Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Marine Corps OCS

This summer I will be shipping to Quantico, Virginia for Marine Corps platoon leaders course. It is a rigorous 6 week pipeline where candidates undergo military discipline, principles and training. There is an overwhelming amount of information and stress and not enough time to deal with anything, its similar to being force fed by a fire hose. This will be my first increment of OCS and the more I hear about it, the more I am dreading it. You can expect 2-3 hours of sleep per night, assuming you don't have duties and fire watch. You have five minutes to eat a full meal without toughing the table or having a conversation. Everything is done at a faster pace than you can move, you are yelled at for six weeks constantly by Sergeant Instructor Sergeant_________. Tension builds and people snap and drop out or are injured during training. Attrition rates for 1st increment juniors are roughly 1/3 - 1/2. Its gonna be awesome!!!!!!!!!!

1 comment:

J said...

Holy crap. Good luck with all of that Caskey. You can do it.