This was the case for the guys I knew. "Sleep between the sheets, you understand?"
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Insider Scoop on Navy OCS
- Thread starter flynavyp3
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The watch of choice for many an officer candidate:
(or a G-Shock)
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
Besides military customs, the most important thing you learn in OCS is how to function under constant stress.
Once upon a time the class team could actually screw with you in chow hall...you know, like walk up and down the table and kick over your gatorade on your uniform (which was wash khaki at the time) for improper cup placement or make you eat by 'holding up the bulkhead' while your arm held the tray, and if you got too tired to hold your food you just didn't eat (or so said our Pensacola grad class O sharing some personal OCS sea stories). So not eating by the numbers correctly actually had some sort of consequence, and you didn't automatically get 20 minute little 'breaks' from anything. The stress stayed turned on even during chow.
Once the staff was not allowed to screw with you, there's really no point to watching you like that and the whole stress aspect of eating by the numbers goes away by like week 3.
So there was a purpose to it, probably still as a little bit. You're supposed to get used to it and think it's stupid, it means you've learned the lesson they were trying to teach. I just think an earlier transition to eating normally instead of week 9 or 10 would have been more appropriate.
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WEGL12
VT-28
Biggest advantage of shaving at night is I didn't have to worry about shaving for morning pt. I would touch up during the hygiene call after pt. This worked for me but each person has to find a system that works for them. Makes thing much easier.
So they do not allow alarm clocks until the end, but watches are OK?
Is it easier to get a chit if you bring something from your doctor? Like someone else said, I can shave with an electric razor no problem, but a few days with a regular razor and my face will look like I've been attacked. I went through the unfortunate experience of acutane as a teen and my skin has been ultra sensitive/easily irritated ever since. I could easily get something from my doctor stating this if that would hold any clout...
Is it easier to get a chit if you bring something from your doctor? Like someone else said, I can shave with an electric razor no problem, but a few days with a regular razor and my face will look like I've been attacked. I went through the unfortunate experience of acutane as a teen and my skin has been ultra sensitive/easily irritated ever since. I could easily get something from my doctor stating this if that would hold any clout...
WEGL12
VT-28
All depends on class team. We weren't allowed watches until week 8. Only person that had a watch was the section leader who passed it to the next section leader each night. But it can vary a lot with class team. For example we weren't off grab and go in the chow hall until the end of week 6. The class behind us had most everything in the chow hall unlocked by the end of week 2. Not much of an issue anymore because chow hall policies are completely different now but you get the point.
Not sure about a shaving chit. If you have documentation from a doctor it may help but you will have to get the final word from a Navy doctor. I am pretty sure King hall issues special chits for shaving.
longhorn4life
New Member
I am currently in week 4 at OCS and in our case, the only people permitted to have a watch are the president and vice presidents. We were passing around a watch for section leaders, but class team stopped that a few days ago. Since we have alarm clocks unlocked, everyone just carries that around if they are section leader or have watch duty.
Just curious, how'd you get on here? I assume the TRANET laptops block this site. Did class team let you have your phones?
longhorn4life
New Member
Haha you are correct. The laptops are blocked. I am currently in a King Hall classroom for Seapower and had a little break, so I got on.
Chooses AW's over family contact...I don't get Millenials...maybe OCS really isn't that hard anymore...
LFCFan
*Insert nerd wings here*
You can still email everyone on the computers in the rooms. You can just do more "real internet" kinda stuff in the classrooms....until the XO comes in the back and realizes that no one is actually paying attention.
You have computers in your rooms?! I didn't even get a phone call except for Sundays...
They're TRANET, so you can only get on .mil sites and Wikipedia. However, some very clever officer candidates were able to put music and even a few movies on the shared hard drive in the past. I wonder if Battleship is still on there...
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
We (they?) know how to use MS Windows to multi-task. You've only been able to do that on PCs for 20 or so years now, so I wouldn't expect slow old people to catch on yet.
Bold move...