I received my commission At Ft Benning in Jan 1968, after 8 Weeks Basic, 8 Weeks AIT, 2 Weeks LPC & 6 months at the Infantry School (53 Weeks after I started Basic). I was watching Seal Team & Navy OCS was said to be 12 weeks. I looked online & Army is also is only 12 weeks now. Surely that is not all the training an Army OCS officer gets!

OCS is only 12 weeks, but yeah SEALs get 6 months of BUD/S and other officers doing specialty specific training... I imagine Army types get similar post OCS training as well.

I want to say that OCS got shortened when they came out with BOLC II. They started running BOLC II back in 2006. It was another 7 weeks of training based around the GWOT. I rember watching them jump out of their trucks at Yankee North when I was in IOBC.

23 weeks at 'Comanche County Canon Cockers College' (a.k.a, Artillery and Missile OCS, at Ft. Sill), in 1967-68.

OCS has been 12 weeks for a lot of years now. I think BOLC A is your commissioning source and BOLC B is your first Army school as a new LT. After that is the career course as a captain which is about five months, then ILE as a major which is 10 months for the resident course or five months for the satellite course.

OCS at Benning itself is 12 weeks but that does not make you MOS qualified. There’s also 10 weeks of basic before OCS. There used to be BOLC II at 7 weeks after OCS and then (insert your MOS here)OBC. My FAOBC was 4 months or so. Now they’ve combined BOLC II and OBC into a combined course called BOLC-B. Length of that depends on your MOS. I believe MI is one of the longest at nearly a year. IIRC, CCC (Captains Career Course) is 6 months for all branches.

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CCC (Captains Career Course) is 6 months for all branches.

In 1968 "Captains Career Course" was a 2nd tour in Viet Nam.

Marine Corps OCS was 13 weeks when I was in. Then 6 months at TBS (The Basic School) to learn all aspects of being a Marine officer. At the end of TBS you select, or are selected for, your MOS (unless you already have a contract guarantee such as aviation, etc.). Then it's off to your MOS-specific school(s) which can be as short as a few weeks or as long an another 1.5 years depending on MOS. During my time in the Corps OCS was only a gateway to proving yourself worthy of a commission as Marine officer. It in no way made you ready for your role in the Corps.

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Marine Corps OCS was 13 weeks when I was in. Then 6 months at TBS (The Basic School) to learn all aspects of being a Marine officer. At the end of TBS you select, or are selected for, your MOS (unless you already have a contract guarantee such as aviation, etc.). Then it's off to your MOS-specific school(s) which can be as short as a few weeks or as long an another 1.5 years depending on MOS. During my time in the Corps OCS was only a gateway to proving yourself worthy of a commission as Marine officer. It in no way made you ready for your role in the Corps.

This is still accurate for the most part, except that OCS is now either 1 10 week course (done the summer before senior year, or any point after graduating college) or 2 separate 6 week courses (6 weeks the summer before your junior year, another 6 weeks the summer before your senior year), and TBS is usually 6.5 months long.

USCG OCS is 17 weeks. They take prior enlisted and some civilians who already have a college degree.( which doesn't mane they are any better than the next guy-just that they showed up tp class for a set amount of time)

Once finished they are ranked as Ensign (O-1), and ENS's are a dime a dozen. The prior enlisted (referred to as Mustang's) are the ones who usually go far, as they have the knowledge from their enlistment to guide them thru the minefield that is being an officer. I dont know the exact number and stats but most ENS don't make it past LT (O-3) before being passed over twice. Once passed over the second time the are discharged.

In the CG, being an officer is a management nightmare. The junior officers are assigned to manage many things they have never even seen or heard of before, all the while trying to balance the duties of qualifying aboard ship. Such as Deck Watch officer, Officer Of the Deck/Day, Wepo, OPS, Engineering, Damage Control Officer, Supply Officer...the list goes on. Each new assignment has different challenges and responsibilities.

The 17 week course is only an introduction to how the service functions and helps the prospective officer choose a career path....

but it most certainly doesn't give them the knowledge that they need to lead sailors....that is accrued thru their lower ranks and gathered thru time.

some of the best officers I served under were Mustang's....much better than ring knockers from the academy.