Officer Candidate School is one of four paths to becoming an officer along with the Reserve Officer Training Corps, the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. and direct commission.

For both OCS and OTS, the main goal is to transform civilians or enlisted members with college degrees into competent, ethical and resilient military officers.

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 20, 2007) - Soldiers seeking to attend Officer Candidate School now have an alternative to appearing before the board. They can apply for direct OCS selection.

The U.S. Army's Officer Candidate School has been producing junior officers to lead America's fighting force for more than 75 years at Fort Benning, Georgia.

CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi National Guard unit that helps train some of the newest officers in the nited States military has a new commander. The Officer Candidate School at Camp ...

From 2017 to 2021, 34 out of 85 Black candidates, or about 40%, were dismissed from the Maryland Army National Guard's Officer Candidate School, which provides training to become a commissioned ...