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Comment by BoomMom on January 8, 2018 at 9:32pm

Anyone have a son or daughter scheduled for January 15th start at OCS in Newport?

Comment by redheadlass on January 8, 2018 at 8:28pm

Thanks, Glenni for the warm welcome.  Good luck to your son. My son did not make the Feb. 7 aviation board deadline as he is still awaiting his physical with MEPS. They are asking for additional information from him. But hopefully he will get that all done and be considered for the next board which I believe is in May 2018. 

Comment by Glenni on January 8, 2018 at 6:41pm

Rousse54, welcome, and I wish your son the best of luck. My son is studying aerospace engineering at Auburn in the NROTC program. He also hopes to become a pilot.

Comment by redheadlass on December 26, 2017 at 8:07pm

Thanks, everyone! He has been on top of his recruiter but the recruiter tells him right now is a very busy time and MEPS is processing a lot of people. I am fairly certain he will miss the February 2018 board and be considered for the next Naval Aviation  board, whenever that is! 

Comment by M's mom on December 25, 2017 at 9:20pm

Welcome rousse54.  Unfortunately, the military is very much "hurry up & wait."  With my son it was "wait, wait, wait,....now HURRY UP!!!"   He was accepted to OCS in 2012 right before his college graduation, but was told that there would not be a spot for him at OCS for about a year!  He was weighing his job options, not thinking he would be able to get a very good job if he was honest with a prospective employer that he would be leaving for the military in a year.  We were on a family vacation, as a last trip before his job search, when his recruiter called him and said he had to report to OCS in six weeks!!!!   It was a very unexpected whirlwind to get all of his stuff ready, memorize all the required Navy info, and try to get into OCS physical shape in just a few weeks, when he had been thinking he had a year!!!  

They have to learn to roll with whatever their orders are and whenever.   As others have posted, part of the game is showing the recruiter how badly you want it.  They want to see the perseverance and drive.  Gone are the days when the recruiters would pursue the candidates.  Now the candidates must show the Navy that they really, really want it, and they have the Right Stuff.  Tell your son to keep at it, and good luck to him!  

Comment by NYNancy on December 25, 2017 at 11:34am

Welcome rousse54!  My DS applied to OCS for pilot when he was 26, but he was enlisted at that time. Your DS needs to graduate from OCS prior to his 27th birthday. Looks like the deadline for the uponing board is Feb 16th. He should get on his recruiter everyday and do whatever takes to get the physical done and his package complete. I wish him all the best!

Comment by topdog1p on December 24, 2017 at 5:54pm

Hi and welcome rousse54. your DS sounds similar to my son's path to OCS. He worked as a mech. engineer in the PNW after college then made to the choice of joining the navy. He said  persevere in getting paperwork and appointments with the recruiter is key. He too experienced delays but finally did get his date to go to OCS to be a Nuke.  Good luck on this next adventure and looking forward to hearing DS has a date at OCS.

Comment by redheadlass on December 24, 2017 at 4:57pm

Just introducing myself to the group. My DS , who is 25, who has been working as an aerospace engineer for the last 3 1/2 years, has decided he wants to join the Navy and become a Naval Aviator. He has applied to OCS and has handed in all of the required paperwork but he still has to have his physical. He was hoping to be considered for the February 2018 board but now that the physical has not been completed he will probably not be considered till the following board in 2018.

Comment by Helomom on November 17, 2017 at 12:38am

M's mom and Glenni-It was an amazing trip. We had never taken a cruise before and now we are totally addicted! 9 cities and 4 countries without having to pack and repack. Pisa, Lucca, Villefranche, Montecarlo, Barcelona, Cartagena, Malaga, Gibraltar, Ibiza. It was wonderful.

Comment by Barb on November 15, 2017 at 12:00pm

Hi! For everyone sending Christmas stockings to the TR they have posted the address. Please don’t ship until next week though. *****The Box number has been added****

Mailing address
Our contact is the Command Master Chief of the ship and we will be mailing everything to him.

CMDCM Andrew V. Frederick
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71)
Unit 100250 Box 03
FPO AP 96632



Finally, please do not mail anything before next week. As mentioned before, the Command does not have the storage space to hold gifts. Thanks to everyone for all of your help!!!
I think they are supposed to say Navy for Moms Holiday Project on all sides of shipping carton.

****Another thing i forgot to mention for anyone that has never mailed a package to a military address. You must have a customs form for each package. ****

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