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U.S. Marines and officer candidates with Recruiting Station Houston, 8th Marine Corps District, hold a practice session with the University of St. Thomas baseball team in Houston, Texas, Sept. 5, 2024. The Marines and officer candidates held a circuit of exercise stations to challenge the baseball players' endurance. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Ryan H. Pulliam)

U.S. Marine Corps Officer Selection Teams, from 6th Marine Corps District, prepare Marine Corps officer candidates, from the state of Florida, for Officer Candidate School during a three-day miniature OCS at Tiger Bay State Park in Daytona, Florida, March 11, 2022. OCS is a 10-week course designed to educate and train officer candidates; after finishing OCS, candidates commission into the Marine Corps as officers. The miniature OCS consisted of physical training, land navigation, a 10-kilometer hike, small unit leadership evaluations, and obstacle course training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jareka Curtis)

United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate Eliana Scott, an officer candidate with the Officer Selection Station Riverside, shares her experience in the Platoon Leaders Course while being a full-time student at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in Riverside, California, Nov. 18, 2021. The Marine Corps PLC allows college students who want to commission as officers to attend two six-week summer training cycles at Marine Corps Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia. For more information, contact your local Officer Selection Station. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Ana S. Madrigal)

Ashley Gippe, a Marine officer candidate with the Officer Selection Office in Norfolk, Va., talks about her experience playing division 1 field hockey at James Madison University and how the team mentality and leadership she learned playing field hockey motivated her to seek more physical challenges and to lead Marines. Gippe is expected to attend Officer Candidate School January 16, 2021 and is projected to graduate March 27, 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Sgt Niles Lee)

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Enrique Torresvargas, a newly commissioned lieutenant with Marine Corps Officer Selection Team San Jose, and Candidate Bardia Farhoomand, a candidate with Marine Corps Officer Selection Office San Jose, describe the process of becoming an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps during a Mini Officer Candidate School hosted by Marine Corps Officer Selection Offices Berkeley, Sacramento, and San Jose, at U.S. Army Camp Parks, Dublin, Calif., March 23, 2019. Mini OCS is designed to give candidates and applicants an idea of what to expect at Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Christian Cachola)

Leading from the front and inspiring future generations of Marines is what makes a Marine officer unique. Lance Cpl. Nikole Tavenner, a Marine reservist with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 and an officer applicant, talks about how she is pursuing a commission in the Marine Corps to better the lives of the Marines around her. This story includes soundbites from Lance Cpl. Nikole Tavenner, Charlottesville, Va. This story is available in high definition.

The Marine Corps Recruiting Command's Officer Selection Officer (OSO) Educators and Key Leaders Workshops provide participants an opportunity to learn how Marine Officers are recruited, screened and developed into leaders from a pool of highly qualified college students. The workshop result in better educated participants who will return to their colleges and communities equipped to tell the Marine Corps story. This will assist OSOs with gaining, maintaining and enhancing the relationships with their respective colleges, and most importantly, result in the contracting of quality officer program applicants who bring a diversity of background, culture and skill which will help generate and sustain a future force that has the cultural expertise, language skill sets and a variety of philosophies needed to meet the operational requirements of the Marine Corps. Available in high definition.

Officer selection officer Riverside partnership with University of California Riverside and San Bernardino female soccer teams to complete the leadership reaction course.