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href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Infantry_School" title="United States Army Infantry School">U.S. Army Infantry School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fort_Moore" title="Fort Moore">Fort Moore</a>, Georgia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"Standards, No Compromise"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td class="infobox-data">OCS Alma Mater</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Current<br />commander</th><td class="infobox-data">Lieutenant Colonel Wilford Garvin III</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>'s <b>Officer Candidate School</b> (<b>OCS</b>) is an <a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate_school" title="Officer candidate school">officer training program</a> that trains, assesses, and evaluates potential <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_Officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned Officers">Commissioned Officers</a> of the U.S. Army, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">U.S. Army Reserve</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a>. Officer Candidates are former enlisted members (E-4 to E-8), <a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Warrant Officer">Warrant Officers</a>, inter-service transfers,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or civilian college graduates who have enlisted as an "09S" to attend OCS after they have completed <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">Basic Combat Training</a> (BCT). </p><p>While the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School has a garrison at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Moore" title="Fort Moore">Fort Moore</a> (formerly Fort Benning), <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Military_Academy" title="Alabama Military Academy">Alabama Military Academy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-OCS-Alabama_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OCS-Alabama-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>OCS is generally a 12-week course designed to train, assess, evaluate, and develop <a href="/wiki/Second_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Lieutenant">Second Lieutenants</a> for the U.S. Army.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the only commissioning source that can be responsive to the U.S. Army's changing personnel requirements due to its short length, compared to other commissioning programs and their requirements. Completing OCS is one of several ways of becoming a U.S. Army <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned Officer">Commissioned Officer</a>. The other methods are: </p> <ul><li>Graduation from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a> (USMA) or any of the other U.S. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Service_academies" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Service academies">federal service academies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Completing <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">Reserve Officers' Training Corps</a> (ROTC) offered at many civilian universities throughout the United States</li> <li>Completing Officer Candidate School programs of the Army National Guard at Regional Training Institutes (RTI).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct_commission_officer" title="Direct commission officer">Direct Commissioning</a>: This is normally reserved for accessions of chaplains, <a href="/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)" title="Army Medical Department (United States)">medical professionals</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps,_U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army">Judge Advocate General (JAG)</a> lawyers.</li> <li>Inter-service transfer as a Commissioned Officer of another United States military branch.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battlefield_commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Battlefield commission">Battlefield commissions</a>, or meritorious commissions, though technically still provided for, have not been used by the U.S. Army since the Vietnam War.</li></ul> <p>The U.S. Army Officer Candidate School is organizationally designated as <i>3rd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, 199th Infantry Brigade</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-199th_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199th-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was redesignated from the 3rd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment in June 2007. It is a subordinate unit of the <a href="/wiki/Maneuver_Center_of_Excellence" class="mw-redirect" title="Maneuver Center of Excellence">Maneuver Center of Excellence</a> (MCoE) also headquartered at Fort Moore. As of July 2014, the battalion has five training <a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">companies</a> and a Headquarters Company in operation, designated as HHC, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, and Echo; each of which can conduct one class at a time, with a maximum of 160 candidates being trained in each class.<sup id="cite_ref-ATRRS_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ATRRS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alpha through Delta are used for OCS. Echo Company is reserved for the six-week Direct Commission Course, which is the initial entry training for direct commission officers such as Judge Advocates. HHC serves as the "holding" company for brand new candidates going thru their in-processing or for injured candidates who are recuperating from their injuries. Those who recuperate from injury are often "recycled" into the next class. Every three weeks, a class graduates and another one is started. </p><p>The commander of the 3rd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment (OCS), 199th Infantry Brigade is Lieutenant Colonel Wilford Garvin III,<sup id="cite_ref-OCS_Home_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OCS_Home-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Command_Sergeant_Major" class="mw-redirect" title="Command Sergeant Major">Command Sergeant Major</a> is Command Sergeant Major Gilmer.<sup id="cite_ref-OCS_Home_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OCS_Home-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:11th_Infantry1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/11th_Infantry1.jpg/220px-11th_Infantry1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/11th_Infantry1.jpg/330px-11th_Infantry1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/11th_Infantry1.jpg/440px-11th_Infantry1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1208" data-file-height="1433" /></a><figcaption>The 11th Infantry Regiment's distinctive unit insignia currently worn by the cadre and students of the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School</figcaption></figure> <p>Historically, OCS has provided the means by which the U.S. Army could generate large numbers of junior officers during periods of increasing personnel requirements, typically during wars. Prior to 1973, OCS was branch-specific, at one time there being eight separate schools; by 1968, the Army had consolidated OCS. Candidates being commissioned in the combat support branches were sent to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Belvoir" title="Fort Belvoir">Fort Belvoir</a>, Virginia, and would be trained as Combat Engineer Officers. Upon graduation, graduates other than Engineers would be commissioned in their assigned branch and sent to an officer's basic course. Candidates being commissioned in the combat arms branches would be sent to Infantry OCS at Fort Benning, Georgia (now <a href="/wiki/Fort_Moore" title="Fort Moore">Fort Moore</a>) or possibly Artillery OCS at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Sill" title="Fort Sill">Fort Sill</a>, Oklahoma. At that time, OCS consisted of twenty-three weeks of classroom and field training. The Vietnam war brought a significant expansion of the program. In 1973, OCS was made branch immaterial and was consolidated into two courses taught at Fort Benning, and another at <a href="/wiki/Fort_McClellan" title="Fort McClellan">Fort McClellan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a> for female <a href="/wiki/Officer_candidate" title="Officer candidate">officer candidates</a>; the course length was reduced to 14-weeks. In 1976, the OCS at Fort Benning integrated female candidates and became the only OCS left in the active Army, with the closure of the WAC School. The term "90-day wonders", both as a pejorative and term of affection, has been intermittently applied to junior officers commissioned through OCS since World War II. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II_era">World War II era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Officer Candidate School was first proposed in June 1938, as the Army began expanding in anticipation of hostilities when a plan for an officer-training program was submitted to the Chief of Infantry by <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier General">Brigadier General</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Asa_L._Singleton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asa L. Singleton (page does not exist)">Asa L. Singleton</a>, Commandant of the Infantry School. No action was taken until July 1940, however, when Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Courtney_Hodges" title="Courtney Hodges">Courtney Hodges</a>, Assistant Commandant of the <a href="/wiki/Infantry_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Infantry School">Infantry School</a>, presented a revised plan to (then) Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Omar_Bradley" title="Omar Bradley">Omar Bradley</a>, Commandant of the Infantry School. In July 1941, the OCS stood up as the <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a>, Field Artillery, and <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastal Artillery">Coastal Artillery</a> Officer Candidate Schools, each respectively located at Fort Benning, Fort Sill, and <a href="/wiki/Fort_Monroe" title="Fort Monroe">Fort Monroe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FAOCS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FAOCS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CAOCS_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAOCS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1942-signalcorps-ocs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/1942-signalcorps-ocs.jpg/220px-1942-signalcorps-ocs.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/1942-signalcorps-ocs.jpg/330px-1942-signalcorps-ocs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/1942-signalcorps-ocs.jpg/440px-1942-signalcorps-ocs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3981" data-file-height="3097" /></a><figcaption>Signal Corps Graduating Class, December 1942, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Monmouth" title="Fort Monmouth">Fort Monmouth</a>.</figcaption></figure><p> In addition to the aforementioned programs, there were Officer Candidate Schools stood up for other branches, in particular, the <a href="/wiki/Signal_Corps_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Signal Corps (United States Army)">Signal Corps</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Monmouth" title="Fort Monmouth">Fort Monmouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>. Due to the rapid creation of these programs because of wartime necessity, and then the rapid closures or restructuring soon after the end of the war, historical records were not always created or adequately maintained and little is known about some of these branch specific commissioning courses. The Signal Corps however has a full list of records going back to its very first class, which graduated 336 Officers on 30 September 1941. The records are maintained by the U.S. Army Signal Corps OCS Association, which is actively collecting and archiving the personal history of many of the over 27,000 Signal Corps OCS graduates that went through its WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War programs. The Signal Corps website includes a list of every U.S. Army Signal Corps OCS graduate, the date of their graduation, as well as all TAC Officers, training school CO's, and most enlisted men who served the Signal Corps' OCS training programs.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the Signal Corps, several other units have alumni organizations that have maintained informal records and preserved documentation of the courses. </p><p>On 27 September 1941, the first Infantry OCS class graduated 171 second lieutenants; 204 men started the 17-week course in July.<sup id="cite_ref-OCSALUM_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OCSALUM-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Testament to the ability of OCS to produce new second lieutenants quickly can be found in War Department decision that ROTC could not fulfill the national demand for officers; so in May 1943, the advanced course in ROTC was suspended and basic course graduates were immediately sent to OCS so they could be commissioned sooner.<sup id="cite_ref-HOYA_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOYA-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> During the war, the Army's policy of racial segregation continued among enlisted members; Army training policy, however, provided that blacks and whites would train together in officer candidate schools (beginning in 1942).<sup id="cite_ref-WAAC_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WAAC-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OCSINT_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OCSINT-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Officer Candidate School was the Army's first formal experiment with integration. Black and white candidates shared officer's quarters, with bunkmates assigned alphabetically, regardless of their race, and all of the candidates trained together. Despite this integrated training, in most instances, the graduates would go on to join racially segregated units.<sup id="cite_ref-OCSINT_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OCSINT-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SWPA_OCS.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/SWPA_OCS.jpg/220px-SWPA_OCS.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/SWPA_OCS.jpg/330px-SWPA_OCS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/SWPA_OCS.jpg/440px-SWPA_OCS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="853" data-file-height="468" /></a><figcaption>Graduating class of September 1944, SWPA OCS at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Columbia_(Wacol)" title="Camp Columbia (Wacol)">Camp Columbia</a>, Australia, showing an integrated population.</figcaption></figure> <p>General Bradley is credited with establishing the format, discipline, and code of honor still used in OCS today. Bradley emphasized rigorous training, strict discipline and efficient organization. These tenets remain the base values of today's Officer Candidate School. Between July 1941 and May 1947, over 100,000 candidates were enrolled in 448 Infantry OCS classes, of these approximately 67 percent completed the course to earn commissions. After World War II, Infantry OCS was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Riley" title="Fort Riley">Fort Riley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>, as part of the Ground General School. Due to the post-war downsizing of the Army and the declining need for new Officers, all but Infantry OCS was closed. Finally, on 1 November 1947, it was deactivated. The final class graduated only 52 second lieutenants.<sup id="cite_ref-OCSALUM_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OCSALUM-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Army_Corps" title="Women's Army Corps">Women's Army Auxiliary Corps</a> (WAAC) was created by an act of Congress on 14 May 1942, permitting them to serve, but not as Soldiers. At that time, women did not have military status and were not integrated into the Army. Their ranks, pay, and benefits were different from the Army, along with all administration. But, being a military organization that was modeled after, and parallel, to the Army, it required a way to train Officers; therefore it created its own WAAC OCS, which stood up on 20 July 1942 at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Des_Moines_Provisional_Army_Officer_Training_School" title="Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School">Fort Des Moines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a>. The course was six-weeks long, its first-class consisting of 440 candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-WAAC_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WAAC-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon graduation, the women were commissioned as third officers (equivalent to a second lieutenant). It is worth noting, that among the first candidates were 40 black women. Initially, black women were segregated, but in keeping with Army policies, integrating officer training, and with pressure from the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People" class="mw-redirect" title="National Association for the Advancement of Colored People">National Association for the Advancement of Colored People</a> (NAACP), by November 1942, they were being trained in integrated units.<sup id="cite_ref-WAAC_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WAAC-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cold_War">Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OCS_early.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/OCS_early.jpg/220px-OCS_early.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/OCS_early.jpg/330px-OCS_early.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/OCS_early.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>1st Officer Candidate Battalion, 2nd Student Regiment</figcaption></figure> <p>With the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, and the Army's rapid expansion in response, the shortage of on-hand officers, and projected commissions, caused the Department of the Army to re-open Infantry OCS at Fort Benning on 18 February 1951. The course was lengthened from 17 to 22 weeks, as a result of lessons learned from WWII; thus permitting more instruction in Infantry tactics. The Infantry Officer Candidate School became the <i>1st Officer Candidate Battalion, 2nd Student Regiment.</i> The strength of OCS rapidly increased. As one of eight branch programs, Infantry OCS included as many as 29 companies with a class graduating every week. During the Korean War, OCS commissioned approximately 7,000 Infantry officers. </p><p>In April 1949, the U.S. Army established the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Army_Corps" title="Women's Army Corps">Women's Army Corps</a> Officer Candidate School at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Lee (Virginia)">Fort Lee</a>, Virginia. The WAC, an active component of the regular Army, a descendant of the WAAC, operated this OCS for female candidates seeking to enter the WAC Officer Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "wash-out" rate was nearly identical to the men's programs, at roughly 37%, during its first four years; an alarming statistic to observers of both programs.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1954 WAC OCS had been closed and merged with a commissioning program for female direct commissions, due to the low numbers of women attending the WAC OCS course, due in part to tightened standards for selection – in response to investigations of the washout rates. </p><p>On 4 August 1953, the Department of the Army reduced OCS from eight to three programs: Infantry, Artillery, and Engineer, finally closing Engineer OCS in July 1954,<sup id="cite_ref-ENGOCS_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ENGOCS-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leaving only the Infantry and Field Artillery schools open. With the onset of the Vietnam War, however, the OCS program was again expanded with officer candidates undergoing a grueling 23-week program of instruction with an extremely high <a href="/wiki/Attrition_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Attrition rate">attrition rate</a> which was designed to prepare young officers to be platoon leaders in a demanding Vietnam jungle environment. In September 1965, Engineer OCS reopened at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Belvoir" title="Fort Belvoir">Fort Belvoir</a>, Virginia, and before closing for good in 1971, over 10,000 Engineer Officers had been commissioned.<sup id="cite_ref-ENGOCS_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ENGOCS-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the war in Korea edged into 1953, several classes of Infantry School OCS students were given the authorization to transfer to the Medical Service Corps upon graduation. These selected officers (with previous medical experience) were assigned to Korea (after a short training course at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas), with the explicit duty of trying to keep the direct inductee Medical Officers alive. This was necessary because of the shortage of medical officers and the lack of combat preparation training provided to them after their direct induction into the Army and their immediate assignment to Korea. </p><p>At the height of the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, Infantry OCS produced 7,000 officers annually from five student battalions, all located at Fort Benning. Also, during the war, a female OCS was once again established; it was stood up at Fort McClellan, Alabama, as part of the WAC Center and School. Other OCS programs were located at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Gordon" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Gordon">Fort Gordon</a>, Georgia (Signal Corps); Fort Sill, Oklahoma (Artillery), Fort Lee, Virginia (Quarter Master), Fort Eustis, Virginia (Transportation), Fort Knox, Kentucky (Armor), Fort Belvoir, Virginia (Engineer) and Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland (Ordnance). In April 1973, a branch immaterial OCS was established at Fort Benning, ending the Infantry and Field Artillery based courses. In 1976, with the end of the gender-separate Army, the women's OCS was merged with the branch immaterial male course, creating a program very similar to the modern OCS. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a> at <a href="/wiki/West_Point,_New_York" title="West Point, New York">West Point, New York</a>, also admitted its first female cadets in 1976. However, due to the length of instruction there (4 years), the newly gender-integrated Officer Candidate School had the distinction of commissioning a female second lieutenant before USMA. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Historical_OCS_Programs">List of Historical OCS Programs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of Historical OCS Programs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Adjutant General (Fort Washington, Maryland).</li> <li>Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Camp Davis, North Carolina) [July 1941 – January 1944] The first AAA OCS class started at Fort Monroe in July 1941 and finished at Camp Davis in October 1941.</li> <li>Anti-Aircraft Artillery (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Bliss,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Bliss, Texas">Fort Bliss, Texas</a>) [October 1951 – July 1953].</li> <li>Armor (Fort Knox, Kentucky) [1941 – 1944; September 1951 – May 1953].</li> <li>Armor (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Knox,_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Knox, Kentucky">Fort Knox, Kentucky</a>) [July 1966 – February 1968] From July 1966 to February 1968 the program was a dedicated Armor OCS. Previously it had been a Branch Immaterial OCS course<sup id="cite_ref-tejascoach.com_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tejascoach.com-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ·    </li> <li> Army Administration (Fargo, North Dakota, Grinnell Iowa, Gainesville, Florida) Consolidated into a single school at Fort Washington in May 1943.</li> <li>Army Officer Candidate (AOC) Course (Fort Riley, Kansas) [1947–1953].</li> <li>Army Officer Candidate School (AOCS) [1946–1947] Fort Benning, Georgia.</li> <li>Army Air Forces Administration (Miami Beach, Florida) [February 1942 – June 1944] Moved to San Antonio, Texas in June 1944, Moved to Maxwell Field, Alabama in June 1945. Moved to (San Antonio, Texas) [February 1946 – July 1947].</li> <li>Army Air Forces Administration (Harvard University) [World War II]</li> <li>Branch Immaterial (Fort Knox, Kentucky) [December 1965 – September 1966] Fort Knox was Branch Immaterial for Armor, Quartermaster, Transportation, and Ordnance Corps. Classes completed Phase I (13-weeks) at Fort Knox and Phase II (10-weeks) at either Fort Lee (Quartermaster), Fort Eustis (Transportation), Aberdeen Proving Ground (Ordnance Corps) or Fort Knox (Armor). Class 9–66 (the first class) candidates who completed Phase I were able to choose between Armor, Quartermaster, Transportation, or Ordnance Corps for Phase II.Classes 12–66, 19–66, 23–66 and 27–66 were sent to Aberdeen Proving Ground for Phase II of Ordnance OCS. Classes 15–66, 17–66, 20–66 and 24–66 were sent to Fort Eustis for Phase II of Transportation OCS. Classes 16–66, 21–66 and 26–66 were sent to Fort Lee for Quartermaster OCS. Classes 14–66, 18–66, 22–66 and 25–66 completed both Phase I and II at Fort Knox and were commissioned Armor.</li> <li>Branch Immaterial (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Benning,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Benning, Georgia">Fort Benning, Georgia</a>) [April 1973 – present] Creates general-purpose commissioned officers in the place of the previous specialized programs.</li> <li>Cavalry (Fort Riley, Kansas) [1941–1946].</li> <li>Chemical Warfare Service (Edgewood Arsenal) [World War II]</li> <li>Engineers (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Belvoir,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Belvoir, Virginia">Fort Belvoir, Virginia</a>) [July 1941 – December 1946; September 1951 – July 1954; September 1965 – January 1971].<sup id="cite_ref-ENGOCS_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ENGOCS-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Field Artillery (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Sill,_Oklahoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Sill, Oklahoma">Fort Sill, Oklahoma</a>) [July 1941 – December 1946; February 1951 – July 1973].</li> <li>Finance (Duke University) [World War II].</li> <li>Infantry (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Benning,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Benning, Georgia">Fort Benning, Georgia</a>) [1941 – 1947; 1951 – 1973].</li> <li>Infantry (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Riley,_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Riley, Kansas">Fort Riley, Kansas</a>) [1947].</li> <li>Judge Advocate General (Ann Arbor, Michigan) [World War II]</li> <li>Medical Administration Corps (Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania [July 1941 – October 1945].</li> <li>Medical Administration Corps (Camp Barkeley, Texas [May 1942 – March 1945].</li> <li>Military Police (Fort Custer, Michigan) [World War II].</li> <li>Ordnance Corps (<a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Proving_Ground" title="Aberdeen Proving Ground">Aberdeen Proving Ground</a>) [1941 – 1945; 1951 – 1952].</li> <li>Ordnance Branch (<a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Proving_Ground" title="Aberdeen Proving Ground">Aberdeen Proving Ground</a>) [1966–1968].</li> <li>Quartermaster Corps (Schuylkill Arsenal, Pennsylvania [1941].</li> <li>Quartermaster Corps (Fort Washington, Wyoming) [1942].</li> <li>Quartermaster Corps (Camp Lee, Virginia) [1941–1945].</li> <li>Quartermaster Corps (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Lee, Virginia">Fort Lee, Virginia</a>) [July 1966 – August 1967].</li> <li>Seacoast Artillery (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Monroe,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Monroe, Virginia">Fort Monroe, Virginia</a>) [April 1942 – March 1944] Coast Artillery split into the Seacoast Artillery OCS at Fort Monroe and the Anti-Aircraft Artillery OCS at Camp Davis in March 1942. All graduates were commissioned in the Coast Artillery Branch.</li> <li>Signal (Fort Monmouth, New Jersey [1941–1946; 1951–1953].</li> <li>Signal Corps (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Gordon,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Gordon, Georgia">Fort Gordon, Georgia</a>) [November 1965 – February 1968].</li> <li>Tank Destroyer (Camp Hood, Texas) [1942–1944, then merged with Armor OCS].</li> <li>Transportation (Mississippi State College and New Orleans, Louisiana).[World War II].</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_Corps" title="Transportation Corps">Transportation Corps</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Eustis" title="Fort Eustis">Fort Eustis</a>, Virginia) [ November 1965 – February 1968].</li> <li>Women's Army Corps (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Des_Moines_Provisional_Army_Officer_Training_School" title="Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School">Fort Des Moines, Iowa</a>) [July 1942 – September 1943]; [March 1945 – November 1945].</li> <li>Women's Army Corps (Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia) [September 1943 – February 1945]</li> <li>Women's Army Corps (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Lee, Virginia">Fort Lee, Virginia</a>) [1949 – 1952].</li> <li>Women's Army Corps Center and School (<a href="/wiki/Fort_McClellan,_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort McClellan, Alabama">Fort McClellan, Alabama</a>) [1952 – 1976].</li> <li>In Theater OCS <b>(</b>1942–1945) The Pacific Theater of Operations had OCS at Camp Columbia, Australia, New Caledonia and Natambua, Fiji Islands. The European Theater of Operation had OCS at Fontainebleau, France, Shrivenham, England and Santa Agata Dei, Mediterranean Region.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Training">Training</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Training"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OCS_Candidates_sand.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/OCS_Candidates_sand.JPG/300px-OCS_Candidates_sand.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/OCS_Candidates_sand.JPG/450px-OCS_Candidates_sand.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/OCS_Candidates_sand.JPG/600px-OCS_Candidates_sand.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>OCS Candidates preparing for a mission on a "terrain model".</figcaption></figure> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal">Federal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Federal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Army's Officer Candidate School is programmed to teach basic leadership and soldier tasks, using the infantry battle drills found in Army <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Field_Manuals" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Field Manuals">Field Manual</a> 3–21.8 as a framework for instruction and evaluation of leadership potential. A total of 71 tasks are taught and tested while at OCS. A candidate should expect to be under constant observation and evaluation by their cadre. Mental and emotional stress is induced through a variety of controlled methods, to test problem-solving and moral resolve. Additionally, the course is meant to be physically demanding, with numerous tactical road marches, timed runs of varying distance from 2 miles to 5 miles, and <a href="/wiki/Combatives" title="Combatives">Army Combatives</a> training. Beginning with the first class of FY 2008, the calendar length of OCS was shortened from 14 weeks to 12 weeks, thus allowing for more classes to be conducted each <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">fiscal year</a>, thereby raising the maximum capacity of the school to train Second Lieutenants to meet future commissioning needs as the Army grows. The current capacity of each class that is conducted is limited to 160 officer candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Officer Candidate School is conducted in three phases: Basic Phase, Intermediate Phase, and Senior phase. Students are referred to as either Basic Officer Candidates (BOCs), Intermediate Officer Candidates (IOCs), or Senior Officer Candidates (SOCs) as their classes progress. Initially, upon arrival, the candidates will in-process with HHC and compete via the Army Combat Fitness Test to enter an OCS company. Candidates should expect to arrive at Fort Moore in top physical condition. Once assigned to a class, the candidates have virtually no privileges and enter into a highly controlled environment similar to Basic Training, although they are expected to act like leaders and take charge and responsibility immediately. As candidates progress through the course, they may earn some limited privileges. Their bearing, deportment, and behavior, both individually and collectively, will affect the return of their privileges.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BOCs are identified by wearing a black ascot. The basic phase will test candidates academically as well as physically; all events are scored comprising the Order of Merit (OML) list used for branch selection. After completion of the Basic phase, transition to the Intermediate phase will occur. The IOCs are identified with a light blue ascot. The intermediate phase continues with more difficult academic training as well as field and tactical instruction. After a two and a half week field exercise in which candidates are tested on their confidence and their ability to lead Soldiers, Active Duty candidates select their branch based on the amount of slots available for each branch. Officer Candidates can only branch into 16 of the 17 slots available, with two needing special conditions complete prior to arriving to OCS.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after branching, Candidates will test into the Senior Phase. SOCs are identified by wearing a white ascot. The last phase consists of final exams in academics, physical fitness, peer evaluations, final TAC (Training, Advising, and Counseling) Officer assessments, interviews, and preparation for graduation and follow-on basic officer branch courses. Sometimes, graduates are offered 'walk-on' slots in Fort Moore's Airborne or Air Assault schools since they are under the same higher training command as OCS. </p><p>In September 2010, OCS implemented a policy of total immersion. This system removes the possibility of candidates earning on- or off-post passes and using their vehicles during the first 6 weeks of school, restricts the consumption of alcohol to 2 designated days during the course, and prohibits students to carry cell phones while in uniform.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to various sources the overall pass rate for both active duty and reserve OCS is consistently in between 80 and 90 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, the attrition rate was only at 10.7 percent, meaning 89.3 percent of all candidates passed, which is 894 out 1001.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All candidates are commissioned as <a href="/wiki/Second_Lieutenant#United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Lieutenant">Second Lieutenants</a> upon graduation.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accelerated_&_Traditional"><span id="Accelerated_.26_Traditional"></span>Accelerated & Traditional</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Accelerated & Traditional"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The programs at the Army National Guard RTIs are offered in two different formats to accommodate both Reserve and National Guard component soldiers. The "Traditional" OCS program is a 16-month course of instruction conducted from March to August of the following year and is broken down into four phases. </p> <ul><li>Phase Zero – is three to four drill weekends and designed to prepare Officer Candidates for the OCS program.</li> <li>Phase I – is a 15-day annual training period held in the summer.</li> <li>Phase II – is conducted one weekend per month for a period of 13 months.</li> <li>Phase III – is a final 15-day annual training period, culminating with graduation and commissioning.</li></ul> <p>The Army National Guard also offers an "Accelerated" OCS program, which is a 56-day, full-time program. The Accelerated program is the most physically and mentally demanding program and while the majority of candidates for the Accelerated program are already enlisted soldiers, the failure rate is consistently over 40%. </p><p>Upon successful completion of either OCS program, graduates are eligible for commissioning as a Second Lieutenant pending federal recognition.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are requirements that allow basic qualification for entrance into OCS for the Army Reserve and Army National Guard. The Army Regulation (AR) that governs OCS is AR 350–51. Candidates must have at least 90 credits from an accredited college, approval from the state RTI board, and falling in the age range of 18 to 41 years.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Basic_Officer_Leadership_Course_(BOLC)"><span id="Basic_Officer_Leadership_Course_.28BOLC.29"></span>Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2009, the Army streamlined the officer training pipeline by removing BOLC II and renaming BOLC I to BOLC-A and BOLC III to BOLC-B. Three weeks of training were added to BOLC-B which includes basic soldiering skills such as land navigation and weapons qualification.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, three separate schools were combined into two. Today's 'BOLC' was formerly known as the Officer Basic Course (OBC). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selection">Selection</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Selection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The journey for a prospective Officer Candidate will begin with a visiting a U.S. Army Recruiter. After the initial interview, the Recruiter will help create a packet for OCS for submission to the U.S. Army Recruiting Command. </p><p>After completing the initial interview the prospective officer candidate will take the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Services_Vocational_Aptitude_Battery" title="Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery">ASVAB</a> and need to make at least a 110 GT score. The prospective candidate then must complete a short essay about why they want to become an Army Officer, provide identification (usually a <a href="/wiki/Birth_certificate" title="Birth certificate">birth certificate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Social_Security_card" class="mw-redirect" title="Social Security card">Social Security card</a>), pass a <a href="/wiki/Background_check" title="Background check">background check</a>, provide a minimum of 3 <a href="/wiki/Recommendation_letter" class="mw-redirect" title="Recommendation letter">letters of recommendation</a>, and complete a physical medical exam. </p><p>After successful completion of these steps, the Officer Candidate will be scheduled to conduct an interview board. The interview board is conducted by three officers, usually two Captains and headed by a Major. Upon successfully passsong the interview board the prospective Officer Candidate will be screened by U.S. Army Recruiting Command. Once accepted into the program, the Officer Candidate will have a week to enlist into the U.S. Army or Army Reserve. Applicants seeking to become Officers within the Army National Guard have the option to attend Federal OCS upon enlistment as a “09S.” Alternatively, they can attend Traditional & Accelerated OCS programs conducted by state RTIs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Officer_Candidate_School_Hall_of_Honor">The Officer Candidate School Hall of Honor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The Officer Candidate School Hall of Honor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The U.S. Army Officer Candidate School Hall of Honor was established in 1958 to honor infantry officer graduates of the Officer Candidate School Program who distinguished themselves in military or civilian pursuits. In 2002, it was opened to graduates from all U.S. Army Officer Candidate Schools from across the history of the U.S. Army.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FB-OCS-HOF_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FB-OCS-HOF-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is hosted at the <a href="/wiki/National_Infantry_Museum" title="National Infantry Museum">National Infantry Museum</a> in Columbus, Georgia, which also hosts the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Rangers" title="United States Army Rangers">U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Honor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Officer_Candidate_School_Hall_of_Fame">Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among the OCS Hall of Honor exhibits include the OCS Hall of Fame. It features over 2,000 inductees whose biographies and portraits can be explored in a digital kiosk.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Selection and induction into the Hall of Fame is not guaranteed and is based on several criteria. The inductee may be commissioned from any active component Army OCS program and must have accomplished at least one of the following: </p> <ul><li>Awarded the Medal of Honor</li> <li>Attained the rank of colonel while serving on active duty or the reserves.</li> <li>Elected or appointed to an office of prominence in the national or state government.</li> <li>Achieved national or state recognition for outstanding service to the nation.</li> <li>Attained an exceptional wartime service record.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Notable_members_of_the_Hall_of_Fame">Notable members of the Hall of Fame</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notable members of the Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are over two thousand inductees; a few representative examples are listed here:<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_J._Addonizio" title="Hugh J. Addonizio">Hugh J. Addonizio</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_F._Buckley,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William F. Buckley, Jr.">William F. Buckley, Jr.</a>, political commentator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Robert J. Dole</a>, U.S. Senator from Kansas and presidential candidate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winthrop_Rockefeller" title="Winthrop Rockefeller">Winthrop Rockefeller</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caspar_Weinberger" title="Caspar Weinberger">Caspar Weinberger</a>, Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration</li> <li>General <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Franks" title="Tommy Franks">Tommy Franks</a></li> <li>General <a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Kingston" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert C. Kingston">Robert C. Kingston</a></li> <li>General <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Kroesen" title="Frederick Kroesen">Frederick J. Kroesen, Jr.</a></li> <li>General <a href="/wiki/John_Shalikashvili" title="John Shalikashvili">John Shalikashvili</a></li> <li>Lieutenant General Michael S. Tucker</li> <li>Lieutenant General David S. Weisman</li> <li>Lieutenant General Michael Nagata</li> <li>Major General George F. Close, Jr.</li> <li>Major General <a href="/wiki/Michael_D._Healy" title="Michael D. Healy">Michael D. Healy</a></li> <li>Major General <a href="/wiki/Keith_Ware" class="mw-redirect" title="Keith Ware">Keith Ware</a></li> <li>Major General Phillip Kaplan</li> <li>Major General William J. McCaddin</li> <li>Brigadier General Julia A. Kraus</li> <li>Brigadier General Belinda Pinckney</li> <li>Colonel Gerald E. Ferguson, Jr.</li> <li>Colonel Leland B. Fair</li> <li>Colonel Ronald F. Fraser</li> <li>Colonel John L. Insani</li> <li>Colonel <a href="/wiki/Leo_J._Meyer" title="Leo J. Meyer">Leo J. Meyer</a></li> <li>Colonel <a href="/wiki/Robert_Nett" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Nett">Robert Nett</a></li> <li>Colonel Frank Norton</li> <li>Colonel <a href="/wiki/Alan_Reich" title="Alan Reich">Alan Reich</a></li> <li>Colonel <a href="/wiki/Rick_Rescorla" title="Rick Rescorla">Rick Rescorla</a></li> <li>Colonel Archibald D. Scott III</li> <li>Colonel Carolyn R. Sharpe</li> <li>Colonel Robert F. Staake</li> <li>Colonel John Ionoff</li> <li>Colonel Frank Harman</li> <li>Lieutenant Colonel <a href="/wiki/Don_C._Faith" class="mw-redirect" title="Don C. Faith">Don C. Faith</a>, Jr.</li> <li>Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur A. "Sid" Sidney</li> <li>Major <a href="/wiki/Dick_Winters" class="mw-redirect" title="Dick Winters">Dick Winters</a>, subject of the television miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/Band_of_Brothers_(miniseries)" title="Band of Brothers (miniseries)">Band of Brothers</a></i></li> <li>Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Monteith" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmie Monteith">Jimmie Monteith</a></li> <li>Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wigle" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Wigle">Thomas Wigle</a></li> <li>Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Donald_Prell" title="Donald Prell">Donald Prell</a>, venture capitalist and futurist</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="US_Army_OCS_Alumni_Association">US Army OCS Alumni Association</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: US Army OCS Alumni Association"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United States Army Officer Candidate Schools Alumni Association (USAOCSAA) :<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the alumni association for the United States Army Officer Candidate Schools (OCS) past, present, and future regardless of location and includes Army National Guard OCS. It is incorporated in the State of Georgia as a 501 C(19) not for profit, war veterans organization. It is led by 13 directors, all graduates, 5 of which form the executive committee. The executive committee is led by the president and chief executive officer, who acts as the executive director. The current president and chief executive officer is Colonel (Ret.) Frank L Harman III. </p><p>The mission of the association is to serve and honor the OCS program and its graduates; and its purpose is to further the ideals and promote the welfare of the Officer Candidate Schools, the Officer Corps and the US Army. </p><p>USAOCSAA supports the OCS Battalion and the OCS Program by sponsoring each OCS class with resources to assist with class events and graduation awards. USAOCSAA also sponsors major events, annual awards, and ceremonies and facilities on the OCS campus which include the Annual OCS Alumni Reunion, the Patterson Award, the OCS Hall of Fame, the OCS Memorial Walk and the OCS Heritage Center in Wigle Hall. USAOCSAA acknowledges and recognizes alumni and cadre with monuments in the OCS Memorial Walk, Decorating National War memorials in the National Mall and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Award of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Maurice" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Saint Maurice">Order of Saint Maurice</a>, distinguished and honorary members of the <a href="/wiki/11th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="11th Infantry Regiment (United States)">11th Infantry Regiment</a> and the annual Colonel <a href="/wiki/Robert_Nett" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Nett">Robert Nett</a> Award. USAOCSAA communicates with its members and educates the public on the vital role of OCS by operating the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OCSalumni.org">USAOCSAA Web Site</a>, providing articles to national publications, publishing their Quarterly Newsletter, and a Bi-Weekly Email Updates to its members. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonel_Robert_Nett_Award">Colonel Robert Nett Award</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Colonel Robert Nett Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The purpose of the Nett Award is "to remember and continue to honor the service of Colonel <a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Nett" title="Robert B. Nett">Robert B. Nett</a> to our country, the Army, and the OCS program" and "to recognize and honor annually an OCS Hall of Fame or OCS Alumni Association member or current and former cadre who has provided superior support and advocacy to the OCS program". The Nett Award is presented by the USAOCSAA president and the Senior Maneuver Center representative at the USAOCSAA alumni dinner.<sup id="cite_ref-OCSA-Nett_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OCSA-Nett-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The criterion is: "the nominee, through years of continued service, support, and action, best represents and has contributed to the OCS Alumni Association mission and purpose". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Recipients">Recipients</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Recipients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Recipients of the award are as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-NettWinners_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NettWinners-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>2017 –  Colonel John Ionoff</li> <li>2018 –  Colonel Frank Harman</li> <li>2019 –  Lieutenant Colonel Edgar S. Burroughs</li> <li>2020 –  Captain Danny Leifel</li> <li>2021 –  Colonel Thomas Evans</li> <li>2022 –  Lieutenant Donald Dare</li> <li>2023 –  Colonel David Taylor</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="OCS_Alma_Mater">OCS Alma Mater</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: OCS Alma Mater"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The school's alma mater is:<sup id="cite_ref-OCSYearbook_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OCSYearbook-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><div class="poem"> <p>Far across the Chattahoochee<br /> To the Upatoi<br /> OCS our Alma Mater<br /> The Army’s pride and joy!<br /> <br /> Forward ever backward never<br /> Faithfully we strive<br /> To the ports of embarkation<br /> Follow me with pride.<br /> <br /> When it's time and we are called<br /> To guard our country's might<br /> We'll be there with our heads held high<br /> in peacetime and in fight.<br /> <br /> Yearning ever, failing never<br /> To guard the memory<br /> The call is clear, we must meet the task<br /> For freedom’s never free! </p> </div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_academy" title="Military academy">Military academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">Air Force Officer Training School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer Candidate School">Officer Candidate School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noncommissioned_officer_candidate_course" title="Noncommissioned officer candidate course">Noncommissioned officer candidate course</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Training_and_Doctrine_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Training and Doctrine Command">Training and Doctrine Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">Warrant Officer Candidate School</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.faocsalumni.org/history.html">the original</a> on 16 January 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 December</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Artillery+OCS+Alumni&rft.atitle=Artillery+OCS+Memories&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.faocsalumni.org%2Fhistory.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOfficer+Candidate+School+%28United+States+Army%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CAOCS-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CAOCS_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBelmont" class="citation web cs1">Belmont, Larry. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.skylighters.org/history/coastart/index.html">"Skylighters, The Web Site of the 225th AAA Searchlight Battalion: Coast Artillery and AA Artillery – An Overview"</a>. <i>skylighters.org</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=skylighters.org&rft.atitle=Skylighters%2C+The+Web+Site+of+the+225th+AAA+Searchlight+Battalion%3A+Coast+Artillery+and+AA+Artillery+%E2%80%93+An+Overview&rft.aulast=Belmont&rft.aufirst=Larry&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skylighters.org%2Fhistory%2Fcoastart%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOfficer+Candidate+School+%28United+States+Army%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.armysignalocs.com/">"Signal Corps Officer Candidate School Association"</a>. <i>armysignalocs.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=armysignalocs.com&rft.atitle=Signal+Corps+Officer+Candidate+School+Association&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.armysignalocs.com%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOfficer+Candidate+School+%28United+States+Army%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OCSALUM-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-OCSALUM_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OCSALUM_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ocsalumni.com/history.cfm">OCS History</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070217075750/http://www.ocsalumni.com/history.cfm">Archived</a> 17 February 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HOYA-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HOYA_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www12.georgetown.edu/students/organizations/rotc/bnhistory.html">Hoya Battalion History</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060904120115/http://www12.georgetown.edu/students/organizations/rotc/bnhistory.html">Archived</a> 4 September 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WAAC-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WAAC_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WAAC_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WAAC_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Women's Army Corps</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.army.mil/books/wac/chapter1.htm#p5">Chapter I "The Women's Army Corps, 1942–1945"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100709203241/http://www.history.army.mil/books/wac/chapter1.htm">Archived</a> 9 July 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OCSINT-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-OCSINT_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OCSINT_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Integration of the Armed Forces: 1940–1965</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.army.mil/books/integration/IAF-02.htm">Chapter 2 "World War II: The Army"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100727161209/http://www.history.army.mil/books/integration/IAF-02.htm">Archived</a> 27 July 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/firsts3.html">"More Military Women Firsts and Accomplishments"</a>. <i>userpages.aug.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=userpages.aug.com&rft.atitle=More+Military+Women+Firsts+and+Accomplishments&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fuserpages.aug.com%2Fcaptbarb%2Ffirsts3.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOfficer+Candidate+School+%28United+States+Army%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.army.mil/books/wac/chapter5.htm#t2">"Chapter V: Officer Procurement and Career Development"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100612063654/http://www.history.army.mil/books/wac/chapter5.htm">Archived</a> 12 June 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Women's Army Corps</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ENGOCS-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ENGOCS_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ENGOCS_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ENGOCS_18-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ocshistory.org/army_museum/engocs.html">"OCS History Web :: Army Museum : Engineer OCS"</a>. <i>ocshistory.org</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ocshistory.org&rft.atitle=OCS+History+Web+%3A%3A+Army+Museum+%3A+Engineer+OCS&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ocshistory.org%2Farmy_museum%2Fengocs.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOfficer+Candidate+School+%28United+States+Army%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tejascoach.com-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tejascoach.com_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tejascoach.com/OCS.html">"When the Nation Called a Third Time – Army Officer Candidate School at Fort Knox, Kentucky: The Vietnam Era"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150115133907/http://www.tejascoach.com/OCS.html">Archived</a> 15 January 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120617004410/http://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/pdf/r601_210.pdf">"Army Regulation 601–210: Active and Reserve Components Enlistment Program"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. United States Army. 12 March 2013. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/pdf/r601_210.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 17 June 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved 1 November 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.benning.army.mil/infantry/199th/ocs/content/pdf/OCSOP%2001SEP14.pdf">Academics: OSC SOP</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170217161804/https://www.benning.army.mil/infantry/199th/ocs/content/pdf/OCSOP%2001SEP14.pdf">Archived</a> 17 February 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Chapter 1. Orientation, Para, 1–4 Course Overview, Subpara. b. 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Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sustainment_Center_of_Excellence" title="Sustainment Center of Excellence">Sustainment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Colleges and schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Adjutant_General_School" title="United States Army Adjutant General School">Adjutant General School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Assault_School" title="United States Army Air Assault School">Air Assault School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Defense_Artillery_School" title="United States Army Air Defense Artillery School">Air Defense Artillery School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Airborne_School" title="United States Army Airborne 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School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Chaplaincy_Center" title="Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center">Institute for Religious Leadership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Jumpmaster_School" title="United States Army Jumpmaster School">Jumpmaster School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Leonard_Wood" title="Fort Leonard Wood">Military Police School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Mountain_Warfare_School" title="Army Mountain Warfare School">Mountain Warfare School</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Officer Candidate School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Pathfinder_School" title="United States Army Pathfinder School">Pathfinder School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Prime_Power_School" title="United States Army Prime Power School">Prime Power School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartermaster_Center_and_School" title="Quartermaster Center and School">Quartermaster School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranger_School" title="Ranger 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Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Huachuca" title="Fort Huachuca">Fort Huachuca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Jackson_(South_Carolina)" title="Fort Jackson (South Carolina)">Fort Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Knox" title="Fort Knox">Fort Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Leavenworth" title="Fort Leavenworth">Fort Leavenworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Gregg-Adams" title="Fort Gregg-Adams">Fort Gregg-Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Leonard_Wood" title="Fort Leonard Wood">Fort Leonard Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Novosel" title="Fort Novosel">Fort Novosel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Sill" title="Fort Sill">Fort Sill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidio_of_Monterey,_California" title="Presidio of Monterey, California">Presidio of Monterey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redstone_Arsenal" title="Redstone Arsenal">Redstone Arsenal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Vice Chief of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Army four-star generals">4-star generals</a></li> <li>3-star generals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Army_before_1960" title="List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960">1798–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_from_1990_to_1999" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 1990 to 1999">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Central" title="United States Army Central">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe_and_Africa" title="United States Army Europe and Africa">Europe</a>–<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army Africa">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Pacific" title="United States Army Pacific">Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_North" title="United States Army North">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_South" title="United States Army South">South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Army Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Surface_Deployment_and_Distribution_Command" title="Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command">Surface Deployment and Distribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Space_and_Missile_Defense_Command" title="United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command">Space and Missile Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Cyber_Command" title="United States Army Cyber Command">Cyber Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct reporting<br />units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_United_States_Army" title="Second United States Army">Second Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Medical_Command" title="United States Army Medical Command">Medical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Intelligence_and_Security_Command" title="United States Army Intelligence and Security Command">Intelligence and Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Criminal_Investigation_Division" title="United States Army Criminal Investigation Division">Criminal Investigation Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Corps of Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Military_District_of_Washington" title="United States Army Military District of Washington">Military District of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Test_and_Evaluation_Command" title="United States Army Test and Evaluation Command">Test and Evaluation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve_Command" title="United States Army Reserve Command">Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Acquisition_Support_Center" title="U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center">Acquisition Support Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Installation_Management_Command" title="United States Army Installation Management Command">Installation Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_War_College" title="United States Army War College">War College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_field_armies_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of field armies of the United States Army">Field armies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Army_(United_States)" title="First Army (United States)">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Central" title="United States Army Central">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_North" title="United States Army North">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Army_(United_States)" title="Sixth Army (United States)">Sixth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe_and_Africa" title="United States Army Europe and Africa">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_States)" title="Eighth Army (United States)">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Army_(United_States)" title="Ninth Army (United States)">Ninth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Branches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Acquisition_Corps" title="United States Army Acquisition Corps">Acquisition Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Adjutant_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Army Adjutant General's Corps">Adjutant General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Artillery_Branch" title="Air Defense Artillery Branch">Air Defense Artillery Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armor_Branch" title="Armor Branch">Armor Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Aviation_Branch" title="United States Army Aviation Branch">Aviation Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_bands" title="United States military bands">Army Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_Corps_(United_States_Army)" title="Chaplain Corps (United States Army)">Chaplain Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_Corps" title="Chemical Corps">Chemical Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Civil_Affairs_and_Psychological_Operations_Command" title="United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command">Civil Affairs Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Corps of Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyber_Branch_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyber Branch (United States Army)">Cyber Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Dental_Command" title="United States Army Dental Command">Dental Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_Artillery_Branch_(United_States)" title="Field Artillery Branch (United States)">Field Artillery Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finance_Corps" title="Finance Corps">Finance Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry_Branch_(United_States)" title="Infantry Branch (United States)">Infantry Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Inspector_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Office of the Inspector General of the United States Army">Inspector General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Logistics_Branch" title="United States Army Logistics Branch">Logistics Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Medical_Corps" title="United States Army Medical Corps">Medical Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)" title="Army Medical Department (United States)">Medical Service Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)" title="Army Medical Department (United States)">Medical Specialist Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Intelligence_Corps_(United_States_Army)" title="Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)">Military Intelligence Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Police_Corps_(United_States)" title="Military Police Corps (United States)">Military Police Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Nurse_Corps" title="United States Army Nurse Corps">Nurse Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Ordnance_Corps" title="United States Army Ordnance Corps">Ordnance Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_operations_(United_States)" title="Psychological operations (United States)">Psychological operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Quartermaster_Corps" title="United States Army Quartermaster Corps">Quartermaster Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signal_Corps_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Signal Corps (United States Army)">Signal Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces" title="United States Army Special Forces">Special Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_Corps" title="Transportation Corps">Transportation Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Veterinary_Corps" title="United States Army Veterinary Corps">Veterinary Corps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Installations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_United_States_Army_installations" title="List of former United States Army installations">United States and overseas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_Germany" title="List of United States Army installations in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Installations_of_the_United_States_Army_in_Japan" title="Category:Installations of the United States Army in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_Kuwait" title="List of United States Army installations in Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_South_Korea" title="List of United States Army installations in South Korea">South Korea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">Basic Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basic_Officer_Leaders_Course" title="Basic Officer Leaders Course">BOLC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> (<a href="/wiki/Early_Commissioning_Program" title="Early Commissioning Program">ECP</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">OCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Basic_Course" title="Warrant Officer Basic Course">WOBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">WOCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">Military Academy (West Point)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_careers" title="List of United States Army careers">MOS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms and<br />insignia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Army">Awards and decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Badges of the United States Army">Badges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_branch_insignia" title="United States Army branch insignia">Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">Officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia">Enlisted</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia_of_World_War_I" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War I">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia_of_World_War_II" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II">World War II</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Uniforms of the United States Army">Uniforms</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of equipment of the United States Army">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Individual weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crew-served_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Crew-served weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_land_vehicles_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of land vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces">Vehicles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_premier_ensembles" title="List of United States military premier ensembles">Premier<br />ensembles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Field_Band" title="United States Army Field Band">Army Field Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Band" title="United States Army Band">Army Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Guard_Fife_and_Drum_Corps" title="Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps">Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Point_Band" title="West Point Band">West Point Band</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History and<br /> traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army" title="History of the United States Army">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_army" title="Union army">Union army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army#World_War_I" title="History of the United States Army">National Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_United_States" title="Army of the United States">Army of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Institute_of_Heraldry" title="United States Army Institute of Heraldry">Institute of Heraldry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Army" title="America's Army">America's Army</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Art_Program" title="United States Army Art Program">Army Art Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Flag of the United States Army">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Army" title="National Museum of the United States Army">National Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy#West_Point_Museum" title="United States Military Academy">West Point Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Rangers" title="United States Army Rangers">Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Regimental_System" title="U.S. Army Regimental 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duty United States four-star officers">Active duty four-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_three-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States three-star officers">Active duty three-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_seniority" title="United States military seniority">United States military seniority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldwater%E2%80%93Nichols_Act" title="Goldwater–Nichols Act">Goldwater–Nichols Act</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_components_of_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense" title="List of components of the U.S. Department of Defense">Components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Service branches and heads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the United States Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_Coast_Guard" title="Commandant of the Coast Guard">Commandant of the Coast Guard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Reserve components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Reserves: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Reserve" title="United States Coast Guard Reserve">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)" title="National Guard (United States)">National Guard</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">AF</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Auxiliaries" title="Auxiliaries">Civilian auxiliaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Auxiliary_Radio_System" title="Military Auxiliary Radio System">Military Auxiliary Radio System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Cyber_Auxiliary" title="Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary">Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Auxiliary" title="United States Coast Guard Auxiliary">Coast Guard Auxiliary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">Unified combatant command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">Strategic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command" title="United States Transportation Command">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">United States Code</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">Title 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_14_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 14 of the United States Code">Title 14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_32_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 32 of the United States Code">Title 32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_50_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 50 of the United States Code">Title 50</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States military bases">Installations</a></li> <li>Units: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Category:Units and formations of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Organization of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_logistics_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Military logistics of the United States">Logistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_of_the_military_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Mass media of the military of the United States">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Armed_Forces_unit_mottoes" title="List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes">Unit mottoes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operations<br />and <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States" title="Military history of the United States">history</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States" title="Military budget of the United States">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_deployments" title="United States military deployments">Current deployments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_the_United_States" title="List of conflicts in the United States">Conflicts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States" title="List of wars involving the United States">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_civil_affairs_in_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="History of civil affairs in the United States Armed Forces">Civil affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army" title="History of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="History of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="History of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="History of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="History of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="History of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations" title="Timeline of United States military operations">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_American_military_history" title="Colonial American military history">Colonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">By ancestry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_African_Americans" title="Military history of African Americans">African Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Asian_Americans" title="Military history of Asian Americans">Asian Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhists_in_the_United_States_military" title="Buddhists in the United States military">Buddhist Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Jewish_Americans" title="Military history of Jewish Americans">Jewish Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslims_in_the_United_States_military" title="Muslims in the United States military">Muslim Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikhs_in_the_United_States_military" title="Sikhs in the United States military">Sikh Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Hispanic_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of Hispanic Americans">Hispanic Americans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Hispanics in the American Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Hispanics in the United States Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Hispanics in the United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Navy" title="Hispanics in the United States Navy">Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Naval_Academy" title="Hispanics in the United States Naval Academy">Academy</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">Army Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_History_Division" title="United States Marine Corps History Division">Marine Corps History Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_History_and_Heritage_Command" title="Naval History and Heritage Command">Naval History and Heritage Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Historical_Research_Agency" title="Air Force Historical Research Agency">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/American_official_war_artists" title="American official war artists">War artists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Art_Program" title="United States Army Art Program">Army Art Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Art_Program" title="United States Air Force Art Program">Air Force Art Program</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_service_academies" title="United States service academies">Service academies</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">A</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Military Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">MC/N</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/Naval_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="Naval Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">AF/SF</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Academy" title="United States Coast Guard Academy">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine_Academy" title="United States Merchant Marine Academy">Merchant Marine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" title="Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li>Officer candidate/training school: <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officer</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Entrance_Processing_Command" title="United States Military Entrance Processing Command">MEPS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Services_Vocational_Aptitude_Battery" title="Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery">ASVAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Basic_School" title="The Basic School">The Basic School</a> (MC)</li> <li>Enlisted recruit training: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Training" title="United States Marine Corps Recruit Training">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recruit_Training_Command,_Great_Lakes,_Illinois" title="Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Training_Center_Cape_May" title="United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_education_and_training_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Military education and training in the United States">Other education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Uniforms of the United States Armed Forces">Uniforms</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Uniforms of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Uniforms of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces">Awards & decorations</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inter-service_awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Inter-service awards and decorations of the United States military">Inter-service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Navy">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Authorized_foreign_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Authorized foreign decorations of the United States military">Foreign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_military_decoration_authorized_by_the_US_military" class="mw-redirect" title="International military decoration authorized by the US military">International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_award_devices" title="United States military award devices">Devices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_badges_of_the_United_States" title="Military badges of the United States">Badges</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Identification_badges_of_the_uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Identification badges of the uniformed services of the United States">Identification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Badges of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Badges of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Badges of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Badges of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Badges of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Badges of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comparative_military_ranks" title="List of comparative military ranks">Ranks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Officer: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Navy officer rank insignia">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Coast Guard officer rank insignia">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officers</a></li> <li>Enlisted: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_enlisted_rates" title="List of United States Navy enlisted rates">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_enlisted_ranks" title="List of United States Coast Guard enlisted ranks">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Oath: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces_oath_of_enlistment" title="United States Armed Forces oath of enlistment">Enlistment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services_Oath_of_Office" title="United States Uniformed Services Oath of Office">Officer</a></li></ul></li> <li>Creeds & Codes: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_the_United_States_Fighting_Force" title="Code of the United States Fighting Force">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noncommissioned_officer%27s_creed" title="Noncommissioned officer's creed">NCO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Creed" title="Soldier's Creed">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifleman%27s_Creed" title="Rifleman's Creed">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor%27s_Creed" title="Sailor's Creed">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airman%27s_Creed" title="Airman's Creed">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creed_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guardsman" title="Creed of the United States Coast Guardsman">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Armed_Forces)" title="Service number (United States Armed Forces)">Service numbers</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Army)" title="Service number (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Service number (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Navy)" title="Service number (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Service number (United States Air Force)">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Coast_Guard)" title="Service number (United States Coast Guard)">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_occupation_code" title="United States military occupation code">Military Occupational Specialty</a>/<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings" title="List of United States Navy ratings">Rating</a>/<a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Air Force Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_pay" title="United States military pay">Pay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice" title="Uniform Code of Military Justice">Uniform Code of 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