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"Rolling Back" in OCS
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Permalink Reply by JessicaB-Sailor Mom on
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My son is not an officer but I DO know that it is pretty common for this to happen...injury, grades, etc. Not a big deal..the main thing is to keep their eye on the prize at the end.
There will be more experienced officer N4M's to come along and give you better advice but just keep being encouraging, let him know that after OCS is over it will be MUCH better and it is SO worth it. I have a friend whose son graduated OCS this past spring and he had a lot of struggles but now is stationed in Pearl Harbor HI and loves doing what he's doing.
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Thank you for your encouragement! This is my first day on N4M's and I am so glad I discovered it!
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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My son is a nuke officer on a sub. He graduated from OCS in Mar 2007. He was rolled back (missed by 1 point) - due locker inspections (?). He was truly lousy at folding his laundry and shoe shinning. Extra threads were always coming out of the seams of his pant legs. He never wore anything other than flip-flops and golf shoes in college, never iron either. Those chores were all new to him. He was furious. The drill instructors laughed because my son was very very fit and had no problems with the academic portion. With his new class, a couple of prior-enlisted candidates helped him with polishing his shoes and ironing in exchange for tutoring on academics. My son said that saved him; otherwise, he would still be at OCS. Your son will be fine. You are welcome to relay this story to him. It's really not a big deal - so don't make it into something more than it should.
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Thank you sooooooooo much for this reply! I am going to write my son what you wrote me and I know that will help him! I know he will make me friends and will get through this. Your last sentence was the best! Thank you again
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You are welcome. Please tell him that rolling back has no effect on his future performance. My son is highly regarded by his superior officers in all the areas he has worked in. He probably wouldn't pass that locker inspection today.
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I have a question on mail. Can one enclose local newspaper clippings or are just written letters allowed? Thank you in advance for your advice!
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Permalink Reply by Fur&FeathersDVM on
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My husband rolled twice in OCS, once due to a leg injury and once due to pneumonia. He graduated about a month and a half later than scheduled. We were pretty worried about it because had he rolled one more class later, I would have missed the graduation/commissioning (I'm in veterinary school and there's no excuse for missing classes/surgeries, not even a once in a lifetime event for a family member). But it all worked out well- he made a lot of friends while in holding (one was even a groomsman in our wedding) and I made a lot of new friends from the spouses in his class (and one of those was one of my bridesmaids!). I found that morale was pretty low in "H", or the holding class, so I tried to send him a lot of motivational quotes and little news articles to remind him there's a world outside of OCS. Rolling happens so much there I remember at one point literally there was no more room for people in H- they had to send people back to classes early because they didn't have a place for them to live! And, thanks to graduating with the class he did, he got orders to the ship he wanted in the place he wanted. It all worked out for the best! Oh yes, and rolling definitely has nothing to do with their future performance- my husband is ranked #1 of the Ensigns on his ship after his first 7 months onboard. I think rolling didn't hurt him too much ;) And his class graduated on September 11th and had the Secretary of the Navy as their class speaker- I think having that experience made it worth it to him to stay a few more weeks ;)
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Thank you so much for your words of encouragement! They all have been very helpful. I hope by the next time I hear from my son his spirits will have recovered from this "delay." I think one of the toughest parts is that he made such great friends in his first class but I am sure he will do that again. Will he be able to see members of his first class at all?
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