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Comment by JLR on September 3, 2015 at 1:23am

Great to hear your husband passed, TxNavyWife.  I wonder if my son is one of those your husband is helping out.  We're all thinking good thoughts for his RLP tomorrow.  

Comment by TxNavyWife on September 2, 2015 at 11:58pm

Hello ladies! 

Just want to pop in and give a quick up date! My husband just passed the 6 week inspection, so things are looking pretty good. 

He did mention today that the lack of typical email today was due to helping out the current indocs. He was out helping them get prepared for their RLP. I know he made at least 1 bed. So those of you who have loved ones preparing for RLP, they've got some good guys helping them out.

I also wanted to ask, since the info on google mostly seems kind of out dated, What exactly is appropriate to wear for the graduation events? I know there is "Hi Moms", is this typically cocktail/dressier side of dress? I've heard the graduation itself is sort of sundress/Sunday best. Is that accurate? And is there (and when?) a PIR that I can attend as well? What is appropriate to wear for that? Officer graduation makes bootcamp PIR look like child's play!

Comment by OkieMom on September 2, 2015 at 1:20pm

Thank you GalleyMom and bkell32. I really appreciate the helpful tips and advice! I will look for the Facebook group! Hoping to get to talk to my son this weekend!

Comment by sunnyday on September 2, 2015 at 10:28am

My son rolled earlier this year after failing RLP.  It's heartbreaking to hear the anguish in their voice when they call with the news.  My son actually DOR'd after that, but they convinced him to stay in and he rejoined the next class and graduated.  I've found that sympathetic listening and encouraging him to not make an emotional decision is the best support I can offer him.  Rest assured, rolling is not the end of the world and they will survive it.  

Comment by M's mom on September 2, 2015 at 9:41am

OkieMom: Yes, it is very disappointing to them to roll back to H Class, but several from each class do, and they usually wind up being stronger candidates afterwards, and are assigned leadership positions in their new class.  Search back on this comment wall for comments by other Moms whose candidates had rolled earlier this year.  They all did fine afterwards, and graduated, so tell your son to be positive.  He will get through it, as many others have.   

Hopefully, some others Moms whose kids have rolled at OCS can comment here and reassure you!

Comment by M's mom on September 2, 2015 at 9:26am

GalleyMom:  Glad you had a wonderful time at graduation, and to hear your DS is getting settled in Norfolk!   You'll have to visit Norfolk sometime before he deploys.   Just curious: did your son's class do the "First Salutes" ceremony by giving their DI and PO a coin?   Someone said they had discontinued that, and I thought it was a shame to discontinue such a tradition.  They took official pics of our son's First Salutes, and included it in the photo pack we were sent.

Our DS and DIL were just here visiting last weekend for 4 days!   He had saved up all of his 30 days annual leave (since he was deployed) and then he was given two weeks' travel time to get to his next duty in CA, so he has six weeks of paid leave.  He and wife are now vagabonds on an extreme road trip around the US and Canada in a little Fiat 500!  They left Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (near Seattle) on August 1 and are visiting far-flung family and friends all over the US, and seeing all the tourist sights.  They're young and childless, so why not?  (It sounds exhausting to me.)  

They will wind up in Monterey, CA on Sept 21 where DS will be in school for 90 days learning his next Navy job, then after Jan 1 they will head to Japan for 3 years! 

It was great to have them here for a few days so I could "mother" them both a little!  (Homemade cookies, anyone?)  I even got my son to go through his childhood room and throw out a bunch of stuff and pack up some to go to Goodwill, which I had been trying to get him to do since he graduated college.   Hopefully, I can drag hubby along to visit them in Japan sometime.  He's not keen on the idea.

Now the real Navy adventure begins for your family and your son!  Anchors aweigh!!!

Comment by OkieMom on September 2, 2015 at 12:24am

Thanks for the info, bkell32. My son is also restarting with 03-16.

Comment by OkieMom on September 1, 2015 at 1:28am

Thank you, JLR. Both our sons are going to get through. And you are so right. Graduation is the ultimate goal!

Comment by JLR on September 1, 2015 at 12:32am

I'm so sorry, OkieMom.  My son started on the 16th, too.  So far, so good, but I can tell that he's worried. It seems as if there are a million things that they can do wrong.... But I've heard that even if you roll, most get through and graduate (which is,after all, the important thing here), and they usually act as leaders in the class they roll into.  

Comment by OkieMom on August 31, 2015 at 11:51pm

Hello all! My son began OCS in Newport on Aug 16. We got a short phone call from him a few days ago and he had been rolled. He was devastated. He was trying to make himself yell louder and accidentally touched the other guy's nose with his nose. How fatal of a mistake is this???

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