I'm going to OCC 190 and, if all goes well, I will most likely be going to Bravo Co. at TBS. I was looking at the TBS website and it says that Zero Week is from 9 Jan. - 13 Jan. What exactly is Zero Week and does that mean that we will report to TBS on 9 Jan. for Bravo Co.?
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Zero Week and report date
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If you've EVER taken a foreign language, might as well take the test. It's time away from Mike Co. and if you get assigned to a billet that requires it, can supposedly garner you more money. I took 2 years of Spanish in college, can barely understand or speak it at all anymore, and according to the DOD, I'm fluent. Go figure.
shimbo said:
The favorite thing for most Student Company Staffs to do is to talk, unfortunately that means you will have to sit there and do nothing, often in uncomfortable places or outside. But seriously, zero week is huge for the billet holders and it isn't uncommon to see them there till midnight only to come in early the next morning. What you have to realize is that during zero week a number of things have to be accomplished (remember that none of them have done this before either).
Including;
-swim quals
-medical inprocess
-dental inprocess
-admin classes
-admin inprocess
-initial PFT (they have to organize the scorekeepers running it then the rest of the company seperate)
-gear issue
-gear labeling
-divide the company into platoons, divide the platoons into squads, divide the squads into fireteams, then do all of them over because they forgot to get the confirmation from their SPC (Staff Platoon Commander)
-then they have to get everyone moved into rooms, then move people around in rooms to get squad and fireteam integrity, then they have to move rooms again because they didn't get their SPC to approve them, then move again because a room that was not condemned is now condemned due to the mold problem...
and so forth and so forth...
-and then lastly, my favorite, they will have you fill out roster after roster after roster, print dozens of copies and updated copies then have you recheck them only to find mistakes and have to type them again...get used to it you will either fill out or correct a roster almost every week you are at TBS, including those in the field...
oh, and then just for fun they have to have everyone draw rifles and then arrange for an inspection...
There is alot to do that first week and it only gets worse...welcome to TBS
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I also anticipate receiving orders to Bravo Co., TBS. kicking off on 09 JAN 06. So if I were to plan a trip, see family, over the Christmas holiday, before commencing active-duty, what would be a good date to make sure I was squared-away, in Stafford County, ready to check-in?
I also anticipate receiving orders to Bravo Co., TBS. kicking off on 09 JAN 06. So if I were to plan a trip, see family, over the Christmas holiday, before commencing active-duty, what would be a good date to make sure I was squared-away, in Stafford County, ready to check-in?
Whatever day your orders tell you to be there. Expect it to be on a Thursday.
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