WEBVTT 00:04.490 --> 00:06.823 (whooshing) 00:08.872 --> 00:11.455 (upbeat music) 00:16.925 --> 00:17.810 ^- Okay, so the overall mission 00:17.810 --> 00:21.600 ^of the OCS Oklahoma Program is to train enlisted soldiers 00:21.810 --> 00:25.890 ^or 09 Sierras, which are soldiers that came in through, 00:26.160 --> 00:29.190 ^went through basic training to be in OCS. 00:29.320 --> 00:32.130 They're training them to be brand-new second lieutenants. 00:32.130 --> 00:33.630 ^- You know, really, physically intense 00:33.630 --> 00:38.390 ^and then there's a lot of emphasis on basic warrior tasks. 00:38.440 --> 00:39.620 ^- I tell them, basically, you're flipping 00:39.620 --> 00:41.170 ^from blue collar to white collar. 00:41.170 --> 00:43.500 ^You're going from being the worker 00:43.500 --> 00:45.360 ^to being in charge of workers, essentially. 00:45.360 --> 00:49.270 - So, the program starts with a OCPC for a lot of soldiers 00:49.270 --> 00:52.710 who come into the program before the actual program starts. 00:52.710 --> 00:54.450 It's a preparatory course. 00:54.920 --> 00:56.990 Get their packets ready, paperwork, 00:57.330 --> 00:59.840 go through land nav, PT, ruck marches, 00:59.970 --> 01:01.940 and some of the skills and physical training 01:01.940 --> 01:02.890 they're gonna need. 01:03.400 --> 01:05.140 It'll start with Phase Zero after that, 01:05.140 --> 01:08.720 which is a three month phase of mainly admin work 01:08.720 --> 01:12.130 and it is the phase right before they actually start 01:12.130 --> 01:14.960 the OCS program, which begins with Phase One. 01:14.960 --> 01:15.800 - No experience like it. 01:15.800 --> 01:18.120 I can assure anybody of that, in your military career. 01:18.120 --> 01:20.250 There's no experience like Phase One OCS. 01:20.370 --> 01:23.110 - All right, Phase One is a two-week long course, 01:23.590 --> 01:25.980 usually in Salina, Kansas, or in South Dakota. 01:26.160 --> 01:30.200 It's the initial, really, get you down, break you down, 01:30.590 --> 01:33.910 make you more of a team player and get your discipline set. 01:34.610 --> 01:37.660 Phase One consists of a lot of physical activity, 01:37.830 --> 01:41.570 land nav, written tests, and, at the completion of that, 01:41.570 --> 01:43.870 we'll come back here for Phase Two. 01:43.970 --> 01:48.970 ^- Going through Phase One in South Dakota reminded me 01:49.890 --> 01:51.950 ^of Air Assault, Basic Training, 01:51.950 --> 01:53.480 ^Infantry School, all in one. 01:53.520 --> 01:56.240 ^- And it was the hardest two weeks of my life. 01:56.370 --> 01:59.150 ^I've got a Bachelor's, a Master's degree. 01:59.150 --> 02:01.490 ^I have six children and a wife. 02:02.350 --> 02:04.440 ^But the Phase One two weeks of OCS 02:04.600 --> 02:06.030 ^didn't compare to anything. 02:06.030 --> 02:09.450 It was well and above the hardest thing I have ever done. 02:09.820 --> 02:11.700 - Phase Two is a little over a year long, 02:11.700 --> 02:14.780 doing IDT weekends here at the Oklahoma RTI. 02:15.420 --> 02:17.790 Once you complete Phase Two, which consists of 02:18.000 --> 02:20.110 more ruck marches, a lot more training. 02:20.870 --> 02:23.320 We start working on STX lanes, tactical training. 02:23.500 --> 02:25.180 - Learning how to, basically, 02:25.260 --> 02:26.530 make our own training schedules 02:26.530 --> 02:29.690 and make our own plans and just give a run at it 02:29.690 --> 02:32.070 to see where our holes are and learn from our mistakes now 02:32.070 --> 02:33.640 versus when we get in front of soldiers. 02:33.640 --> 02:36.890 And it's really kind of a neat experience. 02:37.200 --> 02:40.210 - Phase One, there's not a lot of concentration study time. 02:40.210 --> 02:41.920 You're go, go, go all the time. 02:42.050 --> 02:43.740 But now that we're in Phase Two, it's more 02:43.740 --> 02:47.510 about learning and development and I really enjoy that part. 02:47.510 --> 02:49.640 That's where I feel like I'm becoming a better person 02:49.640 --> 02:51.290 and, hopefully, a better officer. 02:51.530 --> 02:53.030 - Phase Three will be their final phase 02:53.030 --> 02:54.360 at Ft. Lewis, Washington. 02:54.660 --> 02:56.180 That's a two-week long course, 02:56.520 --> 02:58.730 involves field leadership exercises, 02:58.730 --> 03:02.460 a water-confidence course and other kind of activities 03:02.530 --> 03:04.790 which is the culminating event of the program. 03:04.790 --> 03:06.400 - Put all of our tactics into play, 03:06.400 --> 03:07.920 put all of our leadership into play, 03:07.920 --> 03:09.130 our ability to do Op orders, 03:09.130 --> 03:11.550 our ability to work on short suspenses. 03:11.550 --> 03:12.750 But we're gonna run a mission 03:12.750 --> 03:15.870 and see how well we can function at that mission, 03:15.870 --> 03:17.720 if we meet all, check all the blocks. 03:18.120 --> 03:19.580 - Once you complete Phase Three, 03:19.580 --> 03:22.220 you pretty much graduate from the program. 03:22.220 --> 03:24.270 You come back here and get ready for graduation 03:24.270 --> 03:26.530 ^and hopefully we'll commission you as a new lieutenant.