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Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on September 22, 2009 at 4:16pm

Wow... you miss a lot when you're in class all day ;)
We didn't even get to lunch until about 2 or 2:30 the day Tim graduated because he had to check in to SWOS- they say it only should take twenty minutes but they have to wait for EVERY SWO in the class to get there before they will check any of them in, so it takes longer! We were sad not to be able to have a good bye lunch with Marsbars and her family :( We miss them already!
At 27's graduation, they wore their covers even though indoors the whole time, and yes, they did first salutes- they just did them on the stage :)

Comment by Tamme on September 22, 2009 at 12:48pm

Thank you.

Comment by Tamme on September 22, 2009 at 12:14pm

That's exactly what I was looking for, Leslie. Thanks so much!

Comment by Tamme on September 22, 2009 at 12:08pm

Thanks JB and Leslie. Do you think a 7:00 flight out of Providence is the safest flight to take on Friday?

Comment by Tamme on September 22, 2009 at 11:28am

Do you know the time schedule for Friday morning. Also, are the graduates permitted to meet with their families after graduation? Will the graduates be leaving the campus that day?

Comment by Tamme on September 22, 2009 at 11:03am

Please let me know if anyone has a schedule for the OSC graduation in order to schedule plane tickets. I am looking for November 6 but I assume every graduation runs the same schedule. Thank you very much.

Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on September 21, 2009 at 9:26pm

Technically, I think it is supposed to be in their name- I know my guy had to check me in when I came up. The rooms his family stayed in were also under his name- each active duty military member can sponsor up to three rooms. They were able to check in without him being there. But I know another girl who made it under her name (and she is a fiance, so she does not have a military ID) and her CO was able to check her in as the sponsor for her room. I would maybe call and double check? I wouldn't want you to get stuck without a room!!

Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on September 21, 2009 at 8:49pm

Just a tip for calling the navy lodge- we called a few times and they told us they were booked and we looked online and it said they were booked- but if you call the number John's mom listed and then hit extension zero, it puts you through to the front desk. One of the girls from our class found out when she went to visit that they reserve a certain number of rooms for online reservations, another batch for the 1-800 number and people who don't call right to the front desk, and then a much larger batch for people who call and get the front desk- we were able to extend our stay while there even though they claimed they were booked when we got help from the ladies at the front desk :)

Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on September 17, 2009 at 9:59am

Nancy- I am sorry to hear about what happened to Greg, but not at all surprised. Part of OCS is learning that on a ship, you are a team- one person's failure is EVERYONE's failure- entire classes will get beaten for one person's failure during the officer candidate phase. They can threaten to throw them out but no, they don't throw people out unless they DOR- and part of seeing if you can handle the stresses of being an officer is having people threaten you to see if you will crack. DF told me stories from when he was in H where they would take them into a room, scream at them for something that didn't actually happen, threaten to kick them all out, make their candi-o's do pushups, and see if they could get someone to crack and confess to something they didn't do. Afterwards, they would reward them for not cracking, but while it was going on, they were all so confused. Believe me, I didn't understand it either, and I never thought I would be able to have a good conversation with DF's DI. But when I actually went there and got to see things first hand and understood a lot more of the program, and most importantly DF understood it and was able to explain it to me, I understood and am actually really grateful to DF's DI. I would rather he be put through stress now and learn to deal with it than to have it happen in a life threatening situation on a ship and not know how to deal with it.

Comment by Fur&FeathersDVM on September 14, 2009 at 11:46am

I sure did :)
Here's pictures from the week I spent visiting him
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2334127&id=7723362&l=4a0914a364
Here's pictures from Change of Command, Hi Mom's, and Morning chow
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2335484&id=7723362&l=475e2e9a4e
And from graduation/commissioning
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2335662&id=7723362&l=aaadbff8c4
There are a lot... sorry I couldn't resisit ;) Hope you like them!

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