All Discussions Tagged 'Navy OCS' - Navy Dads2024-03-28T09:31:46Zhttps://navydads.com/group/navyocsdads/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Navy+OCS&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWeeks Ten thru Twelve of Navy Officer Candidate Schooltag:navydads.com,2014-08-06:2150375:Topic:3956652014-08-06T14:19:37.158ZE.G. - ND's Creator/Adminhttps://navydads.com/profile/EG
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-6"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000080;">Weeks 10-12 of Navy OCS</span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" width="250"></img></a> <strong><span style="color: #000080;">Candidate Officer:</span></strong> The Candidate…</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-6"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000080;">Weeks 10-12 of Navy OCS</span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" width="250" class="align-left"/></a><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Candidate Officer:</span></strong> The Candidate Officer phase of your training is to instill leadership skills. You will be </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">assigned a billet (job), which you are responsible for. This is the period where you can </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">finally attend to personal matters. Liberty begins at 1830 (assuming your duties are taken </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">care of). This is also the period where your patience with regard to your classmates will </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">wear thin. Remember that you are in the last leg of the program and regardless of how </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">many bars you wear, you will all be Ensigns in the end. You are considered junior staff at Officer Training Command Newport (OTCP). With it comes many perks, but also a great deal of responsibility. Your class is responsible for the day-to-day running of OCS. You are ultimately responsible for the junior classes below you and making sure they have everything they need to get through OCS.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">Remember what other Candidate Officers did for you and your class. Did they do a good </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">job? Did they help you out? Try to remember what was done well and what could have </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">been done better. It is now your responsibility to take care of the other classes. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">There is some flexibility on how to run things at OCS (i.e. watch schedules). Don’t think </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">you have to do it how other classes have done it. You are part of the junior staff; if there </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">is something wrong, fix it. If something could be done better, then change how it has </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">been done and fix it. You now have responsibility and authority to run OCS to the best </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">of your ability. You will also receive pass down information from the senior candidate </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">officer who previously occupied your billet. Some pass down is better than others but if </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">you find deficiencies in the pass down you receive do not be afraid to modify it before </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">passing down yourself.</span></p>
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<p></p> Week Nine of Navy Officer Candidate Schooltag:navydads.com,2014-08-06:2150375:Topic:3955662014-08-06T14:04:12.427ZE.G. - ND's Creator/Adminhttps://navydads.com/profile/EG
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font-size-6" style="font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000080;">The Ninth Week of Navy OCS</span></strong></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><strong><span style="color: #000080;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" width="250"></img></a> Final Exams:</span></strong> This is your last week being an Officer Candidate before you…</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000080;" class="font-size-6">The Ninth Week of Navy OCS</span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4"><strong><span style="color: #000080;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" width="250" class="align-left"/></a>Final Exams:</span></strong> This is your last week being an Officer Candidate before you become a Candidate </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">Officer. You will have your final two exams this Monday. The instructors will not allow </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">you to push a test back, but if your class decides to, you may be able to move one test to </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">the previous Friday. That will be something decided within your class and between your </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">academic instructors.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">You will also have your out-PRT. You must achieve an “excellent-low” to pass; it is rare </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">for a candidate to fail. Once your class has completed all of its graded events, your class </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">team will start crunching the numbers and develop the class rankings. From these, billets </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">will be assigned for your Candidate Officer phase. That phase officially starts the </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">Thursday this week with a Change of Command ceremony when your class officially </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">takes control as Candidate Officer’s at OCS and the reigning Candidate Officer class is </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">relieved. This is to allow the off-going Candidate Officers to have time to prepare for </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">their graduation the next day.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">Due to classes convening quicker than 3 weeks apart, there may be a week or two of </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">overlap between Candidate Officers at OCS. In that case, your class will still become </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">Candidate Officers the Thursday of this week, but you will be sharing duties with another </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">senior Candidate Officer class.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4"><a href="http://www.navydads.com/group/navyocsdads/forum/topics/week-ten-thru-twelve-of-navy-officer-candidate-school" target="_self"><img width="125" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129616?profile=RESIZE_180x180" width="125" class="align-left"/></a></span></p> Week Eight of Navy Officer Candidate Schooltag:navydads.com,2014-08-06:2150375:Topic:3956622014-08-06T13:52:21.553ZE.G. - ND's Creator/Adminhttps://navydads.com/profile/EG
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font-size-6" style="font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000080;">The Eighth Week of Navy OCS</span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000080;" class="font-size-6">The Eighth Week of Navy OCS</span></strong></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><strong><span style="color: #000080;">PI and Navigation test:</span></strong> This is another busy week with your 8th week PI and Navigation test occurring. The 8th </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">week PI is very similar to the 6th week PI. It is done in your Service Dress Whites or </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">Blues, depending on the time of year. The only way to fail (as your classmates grade </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">you) is to fall down the stairs and tear your uniform. Just like the 6th week PI, your Class </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">Chief Petty Officer will be responsible for preparing your class. Although rare, this is </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">another point which your class can lose its secured status if the class takes this evolution </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">too lightly. Remember to keep studying academics, as your final two tests will be next </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">week.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4"><a href="http://www.navydads.com/group/navyocsdads/forum/topics/week-nine-of-navy-officer-candidate-school" target="_self"><img width="125" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129616?profile=RESIZE_180x180" width="125" class="align-left"/></a></span></p> Week Seven of Navy Officer Candidate Schooltag:navydads.com,2014-08-06:2150375:Topic:3955632014-08-06T13:37:03.523ZE.G. - ND's Creator/Adminhttps://navydads.com/profile/EG
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<p style="text-align: center;"> <strong><span class="font-size-6" style="font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000080;">The Seventh Week of Navy OCS</span></strong></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" width="250"></img></a> <strong><span style="color: #000080;">Naval Seamanship:</span></strong> Drill Evaluation is held in this week. Do not take…</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> <strong><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000080;" class="font-size-6">The Seventh Week of Navy OCS</span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" width="250" class="align-left"/></a><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Naval Seamanship:</span></strong> Drill Evaluation is held in this week. Do not take drill evaluation lightly as a poor </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">performance may cause you to lose your secured status that you just obtained the week </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">before (Secured status can be removed from any class at any time at the discretion of the </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">class team due mostly to poor performance in any training aspects). Assuming your class </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">earns the drill streamer, this will mark the point where your Drill Instructor will show less </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">of himself. From here on out, drill is over and the emphasis is on academics.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">Time spent </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">drilling will be spent on academics and in briefs. You will also have your Naval </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">Seamanship test this week. By now you should be in a pretty smooth routine and learned </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">the ropes of OCS. You will be extremely busy with all of your responsibilities, but </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">you’ve crossed the halfway point and already completed many graded events. You will </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">probably be one of the senior classes on deck with many junior classes below you. Make </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">sure you schedule time to help them out as the senior classes helped you out when you </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">first got to OCS. The time begins to fly from here on out. The expression “the days are </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">like weeks and the weeks are like days” suits this period perfectly.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4"><a href="http://www.navydads.com/group/navyocsdads/forum/topics/week-eight-of-navy-officer-candidate-school" target="_self"><img width="125" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129616?profile=RESIZE_180x180" width="125" class="align-left"/></a></span></p> Week Six of Navy Officer Candidate Schooltag:navydads.com,2014-08-06:2150375:Topic:3954492014-08-06T00:49:51.904ZE.G. - ND's Creator/Adminhttps://navydads.com/profile/EG
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font-size-6" style="font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000080;">The Sixth Week of Navy OCS</span></strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" width="250"></img></a> <span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Engineering and Damage Control:</span></strong> You…</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000080;" class="font-size-6">The Sixth Week of Navy OCS</span></strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" width="250" class="align-left"/></a><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4"><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Engineering and Damage Control:</span></strong> You will have your first academic tests th</span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">is week in Engineering and Damage Control. The </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">6th Week Personnel Inspection (PI) also takes place this week, usually on a Thursday. </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">The same knowledge for the 3rd week RLP is required for this inspection. Your Class </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">Chief Petty Officer will be primarily responsible for preparing you for this inspection. It </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">is a lot less stressful and requires a lot less preparation than RLP. However, do not take </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">this test lightly as your uniform will be looked over extensively and you need only take 5 </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">hits to fail. Your time will also be split between studying for academics and preparing </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">for inspection, so schedule your time wisely and don’t think you’ll be bored at night. </span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">Your Drill Instructor will of course keep the pressure on with Drill practice.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">The 6th Week PI is normally the first good chance your class has of securing and getting </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">off base liberty. Most Class Teams won’t secure classes after the 3rd Week RLP even if </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">they meet the required average. Remember, your class is always striving to create a good </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">image and be the best class at OCS. Poor scores on the Engineering and Damage Control </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">tests earlier in the week will not help your class out when the inspection comes. Make </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">sure everything is in your favor – don’t blow off the tests. The good news is that almost </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">every class performs well this week and gets secured with off base liberty this weekend. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">Again, do not assume that passing the PI is a certainty and treat as any other graded </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">evolution, realizing that the better your class does as a whole the more likely you are to </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">secure liberty for the coming weekend. It is also important to note that this is the first </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">evolution where you should worry more about overall class performance than anything. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">This is not a difficult inspection to pass personally but it is not all that uncommon for </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">classes as a whole to fall below the required average. Ensure that the weaker candidates </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">in your class are well prepared and try to obtain a perfect score for yourself to help offset </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">others who may not do as well.</span></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.navydads.com/group/navyocsdads/forum/topics/week-seven-of-navy-officer-candidate-school" target="_self"><img width="125" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129616?profile=RESIZE_180x180" width="125" class="align-left"/></a></p> Week Five of Navy Officer Candidate Schooltag:navydads.com,2014-08-06:2150375:Topic:3954362014-08-06T00:36:34.655ZE.G. - ND's Creator/Adminhttps://navydads.com/profile/EG
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font-size-6" style="font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000080;">The Fifth Week of Navy OCS</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br></br> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" width="250"></img></a> <span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><strong><span style="color: #000080;">RLP is Over, HooYah!</span></strong> Once RLP is over with and…</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000080;" class="font-size-6">The Fifth Week of Navy OCS</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br/> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" width="250" class="align-left"/></a><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4"><strong><span style="color: #000080;">RLP is Over, HooYah!</span></strong> Once RLP is over with and most have passed, you will feel a huge load has been taken </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">off of your chest. RLP is probably the most stressful evolution at OCS. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">Most of your time this week will still be spent on academics. Drill will also become </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">increasing important as your Drill Competition occurs in Week 7. You will eat, sleep, </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">and breathe drill. You will notice that your Drill Instructor is easing up. His objective at </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">this point is no longer “weeding,” but rather, instruction. His goal is the drill streamer </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">(most classes get this). It would be wise for your class to practice drill on your own time </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">(remember how that free time at night quickly fills up…). Drill can be performed inside </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">the battalions, but if possible, see if you can arrange a Candidate Officer liaison to escort </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">your class while you drill outside. Don’t forget about studying for academics this week </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">though. There aren’t any tests, but it is a good opportunity to get ahead of schedule.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">You may have your mid-PRT this week, although the date is very flexible and may occur </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">on the 6th week. Just like the in-PRT, you will want to make sure you pass this one as </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">failing a PRT or not having good PT performance can be reason to roll to a later class. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">You should see improvement in your scores as you have been doing regular PT for 2-3 </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">weeks now.</span></p>
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<p> <a href="http://www.navydads.com/group/navyocsdads/forum/topics/week-six-of-navy-officer-candidate-school" target="_self"><img width="125" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129616?profile=RESIZE_180x180" width="125" class="align-left"/></a></p> Week Four of Navy Officer Candidate Schooltag:navydads.com,2014-08-06:2150375:Topic:3955432014-08-06T00:20:33.885ZE.G. - ND's Creator/Adminhttps://navydads.com/profile/EG
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" width="250"></img></a> RLP Inspection Week:</strong></span> Your RLP inspection will occur Thursday of this…</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000080;" class="font-size-6">The Fourth Week of Navy OCS</span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4"><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" width="250" class="align-left"/></a>RLP Inspection Week:</strong></span> Your RLP inspection will occur Thursday of this week. Preparation for RLP should have began during your 2nd or even 1st week. Here are some suggestions to make life easier:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">· Get started preparing immediately. You may think you have plenty of time to prepare, but it will save a lot of stress and rushing around if you get started early. The first thing you will need to get done is your stamping. Start by practicing on your white undershirts. Once you’ve become good at stamping, then move on to stamping the articles you will actually use for the inspection.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">· The sooner you start stamping and IPing, the quicker you can go to the Exchange to buy replacement items if you mess up. Don’t put off some items until the night before only to mess up the stamp and not have time to get a new item.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">· Initial impressions can make or break RLP. Put your best foot forward by having </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">a squared away locker.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">· Obvious hits such as buttons not buttoned, zippers not zipped and grounded, </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">inspection tags inside of garments, shoe laces not tucked, etc., really irritate </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">inspectors. Pay special attention to those things you are most likely to overlook.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">· IP’s should be removed before attempting to press any garment. This is one of </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">the few times teamwork can help enormously. Multiple sets of eyes looking over </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">inspection garments can help to catch any slight errors that would otherwise be </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">missed. Remember, IP’s are to be found only on your uniform as worn. Threads </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">inside of garments (with the exception of obvious one’s) are not hits (This </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">depends on the discretion of the Drill Instructor that inspects you).</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">· Stenciling is important, however, do not waste time trying to be too precise on </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">articles such as your socks, shirts, etc. The only items a stencil can be measured </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">on are your go-slowers, laundry bags, towels, handkerchiefs, stationary box, and </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">belts.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">· The easiest way to apply new brass belt tips is: first, put the tip on the belt by </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">hand, then place the tip in a book and slam your rifle down on the book a couple </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">of times as hard as you can until the tip is tight on the belt. Make sure you wear </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">gloves to avoid getting fingerprints on the brass.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">· Clean your desk with Pledge but not the inside of your locker. The best way to </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">clean the inside of your locker is with baby wipes and a black sock or your watch </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">cap because your inspector will check your locker for dust with one of those </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">items.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">· The easiest way to press your khakis is by saturating them (while wet) with Sta-</span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">Flo or some other spray starch. Hang them in your locker until dry (overnight) </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">and press as normal. They are guaranteed to be like cardboard.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">· When you cut your belts to the right size, cover the cut end with clear nail polish </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">to prevent it from fraying. Do not use the nail polish on your khakis, as it will </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">stain them. Use the nail polish only to stop the ends of belts from fraying.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">· Check for lint on your clothing the day of RLP.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">· Know all of your knowledge VERBATIM.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">· RLP consists or more than just an inspection. If your PT needs work, or have no </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">military bearing, the Drill Instructors will be more likely to ‘come after you’ and </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">you will probably fail even with a perfect locker. Some say RLP is subjective, </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">others say it is purely objective. Who knows, you can make the decision for </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">yourself when you go through it, but the fact is, giving everything you have at </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">morning PT, always showing intensity and being ballistic in everything you do </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">can not hurt your chances of passing RLP. Grading of RLP occurs the second </span><span class="font-size-4"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">you arrive. </span></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">The following excerpt from the 30 May 1994 issue of Navy Times provides a fair </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">synopsis of the experience:</span></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">“…the 34 candidates dressed in well-pressed summer whites - seven others have already </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">dropped out – are a diverse lot. They are black, brown, yellow and white, male and </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">female, nuke and aviation, surface and unrestricted line. But they share one thing in </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">common today.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">They are all hating life.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">Young men and women, graduates from Harvard, Penn and state universities around the </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">country, who weeks earlier were living carefree lives of students, stayed up until 3 a.m. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">last night polishing brass belt buckles until they reflected like mirrors. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">They slept on the hard linoleum floor so that their bunks would be pristine and wrinkle free </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">for the morning inspection. Like alchemists, they experimented with novel ways to </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">prevent ancient, rusting waste cans from flaking onto the floor when drill instructors </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">pound on them during inspection. They did the same with what look to be about 40-year </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">old brown leather book bags, which are cracked and worn with age. </span></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">…the DI’s enter the four-bunk rooms to smooth beds, clean weapons and orderly lockers. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">When they end the inspection for each room precisely eight minutes later, slamming the </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">door behind them, they leave a tornado-like path of destruction. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">Candidates are left standing at attention, but looking disheveled and demoralized. Their </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">pant pockets are pulled inside out, their belts unceremoniously ripped from their waists </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">and lying on the floor, and their voices hoarse from shouting rapid-fire responses to the </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">demanding DI’s.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">Towels that were folded with precision and freshly shined shoes that were placed in </span><span class="font-size-4"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">straight, ordered rows, are strewn about the room. Carefully ironed uniforms are pulled </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">off their hangers in piles. The bunks, so perfectly make, with the pillow an exact twelve </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">inches from the fold over of the sheet, are a wreck. And the gunnery sergeants are just </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">warming up.” – Patrick Pexton, “Trying to Tame a New Breed of Cats,” Navy Times, 30 </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">May 1994.</span></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">This is the first opportunity for your class to secure. By securing your class will be given </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">special privileges. This could mean on base liberty or even off base liberty on Fridays </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">and Saturdays, with additional phone privileges during the week. A class average of 83 </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">is needed to secure. Ultimately, your class team makes the decision regardless of what </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">average your class obtained. DO NOT expect any of these privileges even if your class </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">achieves the needed score. It is more than rare for any special privileges to be granted </span><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">after the RLP. It is even more rare for an entire class to obtain the required score.</span></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.navydads.com/group/navyocsdads/forum/topics/week-five-of-navy-officer-candidate-school" target="_self"><img width="125" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129616?profile=RESIZE_180x180" width="125" class="align-left"/></a></p> Week Two of Navy Officer Candidate Schooltag:navydads.com,2012-05-03:2150375:Topic:2622462012-05-03T21:25:23.312ZE.G. - ND's Creator/Adminhttps://navydads.com/profile/EG
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="250"></img></a> <span class="font-size-5" style="font-family: times new roman,times; color: #000080;"><font size="4" style="font-size: 16pt;"><b>Week Two:…</b></font></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-6"><strong><span style="font-family: times new roman,times; color: #000080;">The Second Week of Navy OCS</span></strong></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="250" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="250"/></a><span style="font-family: times new roman,times; color: #000080;" class="font-size-5"><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><b>Week Two:</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-5">Having survived the first week you will have the perseverance to continue on. If you are lucky, a new class will come in this week, taking some of the attention off of you. However, new classes typically come in every two to three weeks so don’t count on them just yet.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-5">The second week begins to show signs of the routine nature of OCS. A typical day will be as follows (again keep in mind due to the constant changing of OCS this is also subject to change):</span></p>
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<tr id="1332399" class="event-listing" valign="top" bgcolor="#000077"><td class="row-text"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">0500</span></strong></span></td>
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<td class="row-text"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">REVEILLE</span></strong></span></td>
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<tr id="1332400" class="event-listing" valign="top" bgcolor="#979797"><td class="row-text"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">0525</span></strong></span></td>
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<tr id="1332401" class="event-listing" valign="top" bgcolor="#000077"><td class="row-text"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">0645</span></strong></span></td>
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<td class="row-text"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">CHOW</span></strong></span></td>
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<tr id="1332402" class="event-listing" valign="top" bgcolor="#979797"><td class="row-text"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">0730</span></strong></span></td>
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<tr id="1332404" class="event-listing" valign="top" bgcolor="#000077"><td class="row-text"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">0800</span></strong></span></td>
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<tr id="1332407" class="event-listing" valign="top" bgcolor="#979797"><td class="row-text"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">1100</span></strong></span></td>
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<tr id="1332409" class="event-listing" valign="top" bgcolor="#878787"><td class="row-text"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">1700</span></strong></span></td>
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<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Saturdays, after PT, will be spent drilling, doing sweepers (cleaning the Regiment) and studying. During study times you can begin preparing for RLP as well as studying your required knowledge for the RLP. Sundays, reveille goes off at 0630 and there are Protestant, Catholic, and other services available on base, the rest of the day is spent studying, going on a POV run with the rest of your class, doing sweepers in the evening, and going to chow.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Also, this is the week you will take the 3rd class swim test if it didn’t happen during the first week already. If you cannot tread water, stay afloat using the dead-man’s float, and swim across the pool using any stroke, you will take the test again during your final weeks at OCS during which time you can work with the swim instructors. Learn to swim before you arrive. If you are not comfortable in the water, spend as much time as you can in a pool before you arrive. I cannot emphasize this enough. Unlike rolling for academics, which will put you on hold for 2 weeks, rolling for swim can be indefinite, dependent on when you learn to swim.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family: times new roman,times; color: #000080;" class="font-size-5">"RLP" Room, Locker, & Personnel Inspection:</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">You need to begin preparing for the 4th week RLP; otherwise you will find yourself in an unfortunate predicament. You will here this inspection referred to as RLP by the Drill Instructors. RLP stands for Room, Locker, and Personnel inspection although some Drill Instructors argue it stands for Re-Location Program (that is, relocate to H-Class). By Friday evening of this week, all of your pressing and stamping/stenciling should be done. If so, your life will be easier. If not, the results will be less than desirable. Your preparation should have begun Saturday afternoon immediately after the brief your Drill Instructor gave. From that point forward, every free moment should be spent preparing for RLP. You cannot over prepare for this inspection.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">You may have an opportunity to go to the Exchange this weekend. Contrary to popular opinion, you need not buy all new gear to pass RLP. Drill Instructors know and understand that your money is limited and prefer that you don’t spend a lot of money. Spend your money wisely. The following is a list of things you may want to consider buying at the exchange.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">One package of small white crewneck t-shirts</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">One package of briefs (males only)</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">One package of handkerchiefs</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">2 pairs of athletic socks</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">2 pairs of black socks</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">1 pair of white socks</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">1 khaki belt</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Several anodized belt tips</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Several anodized belt buckles</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Starch</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Pledge</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">New Go-Slowers</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">A lint roller</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Clear nail polish</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">A disposable lighter</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Aqua-Net hairspray</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Black Sharpie Pen</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">1" 3M Blue painters tape</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Black and white edge dressing</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Although these items are available at the exchange, a trip to the exchange is not a guarantee. It is highly advised to have many of these items (non-uniform items) stashed in your POV as you will probably get an opportunity to go to your POV on Sunday afternoon.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">You will also begin to interact with all of the other class at OCS. These classes are Officer Candidates, just like your class is now. They have just gone through everything that you are about to go through, so talk to them and listen to their advice. They will be very helpful with questions you may have on how to do certain things for RLP.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-6"><strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;">Survivors Guide to Navy Officer Candidate School</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-6"><strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;">"Day Six" of Navy OCS</span></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-6"><strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;">Survivors Guide to Navy Officer Candidate School</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-6"><strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;">"Day Six" of Navy OCS</span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" width="250"/></a><strong><span style="color: #000080;" class="font-size-5">Day Six (Friday)</span></strong> <span style="color: #000080;"><strong>"OUTPOST"</strong></span> The main evolution of today is Outpost. The format is much like that of the 3rd week RLP, which is as follows:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">The Class Officer enters your space and “Attention on deck” is called. DO NOT use ballistics with officers. Other Class Officers enter and proceed to gouge you the “Big Three” Knowledge (General Orders of a Sentry, Code of Conduct, and Chain of Command, which will be discussed later) and inspect your uniform.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">This first week will be a ton less stressful if you have the big three memorized before arriving at the seawall. Class Officers will not make you push or do any RPT. Simply keep your bearing and do not become frustrated. If you do not know the answer to a question, reply “Sir/Ma’am this Indoctrination Candidate does not know but will find out.” If you make a mistake while answering knowledge questions keep your bearing and remain confident in your answer. This is an important quality to have throughout OCS with regards to required knowledge. Confidence will often give you a second chance to answer the question correctly.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-5">OCS Inspection:</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">This is the one part of Outpost where you really want to put your best foot forward. You shouldn’t be up all night preparing your locker for inspection. Drill Instructors hardly even look at it. However, you want to make sure you know your knowledge and have a squared away uniform for the Class Officer’s part of the inspection. If you have to stay up after taps the night before, the only things you should be worried about is making sure your uniform is IP free, and reviewing your knowledge.</span> <span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Do not waste sleep making sure your PT gear (or any other item in your locker) is folded to the exact dimensions – that is not what is important now.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-5">Gouge Packets:</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">You should already have your knowledge memorized verbatim before you get to OCS. This includes everything at the end of this Guide. The Candidate Officer’s will give you Gouge packets with all of the gouge in this Guide plus more. The easiest way to not fall behind is to learn everything you can before you arrive. Do not fall into the trap of trying to cram the night before Outpost. If any studying is done, it should be review only. It is very, very important that you get enough sleep the night before.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Once everyone has been inspected by the Class Officers, they will leave at which time you will call “Attention on deck” again followed by the greeting of the day. You will then wait for the room inspectors to enter (both Drill Instructors and your Chief Petty Officer). Be as loud as you can. Make sure all Officers are out of your space before being ballistic with the Class Drill Instructors.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-5">Welcome to OCS's World:</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">It will be noisy, stressful, and just plain ugly; however, it will last for a maximum of 15 minutes. The Drill Instructors will immediately have you on the deck pushing. While you and your class are pushing, doing flutter kicks, you name it, the rest of the Drill Instructors will ransack your locker finding IP’s (Irish Pennants, which they know full well you have not had time to remove), clothing not folded to the correct specifications, you name it, they will find it. Regardless, you are not expected to do well. It is meant to serve as a “welcome to the real world” experience.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-5">Packing Your Sea Bag:</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">After the inspection you will be instructed to pack your sea bag. You should have already filled it the night before with all your extra clothes that weren’t needed for the inspection. Things will still be hectic. Your Drill Instructor will be yelling out commands for you to return to your locker, grab certain items, return to your spot on line and pack it in your sea bag. By the end of this process, your locker will be completely empty.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Be prepared to have your things thrown about Squad Bay, and even mixed with other candidate’s stuff. The Drill Instructors love taking your sea bag and dumping everything out and while yelling at Candidates to clean everything up. There isn’t time to split everything up, so just be prepared to stuff whatever is on the floor in your bag and have your things mixed with others.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-5">Rack Drawers:</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">There is one important tip for getting through this evolution. You will have rack drawers on the side of your rack in addition to your wall locker that you can store things in. You will not be required to empty these drawers when you are packing your sea bag. You will come back to Squad Bay later this evening to gather the rest of your things and clean. Therefore, if there is anything that you want to make sure does not get lost or broken, put them in these drawers the night before.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">You will not have time during the packing of sea bags to ‘organize your things.’ Also, be creative on how you can minimize things being thrown about the room. You will be issued small laundry bags at ‘Poopie Christmas.’ You may consider packing some of your things in these smaller bags and tying them tight before they are placed in your sea bag. Therefore, if your sea bag is dumped, only smaller laundry bags fall on the floor and not all of your clothes. Of course, this should be done the night before.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-5">Headed to Battalion:</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">You will then march over to Battalion and leave your things in your new space. The remainder of the day will be spent in briefs, unpacking, and receiving other issue. What is key at this point is that you recognize the nature of OCS. Each time you complete a difficult and stressful evolution, you will move to something you have to fight falling asleep in. This is how everything works at OCS!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">The evening is basically yours. You will spend it unpacking, cleaning, and organizing the mess of clothes the Drill Instructors made. You will also make a trip back to Squad Bay to gather the rest of your things and clean. Try to enjoy this time. Get a good night sleep and drink plenty of water, as Saturday is a physically demanding day.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-6"><strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;">Survivors Guide to Navy Officer Candidate School</span></strong> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-6"><strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;">"Day Five" of Navy OCS</span></strong></span></p>
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<p> …</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-6"><strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;">Survivors Guide to Navy Officer Candidate School</span></strong> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-6"><strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;">"Day Five" of Navy OCS</span></strong></span></p>
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<p> <span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2310129570?profile=original" width="250"/></a><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Day Five (Thursday)</span></strong> You may spend most of the day today at PSD (Personnel Services Detachment) filling out paperwork, getting ID, etc. Again, today is another day that starts off easy. You will have an opportunity to interact with the people in your class. Spend time studying and relaxing. The majority of the day will be spent on briefs and meetings of sorts.</span></p>
<p> <span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">You will also spend a lot of time with your Class Drill Instructor drilling. Whenever you are being instructed by your Class Drill Instructor, stand at attention, do not speak, do not move, keep a thousand-yard stare and never ever touch your face. Again, nothing you do will be right and invariably somebody will reach up and scratch their face and the entire class will be doing push-ups in the grass – relax, it happens to every class.</span></p>
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<p> <strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-5">Swim Day:</span></strong> <span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">You may go to the pool today for a pre-screen for the 3rd Class Swimmer’s test you will take in Week 2. This is a chance for the instructors to look at your class and determine if there is anyone they think that will have trouble with the test. Do not worry about this pre-screen or even the test next week. It is not difficult at all; anyone with any sort of experience being in the water will be able to pass this test. This is the least of your worries at this point.</span></p>
<p> <strong><span style="color: #000080; font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-5">Locker for Outpost:</span></strong> <span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">You will spend this evening preparing your locker for Outpost. Do what you can in preparation for Outpost. It will seem confusing and hectic. However, realize that unlike the real 3rd week Room, Locker, and Personnel Inspection, this is not graded, and you do not have enough time to prepare. Your Drill Instructor will quickly go over how your locker should be arranged and items folded.</span> <span style="font-family: times new roman,times;" class="font-size-4">Do your best to accomplish everything, but remember that the evolution the next morning is not graded – that means you can only fail if you give up during the RPT of outpost.</span></p>
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