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Comment by myvampress on January 10, 2017 at 8:30pm

Charlene,
I just talked to my son to find out about when graduation would be. He said it is 12 weeks from when you start unless you roll and then it adds 2 weeks for each time you roll. Hopefully that will give you a general idea

Comment by myvampress on January 10, 2017 at 8:03pm

Charlene,
Do not depend on the graduation date set, if for some reason your son rolls the date will change. Each time they roll the date for their graduation changes so I will wait until he gets further along

Comment by Charlene on January 10, 2017 at 6:29pm

Hello I have a question I think I remember someone saying that there is a date set for OCS graduation. If this is true where would I find this information?

Comment by Charlene on January 9, 2017 at 11:50pm

Marmite
Thanks for sharing and all the great information

Comment by Charlene on January 9, 2017 at 11:49pm

Myvampress
Thanks for sharing about the roll backs. It will be good to be prepared in case my son is rolled back I can be prepared to offer encouragement. Thanks again! I off to write a letter

Comment by Charlene on January 9, 2017 at 11:47pm

Hi Lucy Jo
Thanks for all the info! My son is in for the supply corp.

Comment by LucyJo on January 9, 2017 at 11:40pm

Charlene, my son is at OCS right now and is one class ahead of yours. Mine is in the 07-17 so yours will probably be 08-17. My LO is on track, but many have moved back and will be with your son. Just pray a lot and write letters. One bid rollable event happens Fri of week 2 called Fast Cruise. It is intense physically and several "roll". The next is one week later and it is the big inspection the moms have mentioned call RLP. Your class FB page is up--search 08Jan17 Navy OCS. Be prudent with what you post here. I have mostly just been a stalker at the request of my son--lots of posts from the young wives. What is your son in the Navy for after OCS?

Comment by Marmie on January 9, 2017 at 4:46pm

Similar to myvampress I would put together a "package" in each of my letters. All printed out since my handwriting is awful. I would include an update on what was going on around our house, football scores (he was there in the late fall to Feb), an article on his football team (usually a negative since he knows how I dislike his team). Upbeat stores from the internet. I found a couple of sites with navy trivia that I would send. I also included a couple of Sudoku and crosword puzzles. Just things to take his mind off of OCS stuff and let him know what was going on in the real world. I kept it up until his Candido time - he really did fly by fast. And I kept watch on the FB page to see pictures of him which I also mention in my letters.

Comment by myvampress on January 9, 2017 at 4:32pm

Charlene,
Definitely keep the letters, news clippings, etc going his way. I would sometimes sit and write my son 5 times a day but would date them different days and number the envelopes so I can mail 1 or 2 a day. People would ask what the heck I was writing about with all the letters. I would write about football scores and news mostly since they don't have TV time (although he would get the scores from the Drill Instructors). I would also write encouraging stuff like no matter what I am very proud of him and would tell him what I have learned from others about what challenges were coming up and I knew how great he will do and to just hang in there since it is only temporary and he will be done. If for some reason he gets rolled back still keep boosting him up, my son really enjoyed being rolled back because it kind of gave him a break and helped him prepare for what was ahead so it made him more knowledgeable. I found the ruler things I told you in an earlier post that my son wanted me to order for him to help with his uniform inspections, I just have to figure out how to post them to you.

Comment by CindyN on January 9, 2017 at 2:07am

Charlene - Your note brings back a lot of memories! I remember how hard that was. Those first few weeks I remember asking my husband multiple times "why did we let him do this?1?" But I have to say, after about week 3, when they are able to call, it became easier for me. Hang in there. Both you and your son will make it through this. The man (or woman, for others of you) that develop during OCS and you meet at graduation is pretty awesome. These young men and women who volunteer and get selected for Naval Officers are so impressive. It gives me so much hope for our future.

Please let us know how things are going for both you and your son. All of the candidates really support each other at every stage of their training. And we are here to support you.

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