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BishopMVP · 02-19-2008, 08:51 PM

I actually just got off the phone with my friend who came back from Marine OCS. He decided early on he didn't like it, but went through the channels, fulfilled the required 4 weeks and came home no problem, even getting paid for the time he was there. Thought about sticking out the 10 weeks and declining the commission, but didn't see things changing.

He also said the PT was a joke. I worked out with him before so he hit the 18min 3 mile/20 pull-ups/(the sit-ups are a joke anyway), but he said they had guys with pot bellies and who couldn't do more than 5 pull-ups sticking around. Maybe it was just that he only did the first 4 weeks, but he said there was little stuff on leadership or learning how to be effective and ridiculous amounts of drill at 4am, "Do this in a minute!" learn to follow orders bs. Didn't help in his opinion that most of the other guys there were complete straight-edge, wouldn't make jokes or laugh at them.

Either way, more evidence that if you don't want to be there and you go through the right channels, they aren't going to keep you against your will.

02-19-2008, 08:51 PM	#35
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	I actually just got off the phone with my friend who came back from Marine OCS. He decided early on he didn't like it, but went through the channels, fulfilled the required 4 weeks and came home no problem, even getting paid for the time he was there. Thought about sticking out the 10 weeks and declining the commission, but didn't see things changing. He also said the PT was a joke. I worked out with him before so he hit the 18min 3 mile/20 pull-ups/(the sit-ups are a joke anyway), but he said they had guys with pot bellies and who couldn't do more than 5 pull-ups sticking around. Maybe it was just that he only did the first 4 weeks, but he said there was little stuff on leadership or learning how to be effective and ridiculous amounts of drill at 4am, "Do this in a minute!" learn to follow orders bs. Didn't help in his opinion that most of the other guys there were complete straight-edge, wouldn't make jokes or laugh at them. Either way, more evidence that if you don't want to be there and you go through the right channels, they aren't going to keep you against your will.