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What specifically, is a day at OCS like?
- Thread starter PAO84
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PAO(18)84.
What is military mist?Not sure I want to do this Navy thing after hearing that.
Jesus.
No, you better learn to open your fat disgusting mouth you nasty thing.
Seriously, try to have fun.
It helps to prepare you for standing at attention on the drill field for hours at a time. The holding of the trays/glasses helps to develop your arms for holding the rifle. The procedures are to teach you to do things as a unit so that when you're on the drill field your movements will be crisp and together.
Just about everything they had us do in the chow hall was directed towards drill comp.
Our gunny at the end was telling us that chow hall (while yes, the holding glasses out was for rifles) making short movements with your hands, like reaching for the glass and such, was for the cockpit. It was AOCS before OCS.
I'm scared of drill comp. My memory is horrible. The DI's are going to eat me alive. Any tips?
MasterBates
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It will be beaten into your skull..
If I can do it, it can be done.
If I can do it, it can be done.
I would always screw up every lax play. I'm borderline retarded, but I'll take your word for it.
You will probably be the guy in your class that makes memories on the parade deck that the rest of the class will cherish. I know some of the funniest moments at OCS for me were during drill practice.
Yep, that will 100% be me. Haha. Damn.
Every class has at least a few drill retards just like every class has a few SWOs. Can't be a coincidence.
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
I actually just heard that I FINALLY got funding to get to the Nuke VIP trip next week, so my application can move forward.
I'm psyched about becoming an officer, too. But psyched about doing squat-thrusts in the snow because my classmate's buttons were not perfectly aligned with his zipper for the 5th time? Not so much.
It's really easy to say "aw, that ain't so bad" when you're watching Full-Metal Jacket or that cheesy OCS video they show you at the recruiting station (the DI in that video is much less intimidating than R. Lee Ermey). I'd imagine that it's much different when you're actually there, and the DIs have no problems giving you endless punishment if you so much as think about breaking the 1,000 yard (or mile whatever) stare.
Just remember it's only 12 weeks long. 12 weeks of many years in the Navy.
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
I don't doubt that I will make it through. I just have no illusions about how much it is going to suck horrendously in OCS -- and I'm probably under-estimating it. I'm trying to think of how much it sucked running endless suicides at the end of lax practice because "Chestnut" couldn't figure out which line was the "first white line" no matter how long the coach has been making us do them and multiplying it by 8 hours.