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The United States Navy's Officer Candidate School (abbreviated OCS) ... OCS lasted for 16 weeks. The first 8 weeks most candidates wore enlisted uniforms. College ...
The Officer Candidate School of the United States Navy is a 13 week course located at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. It has been based there since the fall of 2007 after relocating from NAS Pensacola, Florida. In the 1990s, OCS had departed Newport to combine with Aviation Officer Candidate School (AOCS) at Naval Air Station Pensacola.
Officer Candidates must pass a series of tests before being admitted into the Officer Candidate School. [3] An Officer Selection Officer (OSO), usually a Captain, meets with a prospective Officer Candidate. Upon completing a satisfactory interview, the OSO then makes the decision to move the prospective candidate onto the next step.
Officer Candidate School: a 28-week program that is attended by senior NCOs or warrant officers from all services; Career Officer Program for college graduates: a 7–8 month program that is designed to recruit civilian professionals (e.g., doctors, dentists, pharmacists, psychologists) into the armed forces;
Newport Officer Training Command candidates march in Bristol.Bristol Fourth of July Parade. The Naval Officer Training Command Newport (or more simply, OTCN) is a command unit of Naval Education and Training Command, located on Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island that is responsible to the Chief of Naval Education and Training for the development of civilians, enlisted, and newly ...
This is a list of naval officer designators in the United States Navy.In the United States Navy, all active and reserve component officers are assigned to one of four officer communities, based on their education, training, and assignments: Line Officers (divided into Unrestricted Line or URL, Restricted Line or RL, and Restricted Line Special Duty or RL SD), Staff Corps Officers, Limited Duty ...
Two women, Jacquelyn Comiskey, 52, and Elizabeth Hunter, 34, were charged this week with sex trafficking and child endangerment. Kevin McDonald, 20, is accused of raping the girl in a car the day ...
A direct commission officer (DCO) is a United States uniformed officer who has received an appointed commission without the typical prerequisites for achieving a commission, such as attending a four-year service academy, a four-year or two-year college ROTC program, or one of the officer candidate school or officer training school programs, the latter OCS/OTS programs typically slightly over ...