Officer Candidate School
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Officer Candidate School (OCS) is a type of UNSC military academy that trains enlisted personnel or civilians to become officers.[1] Gaining a record with Colonial Militia experience or high grades in secondary schooling gives individuals a higher chance of enlistment in an OCS.[2][3] Enlistment age varied between schools, with sixteen being considered average at the Corbulo Academy,[4] but considered very young at the Luna OCS Academy.[5]
The curriculum of the Officer Candidate School is diverse between schools. An OCS curriculum is generally open-minded, allowing cadets to choice between the several different military branches in the UNSC Armed Forces.[6] The time a cadet serves at a school generally lasts four years and includes classroom instruction and field exercises on military science, physical training, and leadership.[1][7][8] Although generally meant for any military-capable civilian, some academies featured blatant nepotism. The Corbulo Academy was based around the concept of training the offspring of high-ranked military and government officials as commissioned officers.[9] Some critics suspected that nepotism was the reason that Miranda Keyes excelled at her OCS at a young age, due to her father's respected status in the UNSC and former teaching position at her academy.[5]
Luna OCS Academy, Reach Naval Academy and Corbulo Academy of Military Science were among the most renowned OCS institutions.
Of all OCS Academy, only Reach Naval Academy and Corbulo Academy that was known destroyed during Human-Covenant War, effectively transferring all the OCS Caders into other OCS school in order to finish the education.
Notable graduates
- Lieutenant Dominique
- Captain Jacob Keyes
- Captain James Cutter
- Admiral Preston Cole
- Lieutenant William Lovell
List of appearances
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
- Halo: Contact Harvest (Mentioned only)
- Halo: The Cole Protocol
- Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
- Halo 4 (Mentioned only)
- Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series
- Halo Mythos (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Fractures
- A Necessary Truth (Mentioned only)
Sources
- ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 38
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 137
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 133
- ^ YouTube: Halo After Dawn: Episode 6 - Joyride
- ^ a b Halo: Reach Limited Edition, Intersystem News, LCDR Miranda Keyes Awarded Silver Star
- ^ Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Part 1
- ^ Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn: Squad
- ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", page 430
- ^ Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, Part 3
