OCS Survival Guide

[GlassBanger]

Plastic clip board? not sure i understand.

Lol. It's how you make your bed taught. It'll make sense when you get there, though the NEX always had a huge supply of clipboards when I was there so you can feel safe not arriving with one if you don't want to.

Also yes, electric razors were still very much allowed when I left at the end of May.

 

[Matty Morocco]

Plastic clip board? not sure i understand.

Yeah I know it sounds weird but you will use it to make a rack tight enough to bounce a coin off with nice clean lines. I promise it's worth the four bucks you'll spend on them at Walmart

 

[OperationChungus]

Yeah I know it sounds weird but you will use it to make a rack tight enough to bounce a coin off with nice clean lines. I promise it's worth the four bucks you'll spend on them at Walmart

Shirt stays + clipboard tuck method = one TOIGHT bed

 

[GlassBanger]

OTCN also got new mattresses around early January and they're HUGE so getting your bed tight is a little more difficult, anything helps.

 

[Meyerkord]

OTCN also got new mattresses around early January and they're HUGE so getting your bed tight is a little more difficult, anything helps.

Now I'm picturing every candidate sleeping on a king sized bed and having that shit get tossed every morning.

 

[GlassBanger]

Now I'm picturing every candidate sleeping on a king sized bed and having that shit get tossed every morning.

?? still twin sized, just thiccc. Envision 3 high of the old ones.

 

[AULANI]

Oh wow new mattresses... now nobody will want to sleep on the floor the night before RLP, lol.

 

[GlassBanger]

My hatchmate and I slept on the floor ? our beds were pristine and we didn't want to destroy them.

 

[Meyerkord]

My hatchmate and I slept on the floor ? our beds were pristine and we didn't want to destroy them.

I did the same. On one of those thin yoga mats ?

Still failed it the first time and had to re-do the next morning. Ahh, fun times

 

[GlassBanger]

Haha we made pallets on the floor with our contraband NEX blankets and pillows ?. Yikes I'm sorry you had to do it twice, I would have stressed worse than I already was lol

 

[Meyerkord]

Haha we made pallets on the floor with our contraband NEX blankets and pillows ?. Yikes I'm sorry you had to do it twice, I would have stressed worse than I already was lol

Section leader that morning was supposed to wake up the re-takers 30 minutes early but instead gave us a 4 minute heads-up. So I had about 10 minutes to be posted out, fully dressed, room completely ready for inspection. It sucked, but I survived lol.

 

[BSchroth]

Section leader that morning was supposed to wake up the re-takers 30 minutes early but instead gave us a 4 minute heads-up. So I had about 10 minutes to be posted out, fully dressed, room completely ready for inspection. It sucked, but I survived lol.

any recommendations for RLP? lessons learned yo are willing to pass on

 

[Meyerkord]

any recommendations for RLP? lessons learned yo are willing to pass on

Give a good first impression (clean uniform, loud greeting, crisp salute), scream as loud as you can, make sure your locker is squared away, and never EVER stop pushing. Know your knowledge, too (ranks/insignia, code of conduct, chain of command, general orders, etc) and be able to belt those out without even thinking about them.

When I went through, you could only get docked 5 points for knowledge (need an 80 to pass), but I believe they changed it so it's weighted more heavily now. @GlassBanger can confirm or deny that.

 

[GlassBanger]

Correct, there are now 10 knowledge points/hits but still need an 80 to pass. Too many people were going by the "don't worry about the knowledge, just push and be loud and you'll be fine" philosophy so OCS was like, "alright bro. Now it's double."

Definitely know your knowledge and be confident. If you mess up, mess up at 100mph and own it. Have heart and grit, and please god brush your tongue and teeth and shave your face/neck/chest and you'll be fine.

 

[TF7325]

Correct, there are now 10 knowledge points/hits but still need an 80 to pass. Too many people were going by the "don't worry about the knowledge, just push and be loud and you'll be fine" philosophy so OCS was like, "alright bro. Now it's double."

Definitely know your knowledge and be confident. If you mess up, mess up at 100mph and own it. Have heart and grit, and please god brush your tongue and teeth and shave your face/neck/chest and you'll be fine.

Know your knowledge as well before coming to OCS. Three weeks goes by really quickly, and if you don’t know your knowledge the RDCs/ DIs will fail you.