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Army OCS Heritage Society
Other OCS Programs World War II- Korea- Vietnam
There were as many as 31 stateside OCS programs during World War II and several overseas in the European and Pacific Theaters.
During the Korea War there were nine (9) programs. By 1954 most of them had closed, but by 1967 there were (9) branch OCS programs operating again.
In January 1973 only three were left (Infantry, Artillery and WAC). After the Artillery OCS closed in July 1973 and the WAC OCS merged with the Branch Immaterial OCS at Fort Benning in 1976, there was only one Federal U.S. Army Officer Candidate School.
Click on links below for information about Army branch OCS programs from the past. We currently have 200 pages of information about 25 OCS Programs from 1941 to the present. (This is a work in progress).
The U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF) Cadet Pilot Training During World War II was not an Army OCS program. However many Army OCS graduates later earned their Wings along side Aviation Cadets who earned their Wings and Commissions in the AAF Cadet Pilot Training Program.
Army OCS Programs from 1941 to the Present:
Coming soon - you will be able click on a program to access the information we have complied.
Anti-Aircraft Artillery OCS Camp Davis, NC (1942-1944)
Anti-Aircraft Artillery OCS Fort Bliss, TX (1951-1953)
Field Artillery OCS Fort Sill, OK (1941-1946)(1951-1973)
Armor OCS Fort Knox, KY (1941-1946)(1951-1953)(1966-1968)
Army Air Forces OCS Miami Beach, FL (1942-1944)
Army Ground General School OCS Fort Riley, KS (1947-1953)
Branch Immaterial and Federal OCS Fort Benning, GA (1974-Present)
Cavalry OCS Fort Riley, KS (1941-1946)
Chemical Warfare OCS Edgewood Arsenal, AL (1942-1945)
Coast Artillery OCS Fort Monroe, VA (1941-1942)
Engineer OCS Fort Belvoir, VA (1941-1946)(1951-1954)(1965-1971)
Infantry OCS Fort Benning, GA (1941-1947)(1951-1973)
Medical Administration OCS Carlisle Barracks, PA & Camp Barkeley, TX (1941-1945)
Ordnance OCS Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 1941-1945)(1951-1952)
Overseas OCS New Caledonia (1942-1945)
Overseas OCS Shrivenham, Berkshire, England (1942-1945)
Overseas OCS Fontainebleau, France (1945)
Overseas OCS Camp Columbia, Brisbane, Australia 1942-1945 (web link)
Quartermaster OCS Schuylkill Arsenal PA; Fort Washington, WY and Camp Lee, VA (1941-45)
Quartermaster OCS Fort Lee, VA (1966-1968)
Seacoast Artillery OCS Fort Monroe, VA (1942-1944)
Signal Corps OCS Fort Monmouth, NJ (1941-1953)
Signal Corps OCS Fort Gordon, GA (1965-1968)
Tank Destroyer OCS Camp Hood, TX (1942-1944)
Transportation Corps OCS Mississippi State College & New Orleans, LA (1942-1945)
Transportation Corps OCS Fort Eustis, VA (1966-1968)
WAC OCS During WW II Fort Des Moines, Iowa (1942-1945) Chapter 7 - Ninety-Day Wonders
WAC OCS Fort Des Moines, Iowa - Camp Oglethorpe, GA - Fort Lee, VA and Fort McClellan, AL (1942-1976)
The U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF) Cadet Pilot Training During World War II
(Not an Army OCS program)
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