Openbah / Journal of a Marine Officer Candidate

Category: Marines

  • Letter from Maj Chris Brewster

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    Received this note recently from a Major in the Reserves. Even though this letter is already availble as a comment to an earlier post, I wanted to put it on the front page to make sure everyone would see it. Belive it or not, the thing that gives me the most hope, is to hear…

  • Trip to Newport Naval Hospital

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    I had to go down to Newport to have a medical board done last Friday. I arrived on base and met with the orthopedic surgeon, a Navy Lt. Cdr. He was optimistic about my injury, which felt good to hear. He said as long as I healed correctly I could one day return to the…

  • Eighteen week update

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    Had my monthly meeting with the ortho doctor two days ago. He said my femur is healing better and that there has been some progress, but the bone is not healed yet. He said another surgery isn’t likely, but still possible. He also said that there has been no slippage in the joint, and that…

  • Knowledge for OCS

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    I’ve gotten a few emails recently from people preparing for OCS, wanting to know what they need to learn before they get there. I already have a page listing what every candidate should study, but today I posted a few files in the downloads section that helped me prepare. They are audio files of the…

  • 4-month update

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    Things were going so well before last week’s doctor’s appointment, at which I was told my fracture isn’t healing as well as they’d hoped. All I can do now is “take it easy” and hope that the bone heals, otherwise I can be looking at another surgery. Before my appointment my leg felt so good,…