What are some good steps to take in anticipation of state pre-OCS and OCS? What advice can you give?

Awesome advice thank you!

Lt, Good follow-up on what I missed. Also, make sure your bachelor's degree is completed because I knew a couple lieutenants who gutted with 90 units and they didn't finish and they only made it to 1LT. With basic officer leadership course right after commissioning, you may not have much time especially if you're pulling a 40 hour plus a week job to be able to study up and finish your bachelor's degree when you're doing platoon Leader Times and trying to juggle all your mandatory training in your guard or Army Reserve unit.

Thank you Lt. I will definitely take this the heart.

SPC (Join to see) years ago, during OCS, someone told me online to 'cooperate and graduate' which I interpreted as work with others and help those not as strong as you and others help you out with your weak points. Also, there is no " I" in team. We all help each other. In my OCS class with the California Army National Guard, we started off with a hundred and ten and ended up with about 55. Most of the attrition was that they couldn't handle the pressures of being away from family or they couldn't do the work in between drills. Like others have said here, you really need to want it and know how to play the game. It may even be more stressful than basic training because you may be put in a leadership position you're not prepared for. The whole point of putting you in leadership position you are not prepared for is what happens if all of a sudden you are the only officer in charge of your company because the other officers have been wounded or killed? They want you to work well under stress. I guess Army resiliency training review will be helpful.

https://positivepsychologyprogram.com/master-resilience-training-mrt/
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