Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)
The United States Navy's Officer Candidate School provides initial training for officers of the line and select operational staff corps communities in the United States Navy. Along with United States Naval Academy (USNA) and Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC), OCS is one of three principal sources of newly commissioned naval officers.
Officer candidates from Officer Candidate School march in the Bristol Fourth of July Parade
Logo of the Navy Officer Candidate School
A USMC drill instructor (right, wearing a campaign cover) offers motivation and critiques an Indoctrination Candidate's push up form.
Michael P. Murphy, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service.
A British commissioned officer and warrant officer in Afghanistan.
The Royal Navy officer training academy Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth
Newly commissioned U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officers celebrate their new positions by throwing their midshipmen covers into the air as part of the U.S. Naval Academy class of 2005 graduation and commissioning ceremony.
A platoon from the Australian 29th Battalion being addressed by their officer commanding in August 1918