Waking up

LT Guppy · 06-12-2013, 07:51 PM

lol OCS is so different

Our section leader for the day (who had a watch) would go door to door at 0445 to wake everyone up. Then at 0500, they would go through the hall saying "reveille, reveille, reveille" (once we had our cell phones, some people would play a recording of reveille) and everyone had to be out in front of their door in PT gear (what we slept in) and flipflops by about 0503. Then we would have 20 minutes for hygiene. And then chow between 0530 and 0630 depending on where we were in the chow rotation. On weekends, reveille was at 0615.

warehimer33 · 06-14-2013, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Guppy2010

...once we had our cell phones...

I'd say... -_- lol

LT Guppy · 06-14-2013, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by warehimer33

I'd say... -_- lol

They're basically required by week 9 (we were on individual schedules, so the place runs on texting), some people earn them earlier, especially if they held jobs.

warehimer33 · 06-14-2013, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Guppy2010

They're basically required by week 9 (we were on individual schedules, so the place runs on texting), some people earn them earlier, especially if they held jobs.

Yeah, I'm applying for OCS now. loljk

jzhaun · 06-14-2013, 11:09 PM

It honestly depends on the division. In my original division, we always started waking up an hour before rev - the watchstander would wake up the MAs and they would wake up everyone else. Rev varied - it was 6 at the absolute latest but sometimes as early as 430 depending on the day. Generally we would use the first forty minutes or so to hygiene and get dressed and then 15 minutes to clean the head and get everything on spot and everyone on the toeline by the time the RDCs came in. It took that long to hygiene because we secured the big side of the head pretty much all the time. So we only had 6 sinks for 80 people to brush their teeth in. Also to be technical only 6 people were authorised to be out of their racks at any given time between taps and rev, so we had to be quiet. The OOD didn't usually visit close to rev, but you never knew.
When I was in RCU, things were different. Rev was 530 on weekdays, 6 on weekends. And we were expected to be in our racks until rev. RPOC would wake us up an hour before rev to brush our teeth and then go back to bed though, since we still weren't supposed to hygiene during morning routine.

06-12-2013, 07:51 PM	#1
LT Guppy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,858 Rep Power: 0	lol OCS is so different Our section leader for the day (who had a watch) would go door to door at 0445 to wake everyone up. Then at 0500, they would go through the hall saying "reveille, reveille, reveille" (once we had our cell phones, some people would play a recording of reveille) and everyone had to be out in front of their door in PT gear (what we slept in) and flipflops by about 0503. Then we would have 20 minutes for hygiene. And then chow between 0530 and 0630 depending on where we were in the chow rotation. On weekends, reveille was at 0615.

06-14-2013, 11:09 PM	#5
jzhaun Active Duty Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 627 Rep Power: 0	It honestly depends on the division. In my original division, we always started waking up an hour before rev - the watchstander would wake up the MAs and they would wake up everyone else. Rev varied - it was 6 at the absolute latest but sometimes as early as 430 depending on the day. Generally we would use the first forty minutes or so to hygiene and get dressed and then 15 minutes to clean the head and get everything on spot and everyone on the toeline by the time the RDCs came in. It took that long to hygiene because we secured the big side of the head pretty much all the time. So we only had 6 sinks for 80 people to brush their teeth in. Also to be technical only 6 people were authorised to be out of their racks at any given time between taps and rev, so we had to be quiet. The OOD didn't usually visit close to rev, but you never knew. When I was in RCU, things were different. Rev was 530 on weekdays, 6 on weekends. And we were expected to be in our racks until rev. RPOC would wake us up an hour before rev to brush our teeth and then go back to bed though, since we still weren't supposed to hygiene during morning routine.