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sTUPID qUESTIONS aBOUT ocs

xmid

xmid

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scottwith1t said:
you will get a "arrive no later than" date.

as long as you don't arrive later than that date, you're in the clear. where you are between picking up your records in newport and walking through the doors at the quarterdeck at API is not known by the Navy. all they care about is you showing up prior to the "no later than" date.

so yes, go hang out with your family and friends. i drove from newport to north carolina to orlando before finally showing up in pensacola almost 3 weeks later.
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Just be prepared that if you dont arrive until your "arrive no later" date you will be charged leave. At least my roomates that did that were. If you get say 3 travel days (as I was) and you arrive 30 days later on your report NLT date you could be charged 27 days leave. Thats what happened to them and it put them in the hole by alot. Keep in mind too that if you report in November you will be there over Christmas so chances are you will leave with a negative leave balance if you don't choose to stay over the holidays. Like my roomates you could be setting yourself up to not be able to take leave for a about a year after you check in to A-pool.
 
xmid

xmid

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Ken_gone_flying said:
Why would you even want to take leave? Newport seems like a great place to spend the holidays. :D
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If you don't take leave, the DI's don't get there free time off... so you want to take leave... My DI said he would "straight murder" anyone who stayed all day and everyday... Everyone took leave.
 
MidWestEwo

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xmid said:
If you don't take leave, the DI's don't get there free time off... so you want to take leave... My DI said he would "straight murder" anyone who stayed all day and everyday... Everyone took leave.
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So it looks like I will be going to Newport around November or December. Does that mean that I will have to take my leave days to go home for Christmas then? I am guessing they don't have any honey baked ham in RI :(...
 
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scottwith1t

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bmaru said:
So it looks like I will be going to Newport around November or December. Does that mean that I will have to take my leave days to go home for Christmas then? I am guessing they don't have any honey baked ham in RI :(...
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you'd be surprised, we had steak twice.

had to eat it with a spoon, but non the less we had steak and it was actually pretty good.
 
Spekkio

Spekkio

He bowls overhand.
had to eat it with a spoon, but non the less we had steak and it was actually pretty good.
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The second time he just got tired of the freakshow, stopped the 20 min timer, and gave us 30 seconds to cut up the steak with a knife and fork.

Was kinda fun eating it with a spoon, though...just pick the whole thing up and take a bite out of it like a caveman.
 
blarged

blarged

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Spekkio said:
The second time he just got tired of the freakshow, stopped the 20 min timer, and gave us 30 seconds to cut up the steak with a knife and fork.

Was kinda fun eating it with a spoon, though...just pick the whole thing up and take a bite out of it like a caveman.
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OCS ... so easy a caveman can do it?
 
btdunn

btdunn

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OCS to Pensacola near Christmas...thoughts?

1) Theoretically I will graduate OCS on Nov 20th, let’s say I hot-tailed it down to Pensacola to check in. I assume I would get whatever the normal Christmas leave is, plus whatever I had saved from OCS and my three weeks in Pensacola, but could I go negative like I could with the NLT?

2) Use all my days up till NLT, Dec 20th maybe for example, and then not get to be home for Christmas at all, could I go more negative? This seems like a bad idea I know.

2) Further, do they still charge you for leave when some of your leave fell over a normal holiday (Thanksgiving, Christmas, or whatever)?

 
Ken_gone_flying

Ken_gone_flying

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btdunn said:
1) Theoretically I will graduate OCS on Nov 20th, let’s say I hot-tailed it down to Pensacola to check in. I assume I would get whatever the normal Christmas leave is, plus whatever I had saved from OCS and my three weeks in Pensacola, but could I go negative like I could with the NLT?

2) Use all my days up till NLT, Dec 20th maybe for example, and then not get to be home for Christmas at all, could I go more negative? This seems like a bad idea I know.

2) Further, do they still charge you for leave when some of your leave fell over a normal holiday (Thanksgiving, Christmas, or whatever)?
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A general rule of thumb in the navy is that commands will not allow you to go in the hole except for emergency leave. They definitely won't let you take more leave if you are already in the hole. And to answer your last question, if you are on leave when a holiday rolls around, you are charged leave for that holiday. Its the same as when you get charged for Saturday/Sunday when your on leave, even though those aren't typically working days.
 
btdunn

btdunn

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Ken_gone_flying said:
Its the same as when you get charged for Saturday/Sunday when your on leave, even though those aren't typically working days.
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Thanks, I did not have a clue about that, but could you take "leave" for a Mon-Fri but really get the weekend before and after off, assuming those aren't working days at your current command? I think I better understand the system now and I don't like to be "In the Hole" with anything....much less vacation days.
 
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