One of such is conducted at Fort McClellan Army National Guard Training Site in Anniston, AL by the Alabama Military Academy.

[8] Historically, OCS has provided the means by which the U.S. Army could generate large numbers of junior officers during periods of increasing personnel requirements, typically during wars.

[9][10] In addition to the aforementioned programs, there were Officer Candidate Schools stood up for other branches, in particular, the Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.

[11] In addition to the Signal Corps, several other units have alumni organizations that have maintained informal records and preserved documentation of the courses.

Between July 1941 and May 1947, over 100,000 candidates were enrolled in 448 Infantry OCS classes, of these approximately 67 percent completed the course to earn commissions.

After World War II, Infantry OCS was transferred to Fort Riley, Kansas, as part of the Ground General School.

[12] The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was created by an act of Congress on 14 May 1942, permitting them to serve, but not as Soldiers.

But, being a military organization that was modeled after, and parallel, to the Army, it required a way to train Officers; therefore it created its own WAAC OCS, which stood up on 20 July 1942 at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.

The course was lengthened from 17 to 22 weeks, as a result of lessons learned from WWII; thus permitting more instruction in Infantry tactics.

[17] By 1954 WAC OCS had been closed and merged with a commissioning program for female direct commissions, due to the low numbers of women attending the WAC OCS course, due in part to tightened standards for selection – in response to investigations of the washout rates.

[18] As the war in Korea edged into 1953, several classes of Infantry School OCS students were given the authorization to transfer to the Medical Service Corps upon graduation.

This was necessary because of the shortage of medical officers and the lack of combat preparation training provided to them after their direct induction into the Army and their immediate assignment to Korea.

At the height of the Vietnam War, Infantry OCS produced 7,000 officers annually from five student battalions, all located at Fort Benning.

Also, during the war, a female OCS was once again established; it was stood up at Fort McClellan, Alabama, as part of the WAC Center and School.

In April 1973, a branch immaterial OCS was established at Fort Benning, ending the Infantry and Field Artillery based courses.

However, due to the length of instruction there (4 years), the newly gender-integrated Officer Candidate School had the distinction of commissioning a female second lieutenant before USMA.

Mental and emotional stress is induced through a variety of controlled methods, to test problem-solving and moral resolve.

Initially, upon arrival, the candidates will in-process with HHC and compete via the Army Combat Fitness Test to enter an OCS company.

Once assigned to a class, the candidates have virtually no privileges and enter into a highly controlled environment similar to Basic Training, although they are expected to act like leaders and take charge and responsibility immediately.

The basic phase will test candidates academically as well as physically; all events are scored comprising the Order of Merit (OML) list used for branch selection.

Officer Candidates can only branch into 16 of the 17 slots available, with two needing special conditions complete prior to arriving to OCS.

Sometimes, graduates are offered 'walk-on' slots in Fort Moore's Airborne or Air Assault schools since they are under the same higher training command as OCS.

This system removes the possibility of candidates earning on- or off-post passes and using their vehicles during the first 6 weeks of school, restricts the consumption of alcohol to 2 designated days during the course, and prohibits students to carry cell phones while in uniform.

The "Traditional" OCS program is a 16-month course of instruction conducted from March to August of the following year and is broken down into four phases.

Candidates must have at least 90 credits from an accredited college, approval from the state RTI board, and falling in the age range of 18 to 41 years.

Three weeks of training were added to BOLC-B which includes basic soldiering skills such as land navigation and weapons qualification.

After completing the initial interview the prospective officer candidate will take the ASVAB and need to make at least a 110 GT score.

Upon successfully passing the interview board the prospective Officer Candidate will be screened by U.S. Army Recruiting Command.

USAOCSAA acknowledges and recognizes alumni and cadre with monuments in the OCS Memorial Walk, Decorating National War memorials in the National Mall and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Award of the Order of Saint Maurice, distinguished and honorary members of the 11th Infantry Regiment and the annual Colonel Robert Nett Award.

[39] The criterion is: "the nominee, through years of continued service, support, and action, best represents and has contributed to the OCS Alumni Association mission and purpose".