The first Officer Candidate School classes convened in July 1941 at ten locations across the United States. By the end of the Second World War, more than 280,000 officers had earned their commissions through OCS — men and women drawn from the enlisted ranks and trained to lead.
The Society exists to keep that record intact, and to make it available to the families, researchers and graduates who come looking for it.
The record
Class records
Rosters, class books and service records for the officers commissioned through OCS — indexed by name, class, branch school and year, and kept current by the Society.
Browse the class books1941 to today
The history of Army OCS
Ten branch schools opened in the first week of July 1941, months before Pearl Harbor. By the end of the war OCS had commissioned 280,000 officers — West Point, in its first 140 years, had graduated 12,600.
Read the historyRemembrance
Valor and Fallen
The Society researches graduates who died in service and those awarded the Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross, so their service stays findable.
Valor and FallenTogether again
Reunions and ceremonies
Graduates gather for reunions, Hall of Fame inductions and chapter meetings throughout the year.
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