I just got home from graduating from USMC OCS. I’m pretty excited about it, but I still have a year of classes left before I can commission. I lost about 15 pounds, but I’m hoping I can get it all back in about two months. I look forward to reading about all of your crazy shenanigans again!
Oorah Marine! Congrats! Thanks for your service (in advance) and don’t forget to treat the Grunts right!
Congrats man!
Now go have a well deserved buffet and some hot tail.
[quote]JN7844 wrote:
Congrats man!
Now go have a well deserved buffet and some hot tail.[/quote]
Thank you! I made a massive amount of chicken fajitas last night, had my girlfriend over, and got 14 hours of sleep. I’ll call that a massive check in the box for some mental and physical recuperation.
OOH RAH Devildog!
Don’t become on of those douchey officer types that the enlisted guys (and girls) avoid like the plague.
That’s one thing I love about the airwing, is the pilots were all pretty fucking cool
I hear that a lot. Especially from prior enlisted guys. I’ll definitely avoid drinking the “act like a douche” kool-aid that seems to be so common.
On a side note, how the hell does 15 pounds of weight loss convert to 50 pounds lost on lifts? Maybe I should have taken a week off before going back into lifting. I don’t feel fatigued, but I probably am, and am just so used to the feeling that I don’t notice it anymore. Who knows, I’ll see if getting 10 hours of sleep a night for the next week helps.
Congrats, dont worry about the lifts. You havent moved anything heavy in a while it takes a bit to get the CNS back to handling heavy loads.
Congrats man. Maybe I’ll see you downrange sometime.
My recruited just called me to let me know I was accepted into Army OCS
Congratulations, sir!
Congrats and welcome aboard boot. Enjoy pre-TBS leave, PM me if you have any questions about TBS, mos selection, life in the fleet, lifting while at TBS, etc. Getting the hell away from Brown Field is an awesome feeling.
[quote]Mettahl wrote:
I just got home from graduating from USMC OCS. I’m pretty excited about it, but I still have a year of classes left before I can commission. I lost about 15 pounds, but I’m hoping I can get it all back in about two months. I look forward to reading about all of your crazy shenanigans again![/quote]
Congrats man, I know parris island was a bitch but I’ve only heard stories of how bad OCS is. Your certainly on the right path on knowing there is a type of officer you don’t want to become. IMO, watch band of brothers, the pacific, and generation kill to see the sort of guy you want to be and obviously who not to be.
What sort of service you planning on doing? Infantry? or…infantry?
Congrats man, I know parris island was a bitch but I’ve only heard stories of how bad OCS is. Your certainly on the right path on knowing there is a type of officer you don’t want to become. IMO, watch band of brothers, the pacific, and generation kill to see the sort of guy you want to be and obviously who not to be.
What sort of service you planning on doing? Infantry? or…infantry?[/quote]
Absolutly watch Generation Kill, and Lt Fick’s book is a good read with some good guidance as well. I also reccomend Blood Stripes (a little bit on the motarded, ooh rah, yut yut side, at times, but once you get past that it does a great job of getting into the mind sets of your NCOs) The Passion of Command is a good one as long as you don’t chug the Kool Aid too much, and War Fighting is a must. “On Infantry” and “On Combat” are good, I personally think that “On Killing” has lost some of its relevance given the current generation of war fighters, however I’m sure that plenty out there will disagree with me on that.
Having commanded a Weapons Platoon in garrison, a rifle platoon in Iraq, and an Engineer Company in garrison, I will tell you that there is nothing more fullfilling than commanding an infantry platoon, infantry is the realest most Marine MOS out there.
Also crossfit is ghey don’t fall into the trap.
Why would On Killing lose some it’s relevance? I’m just curious.
[quote]njworkoutguy wrote:
lifting while at TBS… [/quote]
This is a big one. How possible is it to lift regularly during that six months?
Mettahl
Its very possible to lift while at TBS, in fact the only time I didn’t lift at TBS was when I was in the field. Most of your peers there just aren’t into the training lifestyle so they will find excuses not to lift. I lifted all through MCMAP and range week with no problem, at times it will suck but if you really want to you’ll do it. Also weapons training bn has a 24 hour gym so theres literally always time to lift.
FightinIrish
I think alot of the stuff in On Killing about guys not pulling the trigger and not wanting to kill have changed given the way many guys in the service have spent their youths. Playing War Related video games, Call of Duty is much more realistic than Contra. Not to mention the realistic training packages that we go through now ie Mojave Viper. While none of this replaces the actual experience of combat and the first time that rounds are coming at you, I think it does condition you to better understand why and when to pull the trigger. With that said I think that On Combat has become much more applicable to this generation of warfighters and a large part of predeployment training for combat arms units (at least in the Marine Corps) is based on On Combat.
BTW, i don’t mean to shit on On Killing, I think it still makes some valid points, I just personally happen to think that On Combat is more relevant and current, as it gives the reader more insight into the mind and body’s natural reaction to some of the immediate stresses of combat, and gives a very accurate idea of some of the things you will experience when you have your first contact.
Congrats! Lead from the front and never ask a Marine/Soldier/Airmen/Sailor (yes, you may be in charge of all services from time to time) to do something you wouldn’t do yourself! Set the the example!!!
(I would say Semper Fi, but I don’t want to cross that line!!!)
RLTW
and back to lurking I go
[quote]1ranger3 wrote:
Congrats! Lead from the front and never ask a Marine/Soldier/Airmen/Sailor (yes, you may be in charge of all services from time to time) to do something you wouldn’t do yourself! Set the the example!!!
(I would say Semper Fi, but I don’t want to cross that line!!!)
RLTW
and back to lurking I go[/quote]
^best avatar ever
Congrats! Seems from your posts you have a good head on your shoulders. Even though you out rank them, you can learn a lot from NCO’s. Enjoy your time in the Corps. What’s your MOS? (It better be 0300, Sorry if I missed in past posts.