Officer Candidates School

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United States Marine Corps school military training institution

Officer Candidates School is the United States Marine Corps’ primary training and evaluation program for screening and preparing prospective Marine officers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Marine Corps Officer Candidates School 3
Officer Candidates Course 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Marine Corps school ⓘ
military training institution ⓘ
commissioningSourcesServed Enlisted Commissioning Program ⓘ
Meritorious Commissioning Program ⓘ
Marine Corps option ROTC ⓘ
surface form: Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Marine Option

Officer Candidates School self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Officer Candidates Course

Platoon Leaders Class ⓘ
United States Naval Academy ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Naval Academy Marine Option
componentOf Marine Corps officer accession pipeline ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
establishedBy United States Marine Corps ⓘ
evaluates ability to lead Marines under stress ⓘ
academic performance ⓘ
leadership potential ⓘ
moral character ⓘ
physical performance ⓘ
hasMotto Ductus Exemplo ⓘ
hasTypeOfCourse Officer Candidates Course ⓘ
Platoon Leaders Class Juniors ⓘ
Platoon Leaders Class Seniors ⓘ
six-week course ⓘ
ten-week course ⓘ
languageOfInstruction English ⓘ
locatedIn Marine Corps Base Quantico ⓘ
Quantico, Virginia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Prince William County, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps ⓘ
operatedBy United States Marine Corps ⓘ
partOf Training and Education Command ⓘ
primaryMission screen and evaluate prospective Marine Corps officers ⓘ
secondaryMission train and prepare officer candidates for commissioning ⓘ
selectionRole primary screening program for Marine Corps officers ⓘ
shortName OCS ⓘ
targetStudent Marine officer candidates ⓘ
college graduates ⓘ
college students ⓘ
enlisted Marines seeking a commission ⓘ
trainingEnvironment austere ⓘ
mentally demanding ⓘ
physically demanding ⓘ
trainingFocus academic instruction ⓘ
field exercises ⓘ
leadership evaluation ⓘ
military skills ⓘ
physical fitness ⓘ
translationOfMotto Leadership by Example ⓘ
usesTrainingArea Brown Field ⓘ
Endurance Course ⓘ
Obstacle Course ⓘ
The Quigley ⓘ

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Crossroads of the Marine Corps → associatedWithUnit → Officer Candidates School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marine Corps Officer Candidates School
Officer Candidates School → commissioningSourcesServed → Officer Candidates School self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Officer Candidates Course
Quantico → hasNearbyMilitaryInstallation → Officer Candidates School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marine Corps Officer Candidates School
Marine Corps Base Quantico → hosts → Officer Candidates School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marine Corps Officer Candidates School
Marine Corps core values → reinforcedIn → Officer Candidates School ⓘ