> Waiving the right to remain silent, "Billzz" starband.net>
> said:
>

>> Oops. I got old. I forgot that they consolidated all OCS to Fort
>> Benning. But I thought they were talking about the Vietnam era, when
>> they had individual branch OCS. Anyway, this current OCS seems to say
>> that one has to be a college graduate, which kind of defeats the purpose
>> of "coming up from the ranks." This is just a direct commision program
>> with a twelve-week orientation course, not the kind of OCS of the movie
>> "Officer and Gentleman." Maybe there is no more OCS.

>
> I could be off a bit here, but when I served (68-72) in the USMC, there
> were
> several types of OCS candidates. One being college grads, who went
> directly
> to Quantico. Another, were enlisteds who might not have finished or
> attended
> college, but who could pass a very rigorous set of academic exams. I know
> one who did that right out of basic training. Finally, there were those
> very
> few who had attended the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
>
> There was also a Warrant Officer program open to enlisteds. This was an
> option mainly for senior NCOs, usually E6 or above.

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