Accelerated OCS – 2
Posted January 1st, 2010; Written by Brad
Ok I said I was going to wait until I was back.. then I thought I should talk a little about the NG process as it is different.
Accelerated OCS
Posted December 18th, 2009; Written by Brad
Really quick I just wanted to say that I will be keeping track of Accelerated OCS in AL Jan thru Mar (National Guard). I thought it might be cool to share the accelerated course with everyone. Because computers are not allowed and the course is fast paced (20 hours a day and 7 days a week for 60 days) I will just keep my notes and present them in Apr to include the Phase 0 we have for the National Guard.
See you in Apr!
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Submit a story!
Posted October 13th, 2009; Written by Doug
You might notice a new link on the right: you are now able to post your own stories about OCS to this site, for all to read. My goal with this is to broaden the experiences contained here. You all will have different experiences than I did: perhaps yours will help someone else out more so than my own, or perhaps you have some bit of advice on a particular event that you think might help another soldier out.
Well, now you can submit these stories and have them posted here. Just use the link on the right side or click here to send in your story. I will of course review them all and then post them.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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About Page updated.
Posted October 12th, 2009; Written by Doug
I finally got around to updating the about page, which you can see here. Still not a lot on there, but of course more than before.
I’ve kind of stalled in getting entries updated and cleaned up: I’ll try to continue working on that in the future. In other news though, I’m adding a major feature to the site in the near future: keep an eye out for it.
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Editing and Me
Posted September 6th, 2009; Written by Doug
Hello all,
I’ve begun to go through and clean up the entries, so the errors throughout should slowly but surely start to disappear. I plan to continue doing this until I’ve gone through them all, as well as adding to the FAQ and other things. I’ve also got it in mind to try to write some sort of guide for preparing for OCS, including what to bring, what not to bring, what to buy at Fort Benning, when to buy it, etc. Don’t hold your breath for it though: I’ll post it when I’m done. 
I also added a Google advertisement bar to the right. The goal is simply to pay site costs: anything extra will go to the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. I’m not looking to make anything off this site: your friendly comments are payment enough.
As far as myself, I am in the National Guard, so I am back home and have resumed my civilian job. We were usually busy at OCS, but never underestimate the amount of time that a job and family take. I almost feel busier back here! ‘They’ always say that a deployment is harder on the spouse than on on the soldier: having been deployed and gone for schools, take it from me, it is true.
More to come.
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OCS Day 81 (27/AUG/09)
Posted September 2nd, 2009; Written by Doug
Getting pinned!
Getting pinned!
Well, here I am. Graduation Day.
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OCS Day 80 (26/AUG/09)
Posted September 1st, 2009; Written by Doug
Me and my 2 older kids. I'm on lunch break from grad practice.
Me and my 2 older kids. I'm on lunch break from grad practice.
The day is almost here: graduation day is tomorrow.
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OCS Day 79 (25/AUG/09)
Posted August 30th, 2009; Written by Doug
My wife and I at our table.
My wife and I at our table.
Well if there had been one day I had been looking forward to throughout OCS, it would be Thursday. However, today definitely would take a close second, as today was the day my family came down, and tonight was the night of the formal.
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OCS Day 78 (24/AUG/09)
Posted August 26th, 2009; Written by Doug
We really only had one major goal for today – getting a supplemental issue of ACU’s. We also finished up our presentations of our professional reading assignments, including mine.
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OCS Day 76-77 (22/AUG/09 – 23/AUG/09)
Posted August 25th, 2009; Written by Doug
And that was the last weekend of OCS.