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Comment by M's mom on July 7, 2012 at 7:59pm

Dawn, my son is in 16-12.  My hubby and I post on FB 16-12 F & F as "Doug."  Thanks for all the help you've given us.  Just trying to pay it forward to 17-12!

Comment by Anna on July 7, 2012 at 7:47pm

M's mom,

She's supposed to go NFO if they don't end up offering her a pilot spot.  She's already a private pilot.

Dawn,

My daughter just got to Newport, she's in 17-12

Comment by Dawn on July 7, 2012 at 7:40pm

Ms mom. I see below in class 16-12. My son is 14-12

Comment by Dawn on July 7, 2012 at 7:39pm

Ms mom what class is your son in. My Sonia's at ocs now and is SNA

Comment by M's mom on July 7, 2012 at 5:19pm

Anna, you asked about what my son is going into after OCS.  He will go to Flight School in Pensacola, FL to be a pilot.   The Navy calls them SNA's (student naval aviators) until they earn their "wings".  Almost all of his current class, however, will be nuclear power officers on subs or ships.  There are only a few pilots among them.  What program is your daughter going into after OCS? 

Comment by M's mom on July 7, 2012 at 4:38pm

Anna, Make sure your daughter has your phone # memorized for that first call.  They store their cellphones away until week nine, and some of them don't know any of their loved ones' phone #'s--they're just used to scrolling down to MOM on their smart phone!  Make sure she knows your email address too.  About week two, you will get a "TEST" email from her with an incoming address of "Candidate Name @training.navy.mil"  You can answer this, but don't expect her to answer back until they have email privileges after week four.  You need to send her a list of all the email addresses she will need if she didn't take those with her.  They cannot get to the internet from the Navy's server, and to their usual contacts list on hotmail, gmail, etc. She will have to know the email addresses, and again, some people have all their contact info on their phone!

Comment by Anna on July 7, 2012 at 11:45am

M's mom,

Thanks for the info.  I've been reading up on all kinds of info on OCS.  This is new to me but I do have two other children who have gone in as enlisted.  In fact Jenn's twin sister enlisted right out of high school so she is out now.  My son has been in for 8 and reenlisted for another 6.  But Jenn is the first one to go the officer route - following in her father's footsteps.  Even he admits OCS is nothing like it was for him!!!

What program is your son going into after graduation?  Please keep the info coming - I'm soaking up all I can!!!!!

Comment by M's mom on July 6, 2012 at 8:57am

Hi Anna,  My son is in OCS class 16-12 which started on June 17.  As Dawn wrote, send a phone card(s) with her with LOTS of minutes, and stamps for letters.  Other than their first phone call on Sunday-Tuesday, they won't get phone privileges again and email until after week 4. (Our class got a 10 min phone call on July 4 for the holiday, but that was an exception.)    Your only contact with them after that first call will be by letter for 4 weeks.  There are strict rules about what they can receive in the mail, (until week nine when they become "Candidate Officers--Candios.")   Mainly, do not send any loose enclosures like photos in the letters, (except MAYBE phone cards and stamps) and definitely no musical cards, or decorated/colored envelopes.   DO NOT SEND FOOD, CANDY, or GUM, or any gifts.  Someone in my son's class got sent some cookies and had to do 800 PUSHUPS!  I will try to post the "Rules of OCS Mail" in the Files tab of your 17-12 FB page this weekend to help the rest of your class.  Tell anyone that you give your daughter's mailing address to about the rules, so they don't innocently send something forbidden, and your daughter gets in trouble. 

Comment by Anna on July 3, 2012 at 10:32pm

Dawn,

She was going to take her little laptop for later on when they get liberty so she can use it to go online.  I know they can't use their Navy computers for anything like that.

I will look into the 14-12 page.  Thanks

Comment by Dawn on July 3, 2012 at 10:23pm

They are not generally allowed electronics until after week 9 and that is their cell phone. I do not know about lap tops. They do have a computer in their room after week 4 and have an email address. They do not have much time to email. They say every DI is different. Not much contact at all the first 4 weeks. Join our 14-12 FB page. Same name as 17-12 just different class number. You. An read back on our posts. My son took his car also but only electronic he took was his cell phone. Have her take a rechargeable phone card that you can monitor and add minutes to. The pay phones take 15 minutes off just making a call. After week four they get pay phone privileges on Friday and Saturday evening and Sunday day.

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