OCS Combat Course

[TheBubba]

Yeah... I did it in the middle of July... no bites, but we saw one go crazy at one of the guys in my squad... I think we saw like 10 snakes that day.

Not only a great place for hot snakes to cool off, but also a great place for tired, hot and exhausted Mids to cool off... [/sarcasm]

 

[MADarmstrong]

Ah, the Night IMC. That was perhaps the best time of all of OCS, if just because it wasn't graded, we were so tired it didn't matter any more, and I felt like one of those cammied, Navy SEAL-type guys in a commercial. The Quigley is a good time, but watch out for water moccassins.

Every day that passes after graduating OCS makes it easier and more fun...

Echo Company, First Platoon - Destroy the Enemy!

 

[DimndDave14]

All of the OCS classes do the same events. Each class has there own perks. In the summer the water is not as cold as in the winter, but the runs are brutal because of the hot and humid weather. In the winter you have better running weather but when you do the quigley or Endurance course they have to break the ice before you can get in the water. Just take it in stride and you will only be cold and wet for maybe an hour after the fact. Trust me you are the first one to do to ever do this or the last.

 

[FLY_USMC]

Look at it this way, if you're unfortunate enough not to see any snakes during your 15 minutes in the IMC at OCS, chances are you'll be dealing with them for 96+ hours during the FEX's at TBS.

 

[NickPollock19]

at least all the snakes wont be there, when i went through the quigle a water mokisin (spelling?) swam right between my legs

 

[Malice 1]

OK... so I'm looking through the OCS pictures and in the 'combat course' section, I'm seeing a lot of pictures of water and mud that the candidates are mucking through.

Does the January class do the same? is the mud / water frozen at that point, or just 50 bazillion times worse than the summer classes?

Just curious,
Texan

sorry for the thread jack, but....

I just checked into arctic A TBS. How many times will we be getting wet and cold during the POI?

 

[jamnww]

sorry for the thread jack, but....

I just checked into arctic A TBS. How many times will we be getting wet and cold during the POI?

Depends on how often it rains and what your staff is like...

Most likely your staff won't let you use Gortex for anything but the rifle range so the rest of the time when it snows, you get wet / cold. When it was raining earlier, you get wet / cold. Expect to get wet on Land Nav, especially night land nav but thats no big deal. I was in Alpha last year so feel free to ask as many questions as you want.

 

[FLY_USMC]

sorry for the thread jack, but....

I just checked into arctic A TBS. How many times will we be getting wet and cold during the POI?

I promise, you will be colder at TBS than probably anything you've ever done. Ever spooned another man before to keep warm? Yeah, I hadn't either.

 

[E6286]

Great, can't wait to report to OCS in January haha.

 

[usmcecho4]

I promise, you will be colder at TBS than probably anything you've ever done. Ever spooned another man before to keep warm? Yeah, I hadn't either.

You know it's cold when you've been left in an LP/OP for 16 hours and are sharing a willy pete bag with another dude for warmth in addition to using your patrol packs as warming layers. Ah good times...attached are some pictures of what you Alpha boys and girls have to look forward to. It's actually better when it decides to snow as opposed to rain but the snow makes for better pictures.

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[Malice 1]

We had PT today. It actually wasn't that bad. Then we walked from class to class in the snow. I'm acclimating to the cold rather quickly.

I still fear the field though. I don't want to spoon with anyone in my platoon.

 

[usmcecho4]

We had PT today. It actually wasn't that bad. Then we walked from class to class in the snow. I'm acclimating to the cold rather quickly.

I still fear the field though. I don't want to spoon with anyone in my platoon.

Yeah PT isn't bad in the cold. It's the laying in the prone for hours that will get you. I wouldn't want to spoon with any of my platoonmates after only a week either. By the time you hit the field you will be wondering why you didn't spoon before.

Semper Fi,
usmcecho4

 

[jamnww]

We had PT today. It actually wasn't that bad. Then we walked from class to class in the snow. I'm acclimating to the cold rather quickly.

I still fear the field though. I don't want to spoon with anyone in my platoon.

You haven't seen anything yet as far as the cold...it WILL get colder...

 

[E5B]

I just checked into arctic A TBS. How many times will we be getting wet and cold during the POI?

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[Carno]

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That bitter and maniacal laughter makes me glad I won't be going through TBS in the winter