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hugeyetti

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O actually that took me awhile to learn the navy and marines songs. If you can study up on those before you go, that would help a lot. During RLP you wont sing any songs, and you do a pistol qual. (M9 Beretta)
 
BPeterson93

BPeterson93

Soon to be Naval Aviator
hugeyetti said:
No one is allowed to anymore. People were dropping like $100+ on coins,so they stopped that real quick.
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Damn that's a shame. Would've been nice to keep that in the tradition of things. What about choosing a first salute? My father is a CMC. Him and I have been talking about that opportunity, we still have the choice to select someone as a first salute, correct?
 
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hugeyetti

Active Member
o yes, you dont salute your class team for your first salute. By all means, have your dad swear you in, then first salute him right there on the quarterdeck!
 
Aluroon

Aluroon

SWO
What do you actually walk away with from OCS after uniform costs and all the other incidentals? Roughly that is. Just trying to figure out what budgeting needs to be to afford ongoing costs while there (phone bill, storage kicker, etc) and what kind of a headache it is trying to get settled wherever you get posted - e.g. if it is on a shoestring budget or whatnot.
 
Dangy

Dangy

Pew pew pew
pilot
Aluroon said:
What do you actually walk away with from OCS after uniform costs and all the other incidentals? Roughly that is. Just trying to figure out what budgeting needs to be to afford ongoing costs while there (phone bill, storage kicker, etc) and what kind of a headache it is trying to get settled wherever you get posted - e.g. if it is on a shoestring budget or whatnot.
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Depends on your spending habits. I think we had around $6000-8000 worth of income, 3000-4000 went to uniform. So probably 1-3k in the end. Look up E-5 pay for 12 weeks, and figure out taxes for your respective state. Should give you some rough idea.
 
Aluroon

Aluroon

SWO
Dangy said:
Depends on your spending habits. I think we had around $6000-8000 worth of income, 3000-4000 went to uniform. So probably 1-3k in the end. Look up E-5 pay for 12 weeks, and figure out taxes for your respective state. Should give you some rough idea.
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I'd heard this before, and it isn't actually that helpful. 1-3k isn't a ballpark - that variation is huge. Can anyone give a better idea of what they actually walked away with in any more detail than within a $2,000 variance? Can we get it within $500 maybe of an actual number?

I have pulled up E-5 pay, but the real kicker is how much OCS actually eats up directly.
 
sharkbait1

sharkbait1

Well-Known Member
pilot
Gator Guard said:
Not likely. There are a ton of other expenses such as Candi-o shirts, hi-mom's, class coins, staff-student challenge, and more. I just graduated Friday and I only was up $1600 from my whole time at OCS.

Those last two liberty weekends off base cost me a lot too, because by that point I just didn't care about the bills, we all needed to relax and have fun.

My uniform tab was $3000 and I didn't go for the brooks brothers dress blues.
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Aluroon said:
I'd heard this before, and it isn't actually that helpful. 1-3k isn't a ballpark - that variation is huge. Can anyone give a better idea of what they actually walked away with in any more detail than within a $2,000 variance? Can we get it within $500 maybe of an actual number?

I have pulled up E-5 pay, but the real kicker is how much OCS actually eats up directly.
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Dangy

Dangy

Pew pew pew
pilot
Aluroon said:
I'd heard this before, and it isn't actually that helpful. 1-3k isn't a ballpark - that variation is huge. Can anyone give a better idea of what they actually walked away with in any more detail than within a $2,000 variance? Can we get it within $500 maybe of an actual number?

I have pulled up E-5 pay, but the real kicker is how much OCS actually eats up directly.
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If you hardly spend any money, you'll get around 3000 or slightly less. More if you somehow end up in H-Class. OCS eats up your BAS, so you get pennies from that. You probably spend less than $500 a month when you go to the NEX before CandiO phase, because theres really to spend money on. Then, it depends on how your class wants to pay for hi-moms, and the # of guests, # of PT gear, $ for class trip, liberty.

So expect 2500-3200 if you spend the bare minimum, but you will probably stop giving a shit a few days in, and throw money away to make your life slightly more "comfortable".
 
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hugeyetti

Active Member
yea id say I walked out of there with around 2-3k. But seriously though, you arent going to care about any expenses if it makes your life more simple at OCS. Just sayin.
 
Aluroon

Aluroon

SWO
hugeyetti said:
yea id say I walked out of there with around 2-3k. But seriously though, you arent going to care about any expenses if it makes your life more simple at OCS. Just sayin.
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I hear you man. Just trying to budget for post OCS as a SWO guy. My understanding is we get issued orders ASAP, then have to figure out the moving logistics. If anyone has any SWO specific commentary on the immediate post-OCS process and how you budget for it I'd appreciate it.
 
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