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My son will be leaving for OCS in March. This is all new to me. I am proud and scared at the same time.
Any advice on what to expect?
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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As a new member, you will have many questions. Save this message for quick access to the following groups that will help you. Just click on the underlined links:
New Moms Stop Here group. For new members, this group will be your orientation station.
Since your son is going to OCS, join these two groups. The second group will have subgroups (in form of Discussions with the group) for the specific dates associated each OCS class.
1. Moms of Officers.
2. OCS Graduate Moms
As for learning how to use this site, start with this blog.
Welcome New Members
Good luck,
Regards, BQBee (my son went through OCS in '07 - he is a nuke officer on a sub)
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Permalink Reply by melmft on
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Thank you so much for this information. I was so excited when I heard about the navyformoms website. I appreciate the advice and will join those groups.
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Permalink Reply by Fur&FeathersDVM on
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Congrats to your son! My husband went through OCS back in 09. It can be a scary and overwhelming experience, but you will do great!
One piece of advice- OCS is constantly changing. Every new officer I meet who's just come out has had a different experience than ones that graduated just a few months before. Back at the start of 2010, they completely revamped the program, and it just keeps changing. So take everything you read on the internet about it with a grain of salt because your experience is probably going to be different. My husband was injured several times there and every time he joined a new class the experience changed due to differences in leadership- differences in privileges, how much he could communicate with us at home, etc.
Another good website to check out is Officer Families. It was a great source of info for me while my husband was gone and the other girls who had SO's in my class and I got to be very close on there. Between that and Navy For Mom's, you will have plenty of support to help you get through this!
Also- if your son is interested- Navy OCS this website is for people going to OCS- my husband found it very useful in order to meet people from his class and to find out the best ways to prepare.
Best of luck to you and your son!
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