Officer Candidate School Packet

So I have finished my packet. After months of trying to get recommendations and figuring out all the paper work, from my end it is complete. I just have to do a few edits and turn it in and my paperwork portion is done. Next it goes to a board, then they interview me and I write a one page paper on " Why I want to be an Officer."Then if the board of officers give me a stamp of approval it goes to the two star general of FT Sill.Then if he sings off on it, my packet goes on to PERSCOM and if they approve its off to Officer Candidate School. So its still got a ways to go but its nice to have this first step out of the way.

I had almost gave up on it being so difficult with paperwork, getting recommendations written from the two CPTs one MAJ and a COL ( the saying they would write them was the easy part but getting them in my hand took some time and a lot of reminding). But one day at PT we had finished running and my commander (CAPT Clark of the 40Th MPs) came up to me and asked how my packet was coming. I told him i was just about ready to give up cause i could not figure things out or get the recommendations finished or even no where to send it. He encouraged me to continue to work at it and that i should ask our XO ( executive officer ) cause she had done OCS. Since then she has helped me a ton and so has my 1SG ( First Sergeant).

So now on to the stuff that is really out of my hands and I could really use your prayers.

Airborne Airborne Infantry ! That is what I want to be!