Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)

Navy Officer Candidate School
Country	United States
Branch	U.S. Navy
Type	Training
Role	Train and commission U.S. Navy Officers
Part of	Officer Training Command Newport
Garrison/HQ	Newport, Rhode Island
Motto(s)	"Navy owned, Marine Corps trained"
Mascot(s)	Bulldog
Commanders
Current commander	CAPT Michael Savageaux

The United States Navy's Officer Candidate School (abbreviated OCS) provides initial training for officers of the line and select operational Staff Corps communities (Supply and CEC) in the United States Navy. Along with United States Naval Academy (USNA) and Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC), OCS is one of three principal sources of new commissioned naval officers.

Qualified U.S. citizens who hold a bachelor's degree meet with an Officer Recruiter and prepare packages for consideration. Selection is competitive.

Officer Candidates are already associated with a designator when they begin their training at OCS. This is in contrast to USNA and NROTC, where trainees are not associated with a community until soon before commissioning.

OCS classes are numbered by the federal fiscal year of their graduation (e.g. 03-17 would be the third class to graduate in fiscal year 2017).

All those in training at OCS are mustered at the pay grade of E-5 unless they are prior enlisted already holding a higher pay grade. While attending OCS the students hold a special title known as Officer Candidate. Officer Candidate uniforms are similar to those worn at NROTC programs and USNA, but Officer Candidates are never referred to as Midshipmen.

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