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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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For those who have graduated from Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI or who are currently attending there.
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Comment by Noni on June 22, 2017 at 7:44pm
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There should already be a OCS class for the specific class your LOS is going into
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Comment by Liz on June 22, 2017 at 7:06pm
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I've started a Facebook page for the 16 June17 OCS group that reports on Sunday June 25. Search for 16-17 Navy OCS FAMILY & FRIENDS and request to join. Please spread the word to all F&F of our LO's class!!
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Comment by Mamaplata on June 22, 2017 at 1:40am
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Thank you for all the great tips and hints. I appreciate the moral and practical support from fellow moms!
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Mamaplata,
This may sound really silly but make sure he knows the Marine Corp Hymn. He will be trained and beat down by Marines. My daughter Graduated OCS October 31 2014. She was class 02-15 Hotel. Meaning the second class of the fiscal year 2015. Her class was devided in two groups, Golf and Hotel. Your son may be Alpha/Bravo , Charlie/ Delta etc. The two classes will compete in drills. With my daughter being out three years there have been many changes. I have been told Candio boxes are no longer, First Salute is no longer, things that our LOS looked so forward to. If I can be of any help you can friend me. My daughter is a SWO / ASWO / EDO. She has spent 1 tour on ship (2years) and is doing a partial year (1year) until she leaves for MIT , in Boston. Where she will become a Nuclear Engineer.
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Mamaplata, If your son will be reporting to OCS on Sunday, make sure he knows your phone number and email address from memory. His cell phone will be taken and stored as soon as he arrives, and he will be calling home from a public phone, so he must know your number. Same thing when he gets email, he will not have access to his usual email program and contacts list, so he must type in the complete address..
To you and any other new OCS Moms, read back as far as you can on this comment wall, and also the "Discussion Forum" topics above. We have probably answered many of your OCS questions already. Much has changed at OCS since my son graduated five years ago, so I have to defer to the more recent grads' moms on specific questions of how things are done now.
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Robertsmom: My son graduated from OCS 5 years ago, and much has changed, but we did not need TWO forms of ID to get on the base, just a driver's license or such for every adult in our car, and the gate guards checked them against the list, which was submitted by our son. Back then, I don't think he had to submit his graduation list until a week or two before graduation, to be sure he was going to graduate with that class. They are allowed email privileges after about week 4 and we just sent him our list by email. Yes, "NMNW," they do ask for social security numbers, I believe, so they can do background checks, but you are emailing to a closed government server that handles military email, so it is probably safer than public email. If you don't give your SS number, they probably can refuse entry. Can't be too careful these days to let possible security risks onto a military base under the guise of going to a graduation.
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Mamaplata: As Robertsmom pointed out, LO = "Loved One." It's not really military lingo, but kind of Facebook & forum shorthand, such as DS= Dear Son, DIL= daughter -in-law, etc. When we are referring to your OCS officer candidate, we don't know if it is your son, daughter, spouse, etc. We even have some Grandmas here on N4M's, so we just refer to all the candidates as Loved Ones, because that is certain!
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Welcome Mamaplata!
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Thanks so much for all of the input!
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Welcome Mamaplata!
LO is loved one. As far as travel plans, don't book anything that can't be cancelled or changed. There are numerous reasons your LO's graduation date may change, right up to the end. If they do not pass an inspection or become ill or injured, they will get rolled into H class then join the next OCS class which is 3 weeks behind them.
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