo]

Is there any benefit to doing the more difficult Officer Candidate Billets? What makes all the extra work required worth the effort apart from the pride in a job well done?

You get the satisfaction of actually doing something to help, rather than sit around and try to get by unnoticed. Too many people tried to get away with doing stuff, and it only made things more difficult for the people who actually wanted to get stuff done.

Plus, if you take on a more difficult billet, you get to usually have a more important role during the graduation ceremony.

 

[TheBirdy]

Just commissioned on JAN22, Class 05-16, if anyone has any questions or wants some up to date info, shoot.

 

[ONewYork]

Just commissioned on JAN22, Class 05-16, if anyone has any questions or wants some up to date info, shoot.

At 4 days in is there one thing you really wish you had prepared better for? thanks

 

[romoth]

How was PT? running and what not. Anything you would have done differently, or anything you saw someone else do that was a mistake.

 

[LET73]

At 4 days in is there one thing you really wish you had prepared better for? thanks

I'm not who you asked, but at four days in? No. You're nuking it. If you got picked up for OCS and can pass a PFA, I promise you, you'll be fine on Day Four.

 

[ONewYork]

I'm not who you asked, but at four days in? No. You're nuking it. If you got picked up for OCS and can pass a PFA, I promise you, you'll be fine on Day Four.

I know I will be fine. I want to know is if there is any paperwork/personal info./memorization/car procedures or anything somebody who has started at OCS could tell me.
Thank you