Marine Corps: Officers

This section contains information about Marine Corps Officers. As we collect more information, additional pages will be added to this section.

This section contains information about Marine Corps Officers. As we collect more information, additional pages will be added to this section.

Marine Corps Officers are different from Enlisted Marines in that they don't attend boot camp or School of Infantry (SOI). Instead, they attend Officer Candidate School (OCS) and The Basic School (TBS). There are a few different ways to become an officer, which you can read about on this page.

Written by David Ogden, Sgt. USMC '11-'16.

David was a Sergeant with the United States Marine Corps from 2011-2016. He is a combat veteran. He worked at Marine Parents as a writer several years after leaving the Marine Corps. He is currently on the Board of Directors and continues as an advisor. Click here to read more about the author.