Waiting for Selection Results

This post provides a status update regarding my application to OCS. It does not provide all the details of the day I signed my contract as I had hoped to document. (Life has a way of moving too quickly to write everything down sometimes.)

Report on NAMI

In my last post, I noted that the next step was to travel down to the National Aeromedical Institute (NAMI) at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida. I am pleased to report that I completed that trip 17-20 April. Here's the report.

Medically Qualified! [Updated]

This post discusses the news that I have been approved by DODMERB for military service and looks ahead to the next step—NAMI.

Update: PFT schedule.

Candidate/Applicant Get-together - FEB 2011

Below are the notes I had made in preparation of my report on a get-together I attended in Terre Haute in February 2011. I decided to post them as-is rather than delete them.

Posted 08 August 2011.

Today's OSO Meeting Notes

Today, 8 JAN 2011, I met with Captain Kline, Officer Selection Officer, USMC in Warsaw, IN. Here is a summary of what we discussed.

"Before"

For the past couple years, since I made the decision that I wanted to join the Corps, my primary concern was to get my degree finished. Now that my degree is in hand, I have one concern: get into shape to pass the PFT. Here's what I look like "before" getting into shape.

Step 2 - Diploma

According to officer.marines.com, to be considered as an officer candidate, a person must meet the following qualifications:
• U.S. citizen;
• 18 to 28 years old, though exceptions may be considered;

• College senior or graduate from a four-year college or university.

Obviously, the first two were taken care of, and now the last one is, too!

Pre-OCS Physical Fitness Program

Intro
Six days ago I began my last quarter of undergraduate studies at Rose-Hulman. Each day, I have made time to hit the gym, lifting weights, cycling, and running on a treadmill, albeit without a specific routine. I've been looking for a good routine to help me prepare for OCS, but most I found assumed I was already somewhat close to PFT standards and only needed to improve a bit. I finally found one that claims I can start now, at my present state of physical (non)fitness.

The full program can be read here.

More after the break.

UPDATE: Calendar added
I have created a public calendar for all the exercises I will be doing over the next 12 weeks. Click here to subscribe or click here to view it online.