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OCS Candidates preparing for a mission on a "terrain model". OCS is offered in three aspects: Federal, Accelerated, and Traditional. Federal OCS is a 12-week-long school, taught "in residence" at Fort Moore, Georgia. The primary purpose is to commission Second Lieutenants into the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve and Army National Guard. [20]
OCS traces its roots to the "School of Application," established in 1891 in Washington, D.C. With the expansion of the Marine Corps for World War I, all instructional efforts were consolidated—first at Marine Corps Station, Philadelphia, then in 1940 at MCB Quantico, where they remain today.
In order to meet these unprecedented requirements for NCO leaders the Army developed a solution called Skilled Development Base (SDB) Program on the proven Officer Candidate Course where an enlisted man could attend basic and advanced training, and if recommended or applied for, filled out an application and attended OCS.
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The 2024 NBA Cup in-season tournament concludes Tuesday night in Las Vegas when the Milwaukee Bucks take on the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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 ...
The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.