This guest post courtesy of our friends at Marine OCS Guide. I would highly recommend you study all the great information they have up, and of course, send the below to your friends and family! While at Officer Candidates School, receiving mail is often one of the most enjoyable moments of any candidate’s day. However, there [...]
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Do you feel like you have so much information about OCS that you don’t want to be any better prepared? Of course not! Check out this real training schedule for OCS in 2008. While this is a few years old, I bet a 1989 OCS schedule would still be nearly identical to one today. Regardless, [...]
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Set your new Second Lieutenant up for success at The Basic School! Reader and Marine Spouse Jill S had some great ideas for gifts that will definitely come in handy at TBS: I got my husband a JetBoil stove and a Leatherman to use at TBS. My husband also suggested some other practical things to [...]
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Candidates, there are so many motivators out there who bother me every day with questions like, “What more can I do to prepare for OCS?” that I am debuting a new series of posts. This summer’s posts will give you plenty of ways to use up all your time before OCS to get ready or [...]
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Candidates, there are so many motivators out there who bother me every day with questions like, “What more can I do to prepare for OCS?” that I am debuting a new series of posts. This summer’s posts will give you plenty of ways to use up all your time before OCS to get ready or [...]
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A candidate asked me the following question. Since it’s an important question, I’m making a post out of it to have higher visibility for everyone to see where I”m coming from Candidate Jessica’s Question: Hi! I am shipping out on May 20th! I am very excited but super nervous! I am not worried about the [...]
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“Help! How can I beat the tough odds at OCS for females? If you’ve wondered that, than your not alone. In my graduating class, less than 20% of females were remaining. Most of these went immediately to a delay at TBS due to injury. Scary figures, right? If you are intimidated or discouraged by these [...]
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“What should I get a graduating or commissioning candidate?” is a question asked by many family members unfamiliar with the Corps. The following were my favorite gifts when I graduated OCS and commissioned (on the same day). -Second Lieutenant Challenge Coin -OCS Coin -Engraved Kabar Knife (2nd Lt First Last/Date of Commissioning) -A USMC doormat [...]
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Although much of the time at OCS is spent in classroom time, and academics are 25% of candidates’ final grades, tests are probably one of the easiest challenges to overcome at OCS. Academic failures do send some candidates home, but in my experience leadership and physical fitness send more. Academics takes a very routine process [...]
Continue Reading →I just made a great find on OCS academics. These are real scans of chapters out of the 2009 (I think) Student outlines book, which you will call your “Knowledge” while at OCS. This is the real curriculum. If you are a motivator and want a leg up, having this stuff memorized would put you [...]
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This blog is by a graduate of OCC-202, fall 2009 and current Marine Corps officer.
My goal is to help other young patriots to prepare for OCS, and commission as officers in the United States Marine Corps.
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