NCSC - Day 1 The Calm

You know that Chaplain School is different from ODS when you are not woken up on the first morning at 0345 with people screaming at you to get up. Instead, we met up in the lobby of our hotel to drive back to base. We had more than 60 minutes to eat lunch as compared to 15 minutes.

And when I got in trouble for using a blue pen, no one had to do push-ups or squats or end up in the sand pit. I was threatened with having to write a memo. Big difference.

In addition, we do not call each other by rank (for example, Ensign Creditor), rather by the title of 'chaplain.' The only problem with saying 'Chaplain Candidate Creditor' or 'Chaplain Peterson' all the time is that already on the first day, one of the chaplains accidentally called the Gunnery Sergeant (E7, at least 15 years of enlisted service in the Marine Corps), 'Chaplain.' GnySgt Washechek did not even crack a smile. There's always tomorrow.