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Showing posts with label Marine Corps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marine Corps. Show all posts
The Task at Hand (POTD)
Picture of the day
Midshipman 2/c Deric McNealy listening to the Marine platoon chain of command pass word at the end of physical training (PT).
As a third year Marine Option student in NROTC, McNealy is only a few weeks away from going to Marine Corps Officer Candidate School (OCS). There he will be screened, trained, and evaluated for his ability to lead as a Marine officer.
McNealy is very focused at the task at hand, successfully completing OCS. In many ways, OCS is like a co-op, internship, job interview, and on the job training all at the same time.
Midshipman 2/c Deric McNealy listening to the Marine platoon chain of command pass word at the end of physical training (PT).As a third year Marine Option student in NROTC, McNealy is only a few weeks away from going to Marine Corps Officer Candidate School (OCS). There he will be screened, trained, and evaluated for his ability to lead as a Marine officer.
McNealy is very focused at the task at hand, successfully completing OCS. In many ways, OCS is like a co-op, internship, job interview, and on the job training all at the same time.
View the rest of the PT set here
Today I…- Participated in one of last PT sessions of the school year.
- Marine options still have a few military evolutions left like our physical fitness test (PFT) on Friday, our SULE I evolution on Saturday, and our 9-mile hike on Monday.
- Went to the GT residence life staff yearly banquet.
- This banquet recognizes all the hard work of both the student staff (Peer Leaders, Resident Assistants) and the professional staff (Hall Directors, Area Managers, etc)
- Each staff consists of 12 to 20 PLs/RAs and 1 HD. During one of our recent weekly staff meetings we provided our input for Student Staff Member of the year. Hefty-Fit ‘n’ Strong’s (my area) chose Eli Beeker as SSM of the year.
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| Eli & Hall Director Victoria Martin |
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| The Hefty-Fit ‘n’ Strong staff after the banquet. |
Motivation (POTD)
Picture of the Day
MIDN 1/c Pham, soon to be 2LT Pham, demonstrates his motivation during our “pass in review” practice. See the rest of the set here.
Today (Thursday) I…
- Played one of the most fun games of pickup football I’ve ever played
- Rehearsed for the pass in review
- Pass in review is a military ceremony where a reviewing officer reviews the unit.
- Our ceremony will incorporate the change of command from one midshipman battalion commander to another.
- Shipped a textbook I sold via Half.com.
- The line at the post office was ridiculous since many people were sending tax related mail.
- Had lunch at Pizza Hut in the student center.
- I used all of my GT dining rewards funds.
OCS: POTD
Picture of the day
It took me a while to get this scanned, but here is my platoon photo from OCS.
This was taken a few days prior to graduation. Our platoon was 5th platoon, or as we called it, the Forgotten Fifth. We called it that because they staff members at OCS weren’t used to having five platoons so we were often forgotten.
The 4 Marines in desert MARPAT uniforms are our platoon staff. From left to right they are: GySgt Rowland (Sergeant Instructor), Capt Throughton (Platoon Commander), GySgt Tsang (Sergeant Instructor), GySgt Washington (Platoon Sergeant). To the right of the 4 Marines is a Navy Corpsman, Doc Watts.
Did you find me in the photo?
Leaving for OCS tomorrow
For 42 days starting tomorrow, I’ll be training at the Quantico, Virginia Marine Corps Officer Candidate School.
I’m all packed up and ready to go now. Flight leaves at 7 AM, so I’ll be going to sleep soon.
-Candidate Alejandro
Countdown To OCS Begins (36 Days)
The Countdown
In 36 days I begin my journey through Marine Corps Officer Candidate School.
What I’m Doing Right Now
Right now its 11 PM and I have papers, essays, group presentations, tests, simulations, and just plain old homework to do before “dead week” begins on Monday.
At some time before/during/after I do those things, I’m also writing my North Avenue Bulletin, doing what I always call “PL Stuff”, and preparing my mind and body for the rigors of OCS.
What I need to do during these 36 days
Between now today and May 21st I need to work on bringing my run time to below 18 minutes, doing the ever elusive 20 pull-ups, maintaining the endurance needed to hump 3-6-9-12 miles, embed all the Marine Corps knowledge I will be tested on so that I don’t mess up under pressure, and of course gain weight.
Those are things that I’ve been “working on” since freshman year, but now its really crunch time, and I’ve always felt that I work even better under pressure.
Let’s see what happens
Don’t know what OCS is about? Check out this video:
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