<link href="../Styles/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <link href="../Styles/page-template.xpgt" rel="stylesheet" type="application/vnd.adobe-page-template+xml"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:7e732431-10fc-4b77-a632-6d7028e06995" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <p class="summing"><strong>SUMMING IT UP</strong></p> <ul> <li>The twelve-week OCS course is designed to give a working knowledge of the Navy (afloat and ashore), prepare individuals to assume the responsibilities of a Naval officer, and begin developing them to their fullest potential.</li> <li>Military training at Officer Candidate School is comprised of five broad categories: Physical Training, Room and Locker Inspection (RLP), Personnel Inspections (PI), Drill, and Graduation/Commissioning Ceremony.</li> <li>Career fields in the Navy can be divided into operations and management positions and scientific and technical positions. Other positions are designated as unrestricted line officers, restricted line officers, and staff corps officers.</li> <li>Non-aviation applicants for OCS must be between 19½ and 29 years old at the time of appointment (some positions have stricter or broader age requirements), citizens of the United States, and of high moral character. Each candidate must have excellent sight, a height between 4′ 10″ and 6′ 6″ tall, have weight proportional to height, have teeth in good condition, and be in good overall health.</li> <li>Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree. Additional educational requirements may apply for more highly specialized naval occupations. Service obligations vary according to the program applied for and the training received.</li> <li>The Naval Academy’s Officer Development Program is a four-year integrated continuum that focuses on the attributes of integrity, honor, and mutual respect. One of the goals of this program is to develop midshipmen who possess a clear sense of their own moral beliefs and the ability to articulate them.</li> <li>Every midshipman’s academic program begins with a core curriculum that includes courses in engineering, science, mathematics, humanities, and social sciences. First, midshipmen learn to take orders. Before long, they earn the responsibility for making decisions that affect hundreds of other midshipmen.</li> <li>The Academy athletic program is higher in priority than physical education programs are at civilian schools. Athletics provide leadership opportunities and the experiences of team play, cooperative effort, commitment, and individual sacrifice. The primary goal of the physical education curriculum is top fitness, which is vital for midshipmen’s health, personal appearance, and well-being.</li> </ul> </body> </html>