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.

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.

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.

The survey overrepresented the United States Military Academy at West Point-commissioned and Officer Candidate School-commissioned officers, while slightly underrepresenting Reserve Officer ...

Commission: United States Army Officer Candidate School, 2017 Education: Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration/Finance, University of Washington, 2013; MBA, Syracuse University, 2022 Branch: ...

The Officer Candidate School trains enlisted members of the Mississippi National Guard to become officers. Scroubelos is a graduate of the program he now heads at Camp Shelby.

Black people and women were more likely to be dismissed from the Maryland Army National Guard Officer Candidate School than their white and male counterparts over the last five years, according to ...

Want to know all about the United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate School (OCS)? Marine OCS is located in Quantico, Virginia, and is where most Marine Officers earn their commission.