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OCS Tips & Training, The Basic School

Planning Your Marine Commissioning Ceremony

Planning a Marine Commissioning Ceremony You graduated PLCĀ and walked across the parade deck. Now, youā€™ve graduated college and are ready to officially become a 2ndLt. Unlike your OCC peers, the events, location and timing of your Marine commissioning will be almost entirely up to you to plan. Uniforms Take note, even though uniforms come ā€œtailoredā€ you will need to get them redone by a tailor … Continue reading Planning Your Marine Commissioning Ceremony

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General OCS Advice, Leadership

This Will Make You Rethink Marine Commissioning Routes

Before I graduated OCS, I tried every one of the commissioning routes, save enlisted to officer. I applied to the Naval Academy twice and spent a year and a half as a Marine Option Midshipman in NROTC. Only after that did I apply for the Platoon Leaders CourseĀ and attend the 10 week PLC combined. To be clear, good and bad officers come from all of … Continue reading This Will Make You Rethink Marine Commissioning Routes

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