Abrams' Adventures: OCS

Don't get me wrong, I love the Army. But a few things about the Army are a little annoying. Like acronyms. Seriously they have an acronym for everything. And it takes forever to learn all the acronyms and I still have to ask Dallas all the time what things mean. For example, Dallas spent the last few months (Sept-Jan) at Fort Benning, Georgia for OCS (Officer Candidate School) where he was a BOC (Basic Officer Candidate), IOC (Intermediate Officer Candidate) and SOC (Senior Officer Candidate). Currently he is stationed TDY (Temporary Duty Assignment) at Fort Lee, Virginia for BOLC (Basic Officer Leadership Course). Unfortunately it is not a PCS (Permanent Change of Station) so the Army wouldn't move us. We opted for a DITY move (Do It Yourself) on our dime. See what I mean? Acronyms are annoying, right? Anyway, we are living in Virginia for the next 5 months or so and hanging out while Dallas finishes up his training. I need to catch up on my blog and write about Christmas, etc. but I want to update about Dallas' OCS before things get too busy and I forget.

For some reason when I uploaded these the pictures got all jumbled up. So this is just a little taste of what Dallas has been up to the last few months.

Grad Social

Intermediate Candidate Ceremony.

Senior Officer Candidate Ceremony.

Branching Ceremony. Dallas got his first choice at branching--Transportation. We head to Fort Campbell, Kentucky this summer for Dallas to start his job!