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Comment by M's mom on July 3, 2015 at 9:49am

GalleyMom:  ha ha!         When my son was in OCS, we were told to be CAREFUL about what we posted on our class's Facebook page because OCS was monitoring these pages!  Apparently there were instances where somebody posted about how mean and unfair a certain DI was, and it resulted in punishment for the candidates!   Make sure your class's Facebook page knows this.  You could post, "MY son says his DI "Smith" is the most respectful, encouraging, and motivating leader ever!"    LOL

BTW, when is your son's graduation date?

Comment by M's mom on July 2, 2015 at 11:03pm

Anna,

Thanks for the offer, but I hope I won't have to post a plea for bail money!   ha ha    I will just have to be more careful in knowing that Big Brother Navy is probably reading this also!

Since our sons are both in Intel, and don't tell us much about what they do, wouldn't it be ironic if one of them had the job  to monitor this website for subversive postings?   I hope my son doesn't email me sometime and write, "Mom, you've got to stop sharing so much on N4M's."  Me: "WHAT???"  hahaha

Comment by Anna on July 2, 2015 at 10:34pm

M'sMom,

Sorry you didn't know about who ran this site but I don't think you have to worry about men showing up at your front door!!!  I'm sure the Sec of the Navy has a sense of humor.  There are actually brochures the Navy put out about N4Ms.  If you have a recruiting office nearby see if they have any.  They are pretty sweet!!!!

Oh, if it the worst happens and they come for you, I'll be a character witness for you!!!!!!  ha ha ha

Comment by M's mom on July 2, 2015 at 8:31pm

Quilter:  Sorry, I see that I just called you "Quiter" in my comment below on Tricare!!!!!!!!   I don't see where this site allows one to "edit" a post, only delete it all and type it all again.  It's quicker just to apologize for the typo!   :-)

Comment by M's mom on July 2, 2015 at 8:25pm

Rosemom & ITgal:

I imagine it does take a special kind of person to serve on a submarine.  Of course, they can't be claustrophobic, and they must be able to get along with others in close quarters in a stressful environment.  When those nuclear subs submerge, they can be submerged for a LONG time!   I seriously doubt that I could do it myself.  I like to be ALONE now and then, and I doubt that there's any privacy on a sub!  Bless all the submariners for their service!

Comment by M's mom on July 2, 2015 at 8:11pm

Quiter:  I believe they fill out the paperwork for Tricare on the day they report to OCS, and I think they are covered from that point on.  My son took a flight physical three weeks into OCS and they determined that he had a heart valve anomaly that about one percent of the population have.  They sent him to the civilian hospital in Newport to have an MRI and all these cardiac tests to be sure it wasn't serious. 

You can imagine how concerned we were when our son called and said, "They think there is something wrong with my heart."  Yikes!  --And here he was doing all that running and physical training; I was afraid he might have a heart attack!  Turns out it was minor and likely never to cause him any trouble, even though it DQ'd him for flight. Whew!

My point of this story is that we started to receive some massive bills in his name at our home address from the civilian hospital and cardiologist consults etc. but Tricare paid for everything, thank goodness.    Your son should have dental coverage too, but not all civilian dentists accept Tricare.

Comment by ITgal on July 2, 2015 at 1:18pm

Rosemom, my son is Sub Nuke.  He had a battery of psych evals during the application process for NUPOC to determine whether character/personality traits are compatible with Subs.  Then the selection weekend puts them under stress to evaluate performance under those conditions.  But OCS really ratchets up the stress factor and they are evaluated throughout the program.  From a physical testing perspective, they look very closely at any respiratory issues.  There were 2 disqualified in my son's class for physical.  They both reclassed as surface Nuke.

Comment by Quilter on July 2, 2015 at 12:00pm

Thank you everyone!!! I will get my LO on it!! When I asked him this morning, he said all he could remember about OCS, was how to put his face in the mud, get yelled at 24/7 and do 100 push-ups on command LOL LOL LOL

Comment by CindyN on July 2, 2015 at 11:55am

Not sure if this is the best website for their benefits but you can find some info here: http://www.military.com/benefits/tricare/dental/tricare-active-duty...

As Tiggermanic suggested, checking with someone he is working with on OHARP may be the best source of information.

Comment by Tiggermanic on July 2, 2015 at 11:36am

I know their insurance is thru Tri-care but not sure about dental.  Your LO could probably ask someone he is working with if he is home on OHARP.

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