ODS Address

If you feel like dropping Kellen a line here's his address:

ENS Lake, K.K.
Class 11070
J Company

Officer Development School
Officer Training Command Newport
291 Kollmeyer St.
Newport, RI 02841-1524

I spoke with him several times today. He passed his weigh/measure which is awesome- especially considering how we've been eating in his last week at home :) He has been issued all his uniforms and gear and is settling into his room. He says the food isn't as good as it was at OCS :) They are restricted on foods they can consume- no sweets or sodas, no caffeine (with the exception of 1 black coffee in the AM), no chocolate milk, but juice & Gatorade are fine. They are also not allowed to use tobacco.

There are apparently several chaps and doctors, and even a couple physicists or some big-brain scientists... but no lawyers in this class.

After Kellen spoke with some current ODS participants who are in their last days of ODS in Newport it sounds like it is way less stressful than OCS and that is a relief. He sounds very relaxed and ready to face the challenges ahead... including deciding what to do with 2 formerly-white undershirts which he washed with his new navy sweat pants... the undershirts are now violet... :)

It does my heart good to hear him speak so lightheartedly about the training since OCS was such a draining time. He's not expecting this time to be a breeze, but compared to the hurricane of OCS... it is a most welcome change.

Tomorrow his "real" training starts- yelling and bed making (and remaking) to start the day and then breakfast at 5:40... they'll have PT (physical training) and maybe some classes. He likely won't have be able to use his phone for a while- "Until Lt. So-and-so says so." I hope he says so soon :)