OCS Class 17-16

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Permalink Reply by Christopher J. Miller on July 19, 2016 at 9:18am

Thanks for the thread Jonas. My son Matt is scheduled to be a SWO (Surface Warfare Officer). I have no additional info on the training. Matt has been active duty (enlisted) in USAF as a ATC and then at SouthCOM as a Warfare Air Space Planner, for 6 years. He graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University last year and put his package together to become an officer in the Navy. He's on the upper age limit level at 29. He proposed to his sweetheart right before he left for OTC. She is completing her education at AU to become a Dr of Audiology. 

Permalink Reply by RJ Campbell on July 19, 2016 at 9:22am

Jonas, congrats to you and your son. My son Rich was class 08-16 and also SNA. He is now in Corpus Christi and begins Primary next week. You are correct that you will not hear anything until after RLP which is at the end of week 3. When they pass RLP they are no longer Indocs, they become Officer Candidates. With that they get to sign up for phone time and also get email. Up until the end of week 3 the "no news is good news" applies.

Permalink Reply by Jonas Berman on July 19, 2016 at 9:25am

Wow! Great story, Chris.  Matt sounds like a terrific guy.  Hope Zach meets him and can use him as a resource on Navy/military stuff.  Zach has no prior experience:  went to college, then got his Master's in Resource Economics at Umass, but always wanted to serve.

Incidently, my daughter is at UVM study Speech and language science,. She'll probably go on in Speech pathology or Audiology.

Christopher J. Miller said:

Thanks for the thread Jonas. My son Matt is scheduled to be a SWO (Surface Warfare Officer). I have no additional info on the training. Matt has been active duty (enlisted) in USAF as a ATC and then at SouthCOM as a Warfare Air Space Planner, for 6 years. He graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University last year and put his package together to become an officer in the Navy. He's on the upper age limit level at 29. He proposed to his sweetheart right before he left for OTC. She is completing her education at AU to become a Dr of Audiology. 

Permalink Reply by Rich Fite on July 21, 2016 at 11:36am

Rich here. My son Bret (17-16 Bravo) is a CEC (civil engineer). I went through Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola. I just retired w/30 years. Happy to try and answer any questions.

Permalink Reply by Jonas Berman on July 21, 2016 at 12:10pm

Hi Rich,

Thanks for adding.  There's another thread, Class 17-16, that was started earlier, and that more people are following, so you might want to jump onto that.

Thanks for your service, and that of your son. 

Permalink Reply by Paul Kim on July 25, 2016 at 3:02am

Appreciate the heads up on class 17-16. My son Isaac is SNA and is in 17-16B. He is a math major from HPU and he so wants to serve his country. OCS Facebook posted some pics last week on class 17-16 but couldn't see my son in any of the pics. Hope for more pics this week. Anxiously awaiting the first call as you all are I'm sure.