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Comment by M's mom on August 29, 2015 at 9:09pm

GalleyMom:       Hope you had a good time in Newport at graduation and commissioning!    Did your son get to come home for a while before he has to report to his next station?

Comment by M's mom on August 16, 2015 at 10:04pm

TxNavyWife:  That's good news!  Probably the issue with prior enlisted email is that they were issued an official Navy email address before, and that has to be changed to an officer's email now.  But one would think that there are prior enlisted often enough at OCS, that they would know what to do by now!  

You are right about the military being a never- ending test of patience. My son has only been commissioned for three years and has had his patience tested many times already.  He has been the recipient of completely contradictory information from two different superior officers, and then HE was held responsible for the confusion!!!!!!!!

I'm not sure I personally would have enough patience to be in the military since my tolerance for that sort of thing is pretty low, but my son has thankfully learned to roll with it.  "Semper Gumby" they say. ("Always flexible.")

Comment by TxNavyWife on August 16, 2015 at 5:01pm

Got a 15 min call from the hubby today! Passed RLP and has moved into a new room. There is supposed to be email now, but there is an issue with the prior enlisted's emails. Sigh. Military is a never ending test of patience it seems!

Comment by TxNavyWife on August 15, 2015 at 3:43pm

As far as I know 5 out of 56 in his group did not pass the first go around, and 6 out of the other (likely equally sized group). I'm hoping they all managed to pass their do over. 

Some got phone calls from their SO's who needed some missing paper work, and they said that we should be getting a phone call this weekend, so the phone is glued to my hand.  Can't wait for that email to start coming though!

Comment by M's mom on August 14, 2015 at 9:55am

TxNavyWife:  Hope your hubby and the rest of his class passed RLP.  It's always a big relief to the candidates (and the families) when they pass that.  They will now get email privileges so you will hear more from him than with snail  mail. There are still more big inspections to come but RLP is the worst!

Comment by TxNavyWife on August 12, 2015 at 10:29pm

Class 01-16 could use some prayers and good vibes for tomorrow. They should be doing their RLPs. Yikes!

Comment by M's mom on August 10, 2015 at 9:19pm

Quilter:  Good to hear from you again, and glad to hear your son is starting flight school.  I'm sure he is "chomping at the bit" as they say, to get going!!   I'm sure he will do well, since he is already a pilot.

Comment by Quilter on August 10, 2015 at 9:14am

 navyblessing2015,  My LO's GPA was 3.6. He graduated with a  professional pilots degree. He graduated OCS this past summer and is now starting Flight school. It also took just a little over a year for the application process. OCS is tough... when you graduate from OCS you are among the elite. Have your LO work out as much as possible. My LO worked out with a Navy Seal for 7 months.  Physically he was prepared. He was the class Guidon (class flag bearer) but and I mean BUT.... Mentally he went in thinking "I've got this" in the 4th week he failed RLP (by 1 point..Room,Locker, and Personal Inspection, and it's a lot harder than it sounds!!) and was sent back 4 weeks!! That ended up being the best thing for him... yes he was devastated, yes he questioned should he be there... but he stuck to it!! So yes physically he was prepared.. they couldn't break him...mentally they did what it took to break him.. You will become very aware of Rollable Events (test that will send your LO back 4 weeks) if that happens, just breathe, and write your LO everyday.  Rollable events happen throughout OCS, we knew nothing about them!!! We found out the hard way..so prepare yourself and your LO before entering OCS.   You are about to climb abroad the most exciting Roller Coaster of your Life!! Best of Luck to your LO we are so proud of all the LO's coming out of OCS!! 

Comment by topdog1p on August 9, 2015 at 8:15pm

Navyblessing2015 i am not sure what my LO gpa was i do know he graduated Cum Laude and to get that you must have at least a 3.65. I do know in just he major his gpa was much higher closer to 3.8 

Comment by topdog1p on August 8, 2015 at 12:45am

not sure when yet but yes he will be eventually going to SC in dec or feb. He is trying to fit in sub school first and i am not sure where that is. it is getting close enough that i amplanning what to wear to Hi moms on thurs and then graduation. plane ticket bought and motels booked. just sent his candi-o box yesterday with homemade goodies just as he requested. you have so much to look forward to watching your daughter process thru OCS the waiting for news from them and waiting for pictures on the officer command training fb page. 

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