(NOTICE)
We found it necessary to remove information previously shared here from the Army Officer Candidate Schools Alumni Association website and kiosk databases. Our attempts to provide historically accurate and verifiable information to the Alumni Association for the website and kiosks have been unsuccessful.
Although much of the content was historically accurate, important elements of OCS history from 1941-1973 were misstated according to our research. Unfortunately, there are many conflicting versions of this period of our history floating around. Much of the incorrect information is being presented to the candidates as fact.
We cannot let ourselves be associated with the continuing spread of misinformation. The Army Officer Candidate Schools Alumni Association (TUSAOCSAA) has been reluctant to correct the errors on the kiosks or the website, because of the cost involved. Our desire is to simply have an accurate history of OCS available for the public.
We will soon have our own version of the history and present it here. A short summary of the history will be a "CliffNotes version" of "the Ninety-Day Wonders" by Milton M. McPherson. His was the preeminent work explaining the development of the OCS concept and its history. A 1952 graduate, he was once the Alumni Association Historian and a Director. He was inducted into the Army OCS Hall of Fame.
We are concerned with the accuracy of the Hall of Fame records. Archival reviews of the Army OCS Hall of Fame and kiosk databases uncovered nearly 2,000 discrepancies, all requiring source-based corrections.
The newly formed Army Officer Candidate Schools Heritage Society will lead the way in the establishment of a one-stop source for accurate information about OCS history.
Standards! No Compromise! is the OCS Motto.
Although much of the content was historically accurate, important elements of OCS history from 1941-1973 were misstated according to our research. Unfortunately, there are many conflicting versions of this period of our history floating around. Much of the incorrect information is being presented to the candidates as fact.
We cannot let ourselves be associated with the continuing spread of misinformation. The Army Officer Candidate Schools Alumni Association (TUSAOCSAA) has been reluctant to correct the errors on the kiosks or the website, because of the cost involved. Our desire is to simply have an accurate history of OCS available for the public.
We will soon have our own version of the history and present it here. A short summary of the history will be a "CliffNotes version" of "the Ninety-Day Wonders" by Milton M. McPherson. His was the preeminent work explaining the development of the OCS concept and its history. A 1952 graduate, he was once the Alumni Association Historian and a Director. He was inducted into the Army OCS Hall of Fame.
We are concerned with the accuracy of the Hall of Fame records. Archival reviews of the Army OCS Hall of Fame and kiosk databases uncovered nearly 2,000 discrepancies, all requiring source-based corrections.
The newly formed Army Officer Candidate Schools Heritage Society will lead the way in the establishment of a one-stop source for accurate information about OCS history.
Standards! No Compromise! is the OCS Motto.
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Click OCS for Overview of OCS History 2023 (Corrected Copy from Artillery OCS Heritage Society)
Click on OCS Logo above to view the 2025 Federal OCS Handbook
We are currently offering some long overdue corrections to
the History of the US Army Officer Candidate School in the OCS Handbook
