We had at least 2 cryers in my class. Both of them quit. One just started crying in the middle of drill, and it was weird because that person wasn't even getting yelled at or beat or anything. It just came out of nowhere. The DI took them aside and I never saw that person again. And the sad thing is it was even a prior-enlisted person.This is a highly stupid question so here I am: how often do people openly cry at OCS and what happens if/when they do?
We had at least 2 cryers in my class. Both of them quit. One just started crying in the middle of drill, and it was weird because that person wasn't even getting yelled at or beat or anything. It just came out of nowhere. The DI took them aside and I never saw that person again. And the sad thing is it was even a prior-enlisted person.
If you can't handle the heat at OCS without crying then you sure as hell can't handle the heat of battle and should not be in the military, especially in a leadership position.
Damn. I'd DOR on the spot. I actually don't know if or when I'd ever really recover if I lost my son.You never know what's going on though. We felt pretty bad after we found out at bootcamp that a fellow booter who we'd just concluded was a baby actually kept breaking out into crying spells because his new baby had just died. The family didn't know any better and didn't send a Red Cross message, and he found out during a phone call home. He didn't want to say anything because he just tried to tough it out so that he could stay in. You can't keep something like that to yourself though. Eventually he cracked.
dang. I wouldn't have even completed the phone call, I'd be walking out come hell or high water then and there. Poor guy. I hope that, if it was his desire, he was able to complete bootcamp after a period of bereavement. I don't think anyone ever truly recovers from the loss of a child, and especially it being a baby. Godspeed to his little guy.Damn. I'd DOR on the spot. I actually don't know if or when I'd ever really recover if I lost my son.
This is one of those special circumstances that probably could have been resolved better had he told his DI what happened.You never know what's going on though. We felt pretty bad after we found out at bootcamp that a fellow booter who we'd just concluded was a baby actually kept breaking out into crying spells because his new baby had just died. The family didn't know any better and didn't send a Red Cross message, and he found out during a phone call home. He didn't want to say anything because he just tried to tough it out so that he could stay in. You can't keep something like that to yourself though. Eventually he cracked.