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Two Different Boot Camps?
- Thread starter Brandi
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Not always. It may depend on the way someone gets their commission. For example, I got my commission directly after college, and went straight to Officer Basic Course, which by it's name tells you it is NOT the same that enlisted go through. The OBC that I went through included medical professionals only...doctors, nurses, dentists, social workers. OBC was not difficult at all. We were not restricted to post and could go out and enjoy local restaurants, shopping and such on our off time. Enlisted do not have those types of privileges during their Basic.
EDIT: Yggdrasil...LOL yes OBC was not at all what I was expecting. My dad and bro were both Infantry, so the only "basic" I knew about was what they went through. Wow...what a difference. Party every weekend. Well just about every night too if up to it. I don't see how some folks can eat n drink so much and then manage to PT in the morning like it was nothing.
EDIT: Yggdrasil...LOL yes OBC was not at all what I was expecting. My dad and bro were both Infantry, so the only "basic" I knew about was what they went through. Wow...what a difference. Party every weekend. Well just about every night too if up to it. I don't see how some folks can eat n drink so much and then manage to PT in the morning like it was nothing.
Yes.
Officers go to ROTC/LDAC (from my undergrad college anyway) or to service academies, which train you over the course of your four years there. The other way for college grads or enlisted men working towards a commission is OCS.
Enlisted men attend the basic training required by their chosen branch of the service and in a specific place.
Officers go to ROTC/LDAC (from my undergrad college anyway) or to service academies, which train you over the course of your four years there. The other way for college grads or enlisted men working towards a commission is OCS.
Enlisted men attend the basic training required by their chosen branch of the service and in a specific place.
I was both a USAF SSgt & Captain. I attended BMTS when I enlisted, but never attended OTS.
CeciliaM covered it for you. I came in Direct Commission O-3, due to my status as a Psychologist. I never attended OTS and was a Captain the second I was sworn in at Sheppard AFB. I was prior service during Medical Officer Orientation, so I knew most of the stuff already, but the NOOBS were priceless. One guy (a DO from Des Moines) had been ROTC as an undergraduate...and he actually put his ROTC ribbons on his Class A. I don't think he ever lived it down.
Oh yeah...and we partied down in our orientation...and you haven't partied until you have partied with the Med. Folk. LOL We did, however, attend classes and march around in an aimless fashion.
The difference, as Cecilia said is that instead of ordering us around, the trainers would say "Do this, Sir/Ma'am." We had rank Day 1 and were Officers.
Line officers attend OTS/OCS depending on the service. In some cases, people attend both Basic and OTS/OCS, in others, the officers only attend OTS/OCS. OTS/OCS is the real deal...and is quite demanding, physically and mentally. Remember, there you are an Officer Candidate, not an Officer.
Hopefully, this didn't make you more confused than you started out. LMAO
CeciliaM covered it for you. I came in Direct Commission O-3, due to my status as a Psychologist. I never attended OTS and was a Captain the second I was sworn in at Sheppard AFB. I was prior service during Medical Officer Orientation, so I knew most of the stuff already, but the NOOBS were priceless. One guy (a DO from Des Moines) had been ROTC as an undergraduate...and he actually put his ROTC ribbons on his Class A. I don't think he ever lived it down.
Oh yeah...and we partied down in our orientation...and you haven't partied until you have partied with the Med. Folk. LOL We did, however, attend classes and march around in an aimless fashion.
The difference, as Cecilia said is that instead of ordering us around, the trainers would say "Do this, Sir/Ma'am." We had rank Day 1 and were Officers.
Line officers attend OTS/OCS depending on the service. In some cases, people attend both Basic and OTS/OCS, in others, the officers only attend OTS/OCS. OTS/OCS is the real deal...and is quite demanding, physically and mentally. Remember, there you are an Officer Candidate, not an Officer.
Hopefully, this didn't make you more confused than you started out. LMAO
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No, you have to go through the same basic training, and afterwards the ones who would be going to OCS would be shipped there to do that training.
When I went through basic training we had two people who did OCS after basic.
When I went through basic training we had two people who did OCS after basic.
Every branch of the military is different.
In the Army, if you get your commission directly (doctors and lawyers) or if you are a graduate of a military academy (college, not high school) or ROTC, you come straight into the Army as an officer, and start your specialty training (infantry, or intelligence, or artillery, or whatever.)
If you come in as a civilian applicant for Officer Candidate School, you first complete Basic Training (9 weeks or so) then go to Officer Candidate School (13 weeks) THEN you become and officer and you start your officer specialty training.
The other services are different. I think if you apply to be an officer coming in as a civilian for the Navy, Marine Corps, or Air Force, you just go straight to Officer Candidate or Officer Training School. But you'd have to ask people who served in the other branches, I'm not 100% certain.
In the Army, if you get your commission directly (doctors and lawyers) or if you are a graduate of a military academy (college, not high school) or ROTC, you come straight into the Army as an officer, and start your specialty training (infantry, or intelligence, or artillery, or whatever.)
If you come in as a civilian applicant for Officer Candidate School, you first complete Basic Training (9 weeks or so) then go to Officer Candidate School (13 weeks) THEN you become and officer and you start your officer specialty training.
The other services are different. I think if you apply to be an officer coming in as a civilian for the Navy, Marine Corps, or Air Force, you just go straight to Officer Candidate or Officer Training School. But you'd have to ask people who served in the other branches, I'm not 100% certain.