Officer Candidate School (United States Army)
The United States Army's Officer Candidate School (OCS) is an officer candidate school located at Fort Moore, Georgia, that trains, assesses, and evaluates potential commissioned officers of the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and Army National Guard. Officer candidates are former enlisted members, warrant officers, inter-service transfers, or civilian college graduates who enlist for the "OCS Option" after they complete Basic Combat Training (BCT). The latter are often referred to as college ops.
The 11th Infantry Regiment's distinctive unit insignia currently worn by the cadre and students of the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School
Signal Corps Graduating Class, December 1942, Fort Monmouth.
Graduating class of September 1944, SWPA OCS at Camp Columbia, Australia, showing an integrated population.
1st Officer Candidate Battalion, 2nd Student Regiment
Fort Moore is a United States Army post near Columbus, Georgia. Located on Georgia's border with Alabama, Fort Moore supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve component soldiers, retirees and civilian employees on a daily basis. As a power projection platform, the post can deploy combat-ready forces by air, rail, and highway for their designated mission. Fort Moore is the home of the United States Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, the United States Army Armor School, United States Army Infantry School, the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, elements of the 75th Ranger Regiment, the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, and other tenant units.
Fort Moore was formerly named after Confederate General Henry L. Benning.
The crew of a 37 mm gun M3 anti-tank gun, in training at Fort Benning, Georgia, April 1942
Chief of Staff of the United States Army George W. Casey Jr. at Fort Benning in 2009.
Image: M Co E shoulder patch