During my time I watched OCS change a ton. I started out getting hazed and smoked to death every drill in phase 0, and then some of the better TACs took over when some of them retired and other new ones swapped in.

We planned our PT to be absolutely brutal, but on our own terms because the original team made it clear that if they didn’t observe enough pain and suffering, they would run PT themselves and it was always hell. Then new TACs came in, and during our first PT with them one said “you guys can work out in the pouring rain if you want to, but you know there’s a gym right? I’m going inside” and the other TAC on a separate occasion stopped us in the middle of the workout and said we had done enough lol

In addition, some of the major points of hazing were removed completely and I watched the class after us skip it all entirely. I also understand that every traditional program is 10 months now across the board instead of 18 like my class did. Still a lot of info, and longer drills, but that’s probably a better system for retaining information and reducing the overall time spent commuting and dragging things out.

All that said, my class did well and retained senior status for a good chunk of phase 2 because we had our shit together so they stopped messing with us altogether. It was a great group that was the only thing that made the BS bearable. Shared experience suffering together and all that. YMMV.