Weekly Syllabus

Curious of what they are doing week to week. Well here it is. Its a brief sypnosis from their OCS syllabus.


Week 1: In-processing and Orientation
This week introduces the candidates to the standards, procedures, and
regulations under which they will live for the next 12 weeks. Attention to detail is
stressed as is efficient management of time.

Key Tasks: Initial APFT, Obstacle Course, Combat Water Survival Test, Map
Reading.

Read and Review: The Constitution, FM 22-100, Familiarize self with OCS SOP

Week 2: WTBD’s (Warrior Tasks and Battle drills)
This week introduces candidates to Warrior Task and Battle Drills. The priority is
to Train and execute selected individual warrior tasks in a field environment.
All training will use the crawl/walk/run methodology. All training is conducted to
familiarize/prepare candidates for Field Leadership Exercises and ultimately as
future leaders in our Army.

Key Tasks: Call for Fire, 5 Mile Foot March,

Read and Review: FM 7-8, TRADOC PAM 600-4, Familiarize self with OCS
SOP

Week 3: Leadership

The week introduces the core dimensions of Army BE-KNOW-DO leadership
doctrine and describes the importance of competent and confident leadership to
successful Army operations across the entire spectrum of conflict. It provides the
doctrinal foundation for all subsequent periods of instruction on the direct
leadership actions of influencing, operating, and improving that will be discussed
in subsequent periods of the leadership blocks of instruction.

Key Tasks: Leadership Classes, 3 Mile Release Run, Leader’s Reaction Course

Read and Review: FM 6-22, TRADOC PAM 600-4, Familiarize self with OCS
SOP

Week 4: Tactics and Operations
This week introduces candidates to the characteristics of the offense, principles
and characteristics of the defense. Candidates will use the application of
classroom instruction to implement Troop Leading Procedures (TLPs).

Key Tasks: Troop Leading Procedures, 7 Mile Foot March, 4 Mile Release Run

Read and Review: Read FM 7-8, FM 3-0, Familiarize self with OCS SOP

Week 5: OPORD’s and Training Management
This week introduces candidates to the Operations Order (OPORD). It also
provides candidates with an overview of the training management system to
include: the training mission, principles of training. Battle focused training,
mission essential task list development, and after action reviews are also focused
on in this week.

Key Tasks: Operations Order, Reading and Writing in the Army Style,

Read and Review: Read FM 7-8, FM 7-1,

Week 6: History 1 and Branching
The OCS Candidate will understand the utility of Military History in today’s Army,
and the major events in the military history of the United States from its colonial
settlement through the Civil War.

Key Tasks: Prep for Deployment

Week 7: Field Leadership Exercise I
This week the candidate is introduced to leadership skills the candidate will need
in a field environment. The candidate will also be introduced to the tactics,
techniques, and procedures required to navigate from one point on the ground to
another and given practical work on task taught during applied map reading.
Key Tasks: Senior Officer Candidate Review, 7 Mile Foot March, Land
Navigation

Week 8: Field Leadership Exercise 2, SQD STX
This week the candidate will conduct familiarization and evaluated performance
on selected individual and collective tasks training as a squad.

Key Tasks: Field Exercise

Read and Review: FM 6-22

Week 9: Field Leadership Exercise 2, PLT STX
This week the candidate will conduct familiarization and evaluated performance
on selected individual and collective tasks training as a platoon.

Key Tasks: Field Exercise, 10 Mile Foot March

Week 10: Recovery, History 2
This week candidates will learn to recover a unit from deployment. They will also
gain an understanding of the causes, strategies, events, and results of major
combat and peacekeeping operations from WWI up to the present.

Key Tasks: Graduation Run, Battalion Commander Social

Week 11: Officership
This week provides candidates with the opportunity to explore leadership topics
with senior officers who have experienced the same or similar situations. Topics
include counseling, reception and integration, career advice, NCO-Officer
relationship, and other subjects chosen by candidates.

Key Tasks: Final APFT, Company 5 Mile Run,

Week 12: Graduation
Candidates take the oath of office and complete final preparation for graduation.
Key Tasks: Commissioning Oath, Graduation