8 November 2015

[Joey H]

man! Loo
[QUOLookingforward to meeting! hary Rhoades, post: 821703, member: 51758"]I just received my FINSEL earlier this week. I will be joining you all on 8NOV2015 in Newport, RI for Navy OCS.[/QUOTE]
Congrats man looking forward to meeting!

 

[haimehhh]

Looks like I'll be heading to OCS for this class date. Any other NFO/Aviators going?

@Morgan Murphy SNA here.

Personally I don't think going home after only 2 months of being gone and about a month and a half left is worth the money.

My SNA buddy from out here in CA, almost two years out of OCS, had class from 10NOV–16FEB or so. He opted for Christmas off and saw his family at extended family's house in VA. He said our timing is interesting because it is consistently disrupted by holidays. What you mentioned about the lightened workload on Thanksgiving also stands for other Federal holidays like Veteran's Day (first couple days there), as well as MLK Jr Day (Jan 18, i think). He said it makes it feel as though it goes by very quickly.

Also, his recommendation was that if you did take the leave and say, travel back across the country for Xmas, make sure you have a buffer time for weather/ freak stuff that could inhibit your prompt return. I will probably come back out here for the Xmas break if it is feasible, more for my Mom's sake than my own. But most I have spoken to about it say it is a nice opportunity to charge your batteries.

Im hoping to make a trip to new York for new years!

If I don't get back for Xmas, though, I'm in for this^

 

[Joey H]

@Morgan Murphy SNA here.



My SNA buddy from out here in CA, almost two years out of OCS, had class from 10NOV–16FEB or so. He opted for Christmas off and saw his family at extended family's house in VA. He said our timing is interesting because it is consistently disrupted by holidays. What you mentioned about the lightened workload on Thanksgiving also stands for other Federal holidays like Veteran's Day (first couple days there), as well as MLK Jr Day (Jan 18, i think). He said it makes it feel as though it goes by very quickly.

Also, his recommendation was that if you did take the leave and say, travel back across the country for Xmas, make sure you have a buffer time for weather/ freak stuff that could inhibit your prompt return. I will probably come back out here for the Xmas break if it is feasible, more for my Mom's sake than my own. But most I have spoken to about it say it is a nice opportunity to charge your batteries.


If I don't get back for Xmas, though, I'm in for this^

Thanks for the insight! Youre definitely welcome to come with along with any other classmates! I definitely understand the opportunity to recharge batteries by going home.

 

[Tarheel7]

I will be joining this class. Selected NFO. Prior enlisted stationed in Norfolk VA on the aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER CVN 69.

 

[Joey H]

I will be joining this class. Selected NFO. Prior enlisted stationed in Norfolk VA on the aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER CVN 69.

Very cool! I am also NFO non prior. Glad to have a prior fellow NFO!

 

[asdfjkl]

I will be joining this class. Selected NFO. Prior enlisted stationed in Norfolk VA on the aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER CVN 69.

I was stationed on the IKE from 2007-2009 when were you stationed there?

 

[rbordenave1989]

Saw my orders today. We are class 60201, with a grad date of 12 Feb 2016

 

[Char1ie]

Thanks for the info rbordenave1989, and welcome aboard!

 

[Zachary Rhoades]

I was stationed on the IKE from 2007-2009 when were you stationed there?

asdfjkl, I was on IKE during that time as well, made both 08-09 & 09-10 deployments with VFA-143.

 

[Zachary Rhoades]

All, what specifically has your OR instructed you to be studying or memorizing (if anything)? I have been told nothing but am willing to assume that the OCS website's list of required information (for "memorization" : http://www.ocs.navy.mil/pdfs/App B OCR.pdf ) to be applicable and of the utmost importance. Any thoughts?

 

[haimehhh]

all of the appendix B stuff is fair game according to a few of my buddies who have been through OCS (one in 2013, one earlier this spring). My OR didn't tell me anything other than, "Congratulations on your acceptance." but the general consensus is the better you know the app b info, the less difficult OCS may be at the beginning. same with physical preparation. Their advice WRT the songs and gyms is that you will learn them quickly due to the repetition, so don't make them your focus.

 

[Zachary Rhoades]

all of the appendix B stuff is fair game according to a few of my buddies who have been through OCS (one in 2013, one earlier this spring). My OR didn't tell me anything other than, "Congratulations on your acceptance." but the general consensus is the better you know the app b info, the less difficult OCS may be at the beginning. same with physical preparation. Their advice WRT the songs and gyms is that you will learn them quickly due to the repetition, so don't make them your focus.

Thanks haimehhh--that sounds about right!

 

[Char1ie]

I got the same "Congratulations on your acceptance" as haimehh did, but they gave me a small book named Naval Officer Delayed Entry Program Guide to Success. It covers the basic stuff (exercises, ranks/rates, general info, etc) that's needed for OCS but it's nothing that can't be found on the internet.

 

[haimehhh]

@Joey H, how old were you in your profile picture, haha

 

[Char1ie]

@Joey H, how old were you in your profile picture, haha

Hey @haimehhh I was wondering the same thing about @JoeyH, haha!