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For those who have graduated from Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI or who are currently attending there.

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OCS in November

Started by J71792. Last reply by barbrag Oct 12, 2023. 4 Replies

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Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on September 30, 2009 at 11:04pm
Yup... I nearly cried! DF snuck me an email just after inspections saying that 11 had failed and that they were going to lose their secured status and he was so sorry he wasn't going to be able to call me until Sunday! Well, they recounted points for the inspection and got I think it was four more through with a pass? So, they got to stay secured :) and I got my short, two minute phone call that night haha. One of our friends over on officerfamilies' DH failed because his chair was not positioned properly, so his grader was upset right from the off. But, everyone passed the reinspect for our class, didn't they marsbars?
Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on September 30, 2009 at 10:46pm
There's too many classes there right now- when DF was there, there were about 2 classes there besides his for the longest time ;)
Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on September 30, 2009 at 10:45pm
Oh no, it's in week 8... sorry forget which week you were in :) ORLP is week 8. So, Thursday of next week :)
Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on September 30, 2009 at 10:40pm
Their ORLP is on Thursday, so they will be having it tomorrow!! And don't worry- this is just like RLP. Some of them WILL fail it the first time, but there's a reinspect. I'll definitely be keeping them in my prayers! :)
Haha no one is going to know what to expect with the new curriculum... it sounds really, really different! so it'll be awhile before someone can write a new survivor's guide! haha!
Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on September 30, 2009 at 10:31pm
The inspection in week 8 where they grade each other is 8th week PI. That's the one the survival guide is talking about.
ORLP may have come about after the survival guide was written- not sure. You have to remember, things are constantly changing at OCS- in a few weeks the survival guide will be completely wrong as they change around the curriculum! ORLP is done by the officer staff of OCS. It's kinda like RLP, except not exactly. This is more of a test of you as opposed to your stuff. For ORLP, all they do is set up their desk display with about 7 things on it. The rest is your uniform (the one you are wearing), knowledge, bearing, and composure. Basically, it's how you present yourself as an officer, and is graded by one of the officers at OCS that is NOT your class officer (much like how RLP is graded by a DI that is not your own). RLP is more a test of how you prepare your things down to exact specifications.
Comment by Michelle on September 29, 2009 at 2:37am
You can visit "Old Ironsides" in Boston harbor. You can take a ferry back across the harbor to downtown. Also, if you've never walked the Freedom Trail in Boston it's worth doing while you are in the vicinity. It's good to see the places still left from the Revolutionary War, all those places they used to talk about in history class. Its all pretty close together in a small area. Of course by western, Texas or Alaskan standards everything in New England is right next door.
Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on September 28, 2009 at 5:45pm
Wow, I miss a lot every day now that I'm back in school ;) I mean, it's worth it to play with puppies all day, but still ;)
As far as changing the indoc week- DF explaiend it like this: they are completely changing the entire curriculum at OCS. RLP will now be at the end of week three- it will be the last thing they do as indocs- so they will not be in uniform for it anymore! The first three weeks will be all DI time- no classes, just quality time with the DI's. Not sure what this means for their communication privileges for the first three weeks, because indoc candidates are typically not allowed phone privileges, even on Sundays (some people who go to H as indocs are not allowed phone privileges during their time in H). Overall, OCS will still only be 12 weeks long- there's a chance there will no longer be rifle drill, and they are going to be cramming a lot more academics in and making it more classroom time to "better prepare" them for the navy.

Leslie- I assume you are remembering when our guys didn't get cell phones as candi-o's, then got them for a day, then had them taken away for about another five days. Let's just say there was a little uproar from the girls over on officerfamilies ;) can't even begin to tell you how terrible it was to have the tease like that! Our guys secured right after rifle drill (They very nearly broke the OCS record), but didn't get cell phones back for good until the very end of week ten. Talk about disappointing! But, OCS is like that, and like Leslie said, you have made it this far, nothing will stop you now!
Cell phones are a completely different thing from securing or becoming a candi-o... DF said with the class teams that are there now, he can't picture them getting them back early. Secured classes get better phone privileges (the entire class has about half an hour to share the phones in the evening... however they usually end up having to split up calls... when DF's class got that I still only got phone calls like twice a week), they usually will not get cell phones until after they become candi-o's. The exception would be if they get off base liberty- then they have to give them their cell phones to be able to contact them. That's how our guys got them for a day after becoming candi-o's (the weekend of week 9). But, like marsbars said, it is up to the class team. So let's pray that 02 really knocks their DI's socks off with rifle drill and they give them everything back :)
Comment by Michelle on September 28, 2009 at 5:05am
Here's a question for when they finish OCS. Can anyone tell me if officers wear their uniforms when attending civilian weddings? My son's twin sister is getting married next June, and I'm wondering if he can wear his dress whites. He shouldn't compete with the bride since he'll sit with family. This is all new territory.
Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on September 27, 2009 at 11:37am
I hope everyone gets great phone calls today!! Haven't been on here much this weekend because DF surprise visited me! He was able to take a couple of days of leave to visit me at school so I could see him before he deploys- what a great guy ;) I love having my sailor home, even if it's just for a day or two. It's been his first time in our home state for the last half a year, so it's definitely a treat for him too!!
Anyway, DF has had a lot of fun looking at the website and seeing things from the LO's point of view- I think he understands a little better about what I went through now ;). DF said that soon OCS will start their new indoc process- sometime in October or November, indoc week will become three weeks of indoc instead of just the one- thank goodness our guys didn't have to do it, but I'm sure the new guys will handle it just fine :)
Hopefully 01 will get their cell phones as soon as they become candi-o's... the last two classes did not, and I know it was a huge disappointment for us when we had to wait an extra week for them! Let's all hope they've gone back to the old policy of giving them cell phones right away!
Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on September 25, 2009 at 7:30pm
Don't worry Denise- people stick around after their LO"s have graduated to help out. Marsbars and I are both from 27 and our guys graduated a couple of weeks ago, and we're still on here giving our two cents worth ;)
 

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