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While the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School has a garrison at Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning), Georgia, there are other OCS programs for members of the Army Reserve and National Guard. One of such is conducted at Fort McClellan Army National Guard Training Site in Anniston, AL by the Alabama Military Academy .
The United States Army's Noncommissioned Officer Candidate Course (NCOCC), originally located at Fort Benning, Georgia, was created to fill the Army's critical shortage of junior noncommissioned officers with the best qualified and best trained men available. NCO Candidates (NCOC) allowed to attend the course were selected from volunteers and ...
OCS at that time included what is now the branch specific Officer Basic Course (OBC). All FT Benning OCS Graduates were comissioned as Infantry after the OBC phase with additional schooling for other branches (with out an OCS) such as Medical Service Corps. USMA and ROTC officers were comissioned upon graduation from schooling.
The Basic Officer Leader Course (BOLC) is a two-phased training course designed to commission officers and prepare them for service in the United States Army.Prospective officers complete Phase I (BOLC A) as either a cadet (United States Military Academy or Reserve Officers' Training Corps) or an officer candidate (Officer Candidate School (United States Army)) before continuing on to BOLC B ...
The United States Army Armor School was established on October 1, 1940, in Fort Knox, Kentucky, with the first class starting November 4th of the same year. [2] The school was established by then–Lieutenant Colonel Stephen G. Henry under the guidance of Brigadier General Adna R. Chaffee Jr. , for whom the headquarters building is now named.
Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) is a United States Army post in the Columbus, Georgia area. Located on Georgia 's border with Alabama , Fort Moore supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve component soldiers, retirees and civilian employees on a daily basis.
The new name honors Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife, Julia. Moore’s three-decade military career was highlighted by his heroism as commander at the Battle of Ia Drang during the Vietnam War.
In 1978, he retired from the Army after 38 years of service at the rank of colonel. Nett gave frequent talks on leadership and duty, lecturing to every class of the Officer Candidate School (OCS); he was frequently invited to speak to the Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning. He is considered the "Father of the Officer Candidate School". [5]