How future Navy Officers survive “First Tuesday” at OCS

On their first day of training, all aspiring officers in US Navy Officer Candidate School must endure a punishing gauntlet known as “First Tuesday,” an intense event that tests them mentally and physically in the span of just under two hours.

Business Insider’s chief video correspondent Graham Flanagan went inside “First Tuesday” at Navy OCS in Newport, Rhode Island as 126 candidates began their journey toward earning their commissions as Naval officers.

Led by a US Marine Corps drill instructor, the event sets the tone for the 13-week training course, potentially weeding out anyone having second thoughts.

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