OCS/TBS - Graduations

Official Marine Parents Community Network Group for OCS/TBS on ConnectAndShare.com: ConnectAndShare.com/groups/ocs/ where you can connect and share with other family members with an Officer Candidate.

This page contains information about Officer Candidates School and The Basic School graduations.

OCS Graduation and Family Day Events

For information from the Marine Corps, visit https://www.ocs.marines.mil/Information/Family/. The information on this page comes from the USMC OCS website.

Official Graduation Information, including specific times, parking details, base access passes, and maps will be provided to each graduating candidate for distribution approximately four - five weeks into the training cycle.

Older Version Grad Guidebook: For the OCC-248 Graduation Guidebook from the USMC website, click here. Please note that this does not include the Base Access Pass required for base entry. You must contact your candidate prior to graduation to obtain this pass. (We will provide a link to OCC-251, OCC-252 when available.)

Any announcements can be found on the USMC OCS Facebook site at https://www.facebook.com/USMCOCS/.

Fiscal Year 2026 OCS Event Dates

Fiscal Year 2026 TBS Graduation Schedule

Driving Directions

Officer Candidates School is located on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico. MCB Quantico is located in Northern Virginia, near Prince William County. It is accessible from Interstate 95 or Highway 1. MCB Quantico is south of Washington D.C. and north of Fredericksburg, Virginia. There are exits on both the north and southbound lanes of I-95 that will provide access to a Quantico gate.

There are only two entry gates easily assessable from Interstate 95 or Richmond Highway to MCB Quantico that will grant you access to OCS:

• Russell Road Gate:
  This gate is commonly referred to the “Commissary Gate” or “back gate”. The hours are 5:00 am – 10:00 pm daily. This is the recommended gate when visiting OCS. When traveling on Interstate 95, use Exit 148 “Marine Corps Base Quantico”. Once through the gate, continue straight on Russell Road. Keep right at the traffic circle while passing Crossroads Inn on Dunlap Road. Turn right at the stop sign onto Range Road. You have arrived at OCS.
• Fuller Road Gate:
  This gate is commonly referred to the “Main Gate”. This gate is open 24/7. This gate is most used when traveling from Interstate 95 South by taking Exit 150A “Triangle/Quantico”. Once through the gate, continue straight on Fuller Road for over two miles. Follow the sharp right turn to a traffic light and continue straight through the light. You are now on Barnett Avenue. At the Y intersection, continue left. Keep left again towards a bridge. Continue straight and you have arrived at OCS.