Mission

The mission of Officer Candidates School (OCS) is to educate and train officer candidates in Marine Corps knowledge and skills within a controlled and challenging environment in order to evaluate and screen individuals for the leadership, moral, mental, and physical qualities required for commissioning as a Marine Corps officer.

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Small Unit Leadership

A candidate conducts Small Unit Leadership Evaluation I (SULE I). Candidates are evaluated on the application of learned concepts, leadership, and...

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Obstacle Course

Candidates navigate through the Obstacle Course. The purpose of the Obstacle Course is to test the candidate’s ability to negotiate obstacles using...

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Commander's Brief

Candidates induct into training and meet their platoon staff aboard Officer Candidates School. Candidates have begun their training and are evaluated...

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Combat Course

A candidate conducts the Combat Course. The Combat Course provides an austere environment littered with obstacles in which the candidates must...

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Juniors Fartlek

Candidates conduct the Juniors Fartlek Course. The purpose of the Juniors Fartlek Course is to develop and enhance strength, stamina, and endurance...

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Small Unit Leadership

A candidate conducts Small Unit Leadership Evaluation I (SULE I). Candidates are evaluated on the application of learned concepts, leadership, and...

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Endurance Course

Candidates navigate through the Endurance Course. The Endurance Course includes the O course, a 3.2 Mile run, and various obstacles that would likely...

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Combat Fitness Test

Candidates from Co. A and D, OCC-242, conduct the Combat Fitness Test (CFT). The CFT is one way OCS can assess the candidates' physical fitness in a...

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Combat Course

A candidate conducts the Combat Course. The Combat Course provides an austere environment littered with obstacles in which the candidates must...

From the Congo to U.S. Citizen, Now Marine Officer

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nkundimana Binene Claude, a rifleman with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, commissioned as a 2nd Lt. after leading his squad through a kinetic live fire range at the Marine Air Ground Combat Training Center here. Covered in sweat and motivation, Claude, a native of Democratic Republic of Congo and naturalized U.S. citizen, recited his oath of office as he came off the range to attain his lifelong goal of becoming a U.S. Marine Corps officer...

Four OCS graduates swear in as Judge Advocates

After receiving their final command from the sergeant instructors at the end of graduation, the four women stood in formation to swear-in during an oath of office ceremony to become judge advocates and newly commissioned officers in the Marines.

OCS - Officer Candidates School

OCS - Officer Candidates School prepares aspiring Marine Corps officers with the mentally and physically for the rigors of being a Marine Corps Officer.