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Source of Commission. Each Reserve
Component applies its own selection procedures for officer candidates. Many officers who transfer from an Active Component already possess at least a college degree. Officer candidates who do not have a
degree undergo rigorous selection procedures, and must successfully complete an officer candidate or training school. For example, in FY 1997, 20 percent of ARNG officer accessions received their commissions
through the ARNG Officer Candidate Schools (OCS) located in each state and territory; 29 percent of ANG officer accessions were commissioned through its Academy of Military Science (AMS) located in Tennessee (Table 6.5).
Table 6.5. FY 1997 Source of Commission of Selected Reserve Officer Accessions (Percent) |
Source of Commission |
Army
National
Guard |
Army
Reserve |
Naval
Reserve |
USMC
Reserve |
Air
National
Guard |
Air
Force
Reserve |
DoD
Total |
Service Academy |
1.9 |
2.7 |
10.3 |
3.9 |
8.0 |
9.0 |
5.1 |
ROTC- Scholarship |
8.9 |
4.7 |
14.5 |
0.0 |
6.7 |
12.4 |
7.8 |
ROTC- No Scholarship |
19.7 |
14.5 |
3.0 |
12.7 |
15.3 |
16.8 |
13.5 |
OCS/OTS/PLC |
3.9 |
3.0 |
21.8 |
83.4 |
12.2 |
16.3 |
13.9 |
ANG AMS/ARNG OCS |
20.2 |
1.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
29.1 |
2.5 |
6.1 |
Direct Appointment |
11.0 |
19.4 |
40.8 |
0.0 |
26.6 |
42.5 |
24.0 |
Other |
33.4 |
0.8 |
6.3 |
0.0 |
2.1 |
0.7 |
6.4 |
Unknown |
1.0 |
53.0 |
3.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
23.2 |
Total
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100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
Also see Appendix Table C-33 (Officers by Source of Commission and Component). |
The variation in levels of reliance on the various sources of commission by the Reserve
Components is evident in Table 6.5. In the USNR and USAFR, the largest source of commissions was through direct appointments. The overwhelming majority of USMCR
officer accessions (83 percent) obtained their commissions through OCS or the Marine Corps Platoon Leader Class (PLC). PLC is a split-training program where candidates
normally attend officer training in the summers after their junior and senior years of college. The Army's components rely heavily on the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC),
primarily without scholarships. Approximately 6 percent of officer accessions are commissioned from other programs, primarily through the aviation cadet and aviation training programs.(2) Go to Education
- For Reserve Component commissioned officer accessions, "other" sources of commission are defined as: Merchant Marine Academy, Aviation Cadet, and Aviation Training Program.
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