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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)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
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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 Liz on May 19, 2017 at 1:35pm
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I a new Navy mom. My son goes to OCS in late June. I don't know much about the process and what to do to support him. If anyone has any advice, I'd LOVE to hear it.
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Comment by Anna on May 18, 2017 at 9:56pm
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I'm saddened to hear that OCS stopped the first salute tradition. Because they were doing that when my daughter commissioned in 2012, my sailor son and other sailor daughter (twin sisters), were able to attend in uniform and joined the DI and CPO for the first salute. My profile picture is all three of my sailors in the drill hall after the ceremony!!! I've never had all three together in uniform any other time because the enlisted daughter got out!!!!
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Comment by M's mom on May 18, 2017 at 4:37pm
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Nancy, That's a great story about your son and his first salute! My son's class also designed and ordered challenge coins, but most kept them as souvenirs and used some other coin, not necessarily a silver dollar, for the first salutes. Just kind of a shame that OCS doesn't do it as a formal ceremony anymore. Probably a good idea to discontinue the Candio boxes, because a lot of what they were sent just got thrown out because they couldn't eat it all.
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Comment by Rachel on May 18, 2017 at 1:54pm
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Thank you, GalleyMom! I will join the group for the class ahead of him! Wow, good to know about the coins! I will tell his dad about it, too! Thanks so much!
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Wonderful, have sent a join request. Thank you, SWAF!
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Rachel, the unofficial family group on FB for your LO is 14MAY17 Navy OCS Class - Family & Loved Ones, where we give support and info. You'll find the official link there for the FB page for his actual class.
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Comment by Nancy on May 18, 2017 at 11:24am
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About the candio boxes, the reason (as we heard it) they stopped allowing food was that the drill instructors were disgusted at seeing the gorging on junk food, hahaha. I didn't mind not sending the food. At first I was disappointed I couldn't send treats, but then got past it and was able to put more thought into other items.
About the first salute, it is not done at OCS, but wherever you are after that. Some graduates got their first salute that very afternoon because they went to the NEX with their families and were still in uniform and were saluted outside. The graduates are given a coin to give to the person. For my son it didn't happen until a week later when he was on OHARP in Norfolk. He was saluted when he went on base for something and he returned the salute and then said, "excuse me <insert whatever rank the guy was>, I believe I owe you a coin for my first salute. I'm sure I don't deserve it, as you've been in the navy a lot longer than I have." To which the enlisted person replied "I'm sure you do deserve it, sir." And he was actually very pleased to receive the coin. So it is not an OCS tradition any longer, but this was really kind of cool for my son and the other guy.
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Yes, CL! That's it! Thank you so much!!
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Rachel--- Search for "Navy OCS Class XX-17 Friends & Family" where XX is his class number. Usually the class FB pages are started by a family member, not OCS, so you may have to make one yourself. Also search for the FB page "Officer Training Command Newport." This is the official OCS page and they post pictures of the candidates doing training, so you might get to see your son, although the guys all look alike with their shaved heads!
Search for the Facebook pages of the OCS classes numerically before your son's class and ask to join those also. That helps for questions and to see what they are up to three weeks ahead of your son's class.
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Rachael - Search for "14MAY17 Navy OCS Class - Family & Loved Ones" on Facebook. Could that be the group for your LO's class? There is no set format for the name so you might need to search a bit. They usually have "Navy OCS" in the group name but after that may use based on report date or class number.
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