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Comment by LucyJo on January 13, 2017 at 11:41pm

Great information. Thank you!!

Comment by M's mom on January 13, 2017 at 11:21pm

 LucyJo:

Graduation used to be on Friday morning, 9 or 10 AM as I recall.  Everything is pretty much over by noon.  If the new Ensigns have their orders by then, they are free to go after they check out of the barracks.  Depending on their orders they may get to go home with their family, or they must head out to their next duty station immediately to report on Monday!   Fortunately, my son's orders gave him 10-days' travel time to report to his next duty station, so he was able to buy a plane ticket home on the same flight as us.  (He had flown to Newport to OCS and didn't drive there.)   So he was able to come home with us, relax a little, then gather his belongings and drive to Virginia Beach to his next school.  Some of the ensigns are sent home to work in the recruiting office if it will be a few months before the next class in their specialty starts.  The orders usually don't come in until the last week, so you can't make firm plans.  My son's orders didn't arrive until Wednesday before graduation Friday, so we didn't know if he would be coming home or not.  There are usually a few in each class who do not have their orders yet on Graduation Day, and they must stay at the Naval Station until the orders come, maybe days or weeks!

Comment by LucyJo on January 13, 2017 at 1:50pm

Can anyone who has been through graduation tell me what time it usually is on Friday? We will likely be going early March so it will be inside.

Comment by LucyJo on January 13, 2017 at 12:11am

They still wear the poopie suits. Ugh. You can see them on the OCS website. Pictures will post every Tuesday (usually) so may get to see your LO. I look at all the classes by week to see what is coming up next. They move I to their NWU uniforms during week 3 (blue camo). Did you find the FB page?

Comment by M's mom on January 12, 2017 at 11:03am

When my son was at OCS in 2012, the Poopie Suits were these really ugly, baggy, green coveralls that the Indocs (Indoctrination Candidates = the new OCS class in their first three weeks) had to wear, along with these purposely stupid-looking silver helmets.  That way, anyone could see who the Indocs were by the poopie suits.  After week three, it was a rite of passage to get to wear a REAL uniform, and then the new Indoc class coming in had to wear those coveralls.   

Things change constantly at OCS, depending on current command, so that's why I can't say exactly how things are done there now.

Comment by LucyJo on January 12, 2017 at 1:21am

Your class FB is up. It is OCS Class 08-17 Family. That will be good help for what is happening now.

Comment by Charlene on January 12, 2017 at 1:20am

Thanks for all the great info! I will take a "wait and see" attitude and not worry about airline tickets yet. My son is a little older than most, I think, so while he was running and staying in shape the physical stuff might give him trouble. I will look forward to a letter or a phone call in a few weeks to hear about his experience

Comment by myvampress on January 12, 2017 at 12:00am

Charlene,
M's mom is right, rolling sets them back 3 weeks not 2. I talked to my son tonight and asked him about rollable events and this is what he told me.
*PRT/BCA which is their physical readiness test is Rollable (sits ups, running, weigh in and body measurement, etc).
They will have Fast Friday but it is not Rollable.
*Fast Cruise is another rollable event which is where they get up really early, pack their sea bags with about 50lbs of their clothes and gear and then run up and down the stairs and what not carrying it in front of you but he said it has changed from what he heard and now they take you outside and you run up and down a hill and they set a timer and if you either pass out (normally from dehydration) or the timer is up and they lock the door and you don't make it in the door on time you get rolled.
*RLP is Rollable which is the Room, locker and personal inspection.
*He said General Quarters is tough but not rollable
*Tests from classes/academics have to be 70% or higher but are not hard to achieve.
*NAV and NOS (Navagational) test is at about week 8, it is rollable but not common to roll.
*Week 6 inspection with Khakis uniform and week 8 inspection with either dress whites or dress blues are both rollable but again they are not common to roll on
*Capstone which is their fun type activities such as fire training, water training, etc is rollable but no one ever rolls on these and Capstone is right before Candio and they will get their cell phones after Capstone.
*Any PRT (physical readiness test) is Rollable and they have 4.
My son said that he also heard that OCS brought back Poopie Suit... I am not sure what it is but he said if you look up old OCS videos that they will have it up there.
I hope this helps you and doesn't confuse you.

Comment by LucyJo on January 11, 2017 at 10:59pm

Charlene,
The FB link I sent a couple days ago is for the recruits-not the families. From the chatter on our FB page, I think a family member of one of the recruits who rolled will be starting your class FB page. I will let you know and you can keep watching for it.

Comment by M's mom on January 11, 2017 at 10:02am

"Rolling" used to add three weeks, not two weeks, because OCS started new classes every three weeks, and the candidate joined the class behind them if they rolled.  --Unless they are now starting OCS classes every two weeks.  

In any case, it is best not to buy non-changeable plane tickets to graduation until he is further along.  There were some in my son's class who got into big trouble the weekend before graduation for drinking or whatever, and they rolled them back!!!!!!   (I'm sure their families with plane and hotel reservations were not real happy!)

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