National Call to Service

[HNOck]

Hello all. I was just wondering if there were any other NCS corpsmen on here.

HN Ochiltree

[Da-Chief]

HN Ock,

Your dad isn't a Navy Chief Lab tech is he?
let me know..

Da-Chief

[HNOck]

Yeah Chief,My Dad is HMC(FMF) Ochiltreebut he's retired now.

HN Ock

[Da-Chief]

Hey,

Tell him HMC(AW) Darrell Crone said Hello!! I took over for him in NOLA as the LPO after he left..

;-)

Why did Tony let you get in the NCS program?? WTF???

;-)

Tell him I said hello.

Later

Da-Chief

[HNOck]

Chief,

He says hello. Small navy huh? Do you then know an HM2Pat King? I was stationed with him at MCRD Parris Island and I know he was there in NOLA. Chief, are you an instructor at NHCS?About the whole NCS thing, it was never my intention to do 20 years, but when my recruiter offered me half of the GI Bill for fifteen months active duty that looked pretty good. When I recently applied for the VA benefits that were promised in my contract ("upon completion of active duty") I was pretty much told NO.I have written my congressman, but I still have no definitive timeline of when I'll get these benefits. Could be a year could be when I graduate (I start school at the University of West Florida next week). Needless to say my outlook on this program has definitely changed.Being an 8404, if they wanted to they could call me back tommorow. Also I was on the forefront of the NCS program (Jun04) so no one really knew anything about it yet. My Dad did tell me that there would be a good chance that I would go with the Marines so I kinda knew what I was getting into. No regrets though. Joining the Navy was probably the best decision I've ever made.

HN Ock