Officer Candidate School

[lazy b]

Anyone on NT went through one of the service OCS? I'm currently speaking to the USMC about doing their OCS upon graduation from college. I haven'tsigned anything yet and I won't until I make a final decision. I already have a workout regiment planned for the winter until I graduate just in case Itake this step. I was wondering if anyone can offer any insight as to what they went through and what would they advise. Thanks.

 

[lazy b]

Anyone have advice?

 

[al audi]

remember that thread i made not long ago about life being boring?

i was thinkin about USMC also...............i might just be goin thru some #(&$ i dunno.

 

[rl treyce]

bump cause I wanna see more responses on this..

 

[al audi]

from what i understand Marines get the most P out of any other branch

i want a physical challenge, im bored. I think MILLION DOLLAR STACKS is a marine.

 

[lazy b]

Originally Posted by Al Audi

from what i understand Marines get the most P out of any other branch

i want a physical challenge, im bored. I think MILLION DOLLAR STACKS is a marine.

I don't care about sex. That's not why I want to do it. I actually wanted to go into the Corps out of high school but my parentswouldn't allow it and I was not a legal adult at the time of HS graduation.

 

[al audi]

Originally Posted by Lazy B

Originally Posted by Al Audi

from what i understand Marines get the most P out of any other branch

i want a physical challenge, im bored. I think MILLION DOLLAR STACKS is a marine.

I don't care about sex. That's not why I want to do it. I actually wanted to go into the Corps out of high school but my parents wouldn't allow it and I was not a legal adult at the time of HS graduation.

o no........

those are 2 questions i have for recruiters off top

sexual relations, i need sex like i need food.

razor bumps and being a black male......i heard there is something that is very common to get so you are allowed electric razor, like a pass you carry so iwont get (#&$## at for 5 o clock stubble

 

[ninjallamafromhell]

If you want to make a career out of being an officer you need to be good at politics. I was enlisted Army so that's probably the most insight I can give.

 

[soldierdre]

lazy b may i ask how far off from graduation are you? reason is, being that you are already in school you could possibly join marine rotc there and commissionwhen you graduate

 

[al audi]

Originally Posted by ninjallamafromhell

If you want to make a career out of being an officer you need to be good at politics. I was enlisted Army so that's probably the most insight I can give.

interesting

think ive heard something like this before.

 

[lazy b]

Originally Posted by soldierDRE

lazy b may i ask how far off from graduation are you? reason is, being that you are already in school you could possibly join marine rotc there and commission when you graduate

I graduate in 6 months. My school doesn't have Marine ROTC, Navy ROTC or Air Force ROTC (last graduating class was in May). They are slowlybut surely phasing out ROTC at the university.

If you want to make a career out of being an officer you need to be good at politics.
Do you mean picking sides and trying to get in ones favor?

 

[retroflashbacks]

I'm not in the Corps so I cant really give you anything "real"..

but i have two close friends that are in the USMC..and one of them just graduated OCS in the Summer of 08. If you have any questions, shoot me a PM and illgive you their email address. I'm sure they'll be more than happy to help you out with any questions.

 

[BANLEU]

Bump cuz i know we got a few membera in the armed forces. Im also thinking about joining when i graduate in two years.

 

[solarius49]

dog im in the marines, 1/1 a company out in camp pendleton. im lookin to go to MECEP to get into OCS, but if u got USMC then ask me, i can tell u pretty muchanything. just dont join and be a POG....

 

[yungchris504]

I went through the PLC program(Marines). +%%% sucked I wont lie but it isn't all that bad. Pretty much they gauge your leadership ability in your case itwill be for 10 weeks. Tons of PT (you PT like 5 days a week) and I can't speak as far as the OCC program which is what you will probably do but with usthey crammed a whole lot of +%%% in 6 weeks. I can go on and on with this but what is it you exactly want to know about the Marine OCS? BTW I commission inMay.

 

[BANLEU]

Originally Posted by yungchris504

I went through the PLC program(Marines). +%%% sucked I wont lie but it isn't all that bad. Pretty much they gauge your leadership ability in your case it will be for 10 weeks. Tons of PT (you PT like 5 days a week) and I can't speak as far as the OCC program which is what you will probably do but with us they crammed a whole lot of +%%% in 6 weeks. I can go on and on with this but what is it you exactly want to know about the Marine OCS? BTW I commission in May.

PT = Physical Training? If so ho many hours a day?

What are you going to be doing when you commission? How is the pay? What are the chances of you going to Afghanistan?

 

[yungchris504]

Originally Posted by Mr Anleu

Originally Posted by yungchris504

I went through the PLC program(Marines). +%%% sucked I wont lie but it isn't all that bad. Pretty much they gauge your leadership ability in your case it will be for 10 weeks. Tons of PT (you PT like 5 days a week) and I can't speak as far as the OCC program which is what you will probably do but with us they crammed a whole lot of +%%% in 6 weeks. I can go on and on with this but what is it you exactly want to know about the Marine OCS? BTW I commission in May.

PT = Physical Training? If so ho many hours a day?

What are you going to be doing when you commission? How is the pay? What are the chances of you going to Afghanistan?

Yes for the PT. We trained for about 3 - 4 hrs a day with the remainder being in the class unless we had major field exercises. I don't knowwhat I am going to do yet new Lt's don't know until they are going through TBS but if I had a choice I would like to do Intelligence or CounterIntelligence. Chances of going overseas are likely but it depends on your job as well I am enlisted right now and I know many folks who have not left stateside. As far as pay goes I want to say average monthly salary is like 2500 + any BAH and other allowances.

http://www.militaryfactory.com/military_pay_scale.asp

 

[yungchris504]

Bump cause I knew someone had more questions.