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How has OCS changed you?
- Thread starter jpham79
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I lost about 10 pounds and my shoe-shine abilities really took off.
I clean my whole house every night, and I sleep on top of my perfectly made bed.
Prioritization and time managment. I do still fold all my T-shirts Navy bootcamp style (different from OCS).
Brett
Is that the whole fat girl between the sheets thing? My buddy says he still does it that way.
I still eat everything with a war spoon. You know you're good when you can eat chicken off the bone with the beloved war spoon.
I'll second that.
I'll second that.
Ah yes.... and ribs! Now, back to eating by the numbers.
Don't forget salad with the old war spoon, but nothing tops corn on the cob. I was never foolish enough to bother with it, and I can't imagine any possible way of eating it with the spoon.
On a more serious note, OCS did sharpen my leadership abilities, and our class team made clear what would be expected of us as officers. I wouldn't say it was a lifechanging experience, but it did test my resolve and, I think, fulfilled its stated purpose of preparing me for service as a Naval officer.
Finally, OCS taught me that the words "good, get in the grass right now!" meant someone just screwed up.
On a more serious note, OCS did sharpen my leadership abilities, and our class team made clear what would be expected of us as officers. I wouldn't say it was a lifechanging experience, but it did test my resolve and, I think, fulfilled its stated purpose of preparing me for service as a Naval officer.
Finally, OCS taught me that the words "good, get in the grass right now!" meant someone just screwed up.
At least you got that much our CDI, would just say "eyes" and then point and snap towards the grass. Which also made me learn that you can lead exercises with just two fingers and not saying a word
Heh heh, I know just who you're talking about. There were a couple people in our class that he took a special interest in, but never me. I think we did always get the full "get in the grass," or something like it but it's surprising we did considering how many times we were in the grass the first several weeks. My favorite was probably the time we ran to the grass in front of the aircrew building instead of the chow hall. Our DI later said he'd never had a class put themselves in that grass, at the time he seemed amused about us messing up aircrew's grass. It is a lot nicer than the "grass" in front of the chow hall, maybe we should have tried to use it more regularly.