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Comment by Jenna07 on May 14, 2018 at 12:31am

Thanks NOAM, I have found the facebook page for the class he will be in it looks like there are others who are helpful also on the site.  I was a marine wife and come from a very large family of military people so the process is not new but it is very different when it is your child.  I truly appreciate the support I have already found with those on this site.  Thanks again. 

Comment by NOAM on May 14, 2018 at 12:21am

congrats Helomom!

Comment by NOAM on May 14, 2018 at 12:21am

Hi Jenna07,

The FB group was especially helpful to us.  Some local parents actually went on base and were able to (discretely) take pics and captured our DS's group.  They posted the pics, so we actually 'saw' him the second week in which was a massive comfort.

Additionally, sleep is at a premium so if you get one letter in the first few weeks, they've given up sleep to send it to you.  By going on the FB site, as parents received letters, they could share with the group what was going on.  And because you are communicating regularly with the group of you in the same situation, you can help prop each other up as they go through the process. 

Take care.

Comment by M's mom on May 13, 2018 at 9:48pm

Welcome, Jenna07

You also might want to join the group here on Navy for Moms called "OCS Graduate Moms."  That group is specific to OCS, whereas some of the officers of the Moms in this group were commissioned through NROTC, and some went to the Naval Academy.  

We have several moms in the OCS group whose LO's (Loved Ones) were recently at OCS, so we have answered many questions for them.  Read back on that forum as far back as you can, and we may have already answered yours.

If you do Facebook, you also may want to check for a group of families and friends of your son's OCS class as soon as it starts.  Once you know your son's OCS class number, such as 16-18 for example, search Facebook for "Navy OCS Class XX-XX Friends and Families"  or similar wording, where XX-XX is the class number.  They are closed groups and you usually have to ask to join, but it was wonderful when my son was at OCS to connect with the families of his classmates, and share what we all knew of the goings-on.

Comment by Jenna07 on May 13, 2018 at 12:32am

Hi everyone I have my only child heading to OCS very very soon and found this site quite by accident.  I am reading as much information as I can to absorb the information for his new journey.  Not totally new to military as my family has lots of military personnel from all branches and I was once a Marine wife.  The Officer side is new.  Never thought I would have to know this type of information again but here I am in the thick of it with my child.  Doing my best to be as supportive and knowledgeable as I can be.  Wishing you all a very Happy Mother's Day! :)

Comment by Helomom on May 10, 2018 at 1:40am

M's mom - 21 years this month since he grabbed the brass ring.  He was commissioned into the Navy Nurse Corps in 1997 after 4 years NROTC, then got his wings as an unrestricted line officer in 2001. He was laughing today saying he now knows when he can retire, Sept 1, 2022. 

It will be great for you having your DS and DIL back stateside. Our DS and DIL are contemplating options on the next set of orders. GD is starting high school this Fall, that makes moving trickier. We hope they finish out here on the west coast. Only the Navy knows the future. 

Comment by Helomom on May 10, 2018 at 1:24am

Thanks, ITgal, Anna, and M's mom! We knew he had a lock on it but you just never know. Now we can breathe, I have been checking that ALNAV site for almost a month. 

Comment by Navy Mom (J) on May 10, 2018 at 1:06am

Ok ladies, got it. Thanks anyway.

Comment by M's mom on May 10, 2018 at 12:28am

Welcome Lisarenee,

Search Facebook for "Navy OCS Class XX-XX Friends & Families"  or similar wording, using your son's class number for XX-XX.  They are usually closed groups and you have to ask to join.  Also search FB for the "OTCNewport" page, because they post pictures of the current classes in training.

As someone else pointed out, join the "OCS Graduate Moms" group here on N4M's, and read back on the posts as far back as you can.  We have answered many questions recently for moms with LO's (Loved Ones) currently at OCS, so you may find the info you need there.   That group is specific to OCS, whereas some of the officers of the moms in this group were commissioned out of ROTC and some graduated from the Naval Academy.

Comment by M's mom on May 10, 2018 at 12:05am

Helomom,

Congratulations to you and the new Captain!  All of us here know how difficult is to make Captain in the Navy, so your son obviously has the right stuff.   Just curious, how many years now has he been in the Navy?

It now seems like a long time ago that your son and mine were both deployed on the USS Carl Vinson during that long tour in the Persian Gulf!  My son and his wife have been in Japan for 2 1/2 years, and will thankfully be coming back stateside in January to probably Ft. Meade, MD (Baltimore.)  All DS can/will say is, "It's a cyber unit."  He at first thought he would be at The Pentagon, but now says he has verbal orders to nearby Ft. Meade.   That will be MUCH closer to us here in Indiana than Japan.  ---Good, because they say they will try to start a family once they get back to the U.S.!!!!!!

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