Posted on Jan 24, 2018
I am about to go to Warrant Officer Candidate School. What advice/tips do you wish someone had told you before you got there?
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Just stay humble, you will be working with alot of people with different personalities. Work together and you will have fun.
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I did this 51 years ago as a prior service Marine and had already served in Vietnam. I'm sure it has changed but this is all good advice...........suck it up you are there to learn.........
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A favorite saying in my OCS class which proved to be true was, "Cooperate and graduate." This was especially important since in addition to being rated by the TAC, we were also rated by our fellow candidates.
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Extreme attention to details, volunteer for everything. Hang in and never give up.
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CW3 Robert Collins
It's a plus to go to WOC school as an NCO. They will expect and respect your leadership and will lean on you. You will develop many things you didn't see in the enlisted ranks. I went as an s
SFC. I was known for volunteering for external details, for example, there were OLD CAVALRY SQUAD. We rode horses, carried old pistols and rifles and wore early CAVALRY uniforms on weekends. Made the time fly by rather than cleaning barracks.
SFC. I was known for volunteering for external details, for example, there were OLD CAVALRY SQUAD. We rode horses, carried old pistols and rifles and wore early CAVALRY uniforms on weekends. Made the time fly by rather than cleaning barracks.
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Watch “An Officer and a Gentleman” and then don’t do anything they did.
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Be ready to eat when others eat and wipe your mouth the same time others do too and also to sit down at the dinner table at the same time as well. I saw the WOCs mostly when I was at the chow hall when I was Active Duty it showed me right then that would Not be for me.
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Bring books. After week1/2 you will be bored out of your mind. Stencil your stuff ahead of time while you’re apart of HHC. It’s the easiest school in the Army as long as you can get past the TRADOC BS. And as all of the previous replies, know when to let others lead.
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On paper, but the exams are stupid simple and there is no more mandatory study time. The weekends drag on forever especially Sundays. It’s a student ran course so after the 2nd week the TAC’s are almost entirely hands off. So believe me, you’ll end up with a decent amount of spare time
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I don’t know when WO1 Emling went through but I went twice (2015 and 2016) and there was never any downtime. Additionally, they did have mandatory study time because some people came in thinking tests were control F and it was not making many fail on week 1. It’s better to go in thinking the worst and then be relieved then to go thinking it’ll be easy and come out the wrong way of the goal (meaning recycled or sent back home). Be prepared physically and mentally!
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