OCS: Please Refer to OCS FAQs

Bryanni SG

Entering army this year, thinking of aiming for OCS. However, I've got a question.. What's the mental training like? What sort of thing do they do to mentally condition you? I'm quite ready for the physical training, but am quite unclear and unsure about the mental one.

Further clarification: I've asked someone about OCS and he said that it was the best time of his life; he didn't need to think at all, just needed to follow orders. That's not the sort of thing I want to get myself into. I know the importance of following orders in the army, but I'm a thinker and I don't want to get that creative analytical part of my mind suppressed.

Tell me, am I being paranoid?

daxxe SG

No lah, thats bullshit. OCS's training is very tough, but they tend to play mind tricks on you, like running around the stadium. They don't tell you run how many rounds, you just run, until you damn tired, you still run. Then if you give up then you wash out lor, very simple. My PC tell me OCS mindfucks you alot. True, in some ways you follow orders, but they also craft it in a way that you need to think for yourself and those under you. remember, you are a leader foremost. If you only need to follow orders, the perfect vocation is Infantry.