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sTUPID qUESTIONS aBOUT ocs
- Thread starter TheBubba
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Yeah, it is quite a bit different in that you get a lot more privileges and are treated like half a human being by the DIs. It does suck though since you're still just a candidate and can still get beat if they feel like it. Candio phase, however, is the time when you're supposed to show the applied leadership you've been taught during the previous nine weeks, and as long as you don't jack it up too bad there isn't much to worry about.
Oh, and if you wind up being high up in your class, I was the Batt 1 Commander (#3 in my class), you wind up with a decent amount of work. If you end up with a lower ranking job you may or may not be able to slide by candio phase without lifting a finger.
This is also class specific. Some classes' leadership delegate everything while they go to seville while others will take leadership seriously and let their subordinates relax a little.
Yup, definitely depends.
Best not to think about Candi-O phase for a while. You might get a little pissed when you see them going out for liberty while you're trying your damndest not to fall asleep preparing for the upcoming navigation exam.
Heh, I was in the middle of my class, and I had piles of work. Of course, that was because we only had thirteen people, so everyone actually carried several billets (I was batt 2 subcom, batt 2 adjutant, batt 2 1st Lt, and I got to play shepherd to the unsecured candidates). Liberty existed in bits and pieces for us as candios. On the plus side, the class previous to us was a class of 12, so things were largely set up for us already, we just took their model and modified it. Another plus, very few of us got beat as candios (I never did), partly because we had a good regcom, but also because we could legitimately blame most screw-ups on the lack of people. It was busy enough that I got less sleep than in the last several weeks of OC phase; there were three bigger classes that arrived in four weeks' time while I was there, and I gathered in talking to some of them at the gym during their candio phase that they spent more of their time staying out of the way and catching up on sleep than anything else. Still, it was good experience (woulda been perfect for a SWO), and everyone in my class had some opportunity to practice their leadership. Even with the workload, I'd say finally being treated like a person again, and actually getting to talk with the chiefs, officers, and occasionally DIs, made it a pretty good time.
Anyway, I'm rambling on now. Those of you about to start, don't even think about candio phase. Do bring your laptop, DVDs, anything you might want in your car (and do bring a car, it's your own little warehouse early on, and you don't have to be begging rides when you get liberty), but it's going to seem like an eternity till candio phase when you get there. Then, in what will seem like a flash, you'll be driving the candio van thinking "man, that guy driving the van the day I started was right, it does seem like it's been no time."
A big no-no is outside food. You will eventually get power bar allowances, but then they (the DIs) like to take those away if you screw up at something and will hold that over your head until you prove you can get them back.
My husband took about $300 up with him in cash and has spent the majority of it by now (week 8). He also said it was nice to have a second pair of running shoes that you'll actually wear. They issued him some when he arrived, but has yet to wear them and uses them for inspections.
My husband took about $300 up with him in cash and has spent the majority of it by now (week 8). He also said it was nice to have a second pair of running shoes that you'll actually wear. They issued him some when he arrived, but has yet to wear them and uses them for inspections.
A look at OCS courtesy of the Providence Journal
http://www.projo.com/extra/2008/ocs/
Pretty well done, complete with voice commentary and Candidate Profiles. Enjoy.
Check out the links too. Plenty of OCS blogs and testimonials I'm just now noticing existed.
http://www.projo.com/extra/2008/ocs/
Pretty well done, complete with voice commentary and Candidate Profiles. Enjoy.
Check out the links too. Plenty of OCS blogs and testimonials I'm just now noticing existed.
Doesn't look like much has changed... they all still look terrified.
That's pretty interesting. Pardon the ignorance, but I thought it was just the Drill Instructors that did the training. I guess the more senior candidates do a lot of the training too?
shotcalla10
what percent of RL officers get jets?
Candio's do indoctrinating (along with DIs starting from wake up wednesdays) and they baby sit unsecured classes.
The real "personal" time with the DI's stays largely out of public view.
Cool site. A lot of familiar faces on there.
I kept waiting for the inevitable GySgt Center quote: "Make my diamonds right now"
cool site, I remember those guys following that class around and wondering what it was for.
cool site, I remember those guys following that class around and wondering what it was for.
She was great. One time I spotted her through the small glass window in the door, so I stood at attention, back to the wall waiting for her to come through so I could shout, "ATTENTION ON DECK, STANDBY!!!" After a few moments, curiously nothing had happened. I then heard, "WELL YOU GONNA HELP ME AND OPEN THE FRICKIN' DOOR OR WHAT!?!?" I looked to see she was carrying a bunch of packages stacked a mile high. Whoops.
Tom said:
Ah, reminds me when I was on watch and some poor candidate sees the reporter and goes, "how's it going, man?" Epic.