Today was a good day.
For morning PT we did some student led stuff.....not really exciting to me but better than sitting around for sure.
The rest of the morning we had a test on ethics, military justice, and leadership. I ended up missing 3 out of 40 on the test which wasn't the best, but in the upper 50% for sure. I really need to study more for that stuff.
The afternoon we did what is called a Leadership Reaction Course. It is like an obstacle course but most of the obstacles are over water and some can be complicated to negotiate. This is not a test if you can get through the obstacle but a test if you can lead your team correctly. Although we did not get everyone across the obstacle for mine I scored max points for the leadership part so I was happy.
Tonight I put the finishing touches on my paper on Officership and the Constitution. I had my dad look it over and he offered a few suggestions on the wording of some points. I think it turned out pretty good for what it was supposed to be.
3 comments:
Nolan: How would you characterize OCS compared to basic training as an EM?
So how was your weekend? I heard you had family coming to visit?
Although basic training has changed somewhat since I went through in the early 90's the principles are still much the same I'd imagine. Also OCS has changed much in recent years, it was evidently much closer to being just an extended basic than it is now.
First off we have much more freedom. We do not have a drill sgt. running through the barracks rolling a trashcan to wake us up, in fact we have rooms with only 3 people in them compared to the open bays I had in basic. We are also made to run much of the class, the daily formations are all run by the students. Except for PT and major events there are generally only one or two cadre members present. We are (the student leadership) given a schedule for the day and expected to move the candidates to the required locations. To me this is more stressful than basic where you are told exactly what to do and as long as you put forth effort you will pass.
That and the standards are much higher, unlike how a private looks at things, if it's broken fix it...you can no longer just report it broken.
And much more classwork. It's not simple memorization either, but concepts and applied knowledge.
I think it is approaching much more of what is expected from an officer than previously. Although it is still pretty simple to figure out if you can judge intent rather than just follow (or wait on) exact orders.
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