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Do you have what it takes to complete the Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test (CFT)? Watch to learn more about the physical requirements to compete and contact your local Officer Selection Office to join the ranks: Dallas Officer selection Office 1st Lt. Matthew Welsh (469) 475-0191 207 S. Houston St. STE 351, Dallas TX, 75202

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)

U.S. Marines with Officer Selection Team Lincoln conduct a leadership and cohesion exercise (LCE) with students from Midland University, in Fremont, Neb. July 19, 2021. The LCE was conducted in order to develop leadership, instill camaraderie within the community, and raise awareness about opportunities offered by the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Tyler M. Solak)

U.S. Marines with 9th Marine Corps District held a helicopter day for students from University of Central Missouri’s School of Aviation in Warrensburg, MO October 23, 2020. The Marines brought an AH-1 Cobra simulator for the students to use while also providing information about Marine Corps Aviation. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Tyler M. Solak)

U.S. Marine Corps Captain Riacca Glatt, officer selection officer of Recruiting Station Dallas, 8th Marine Corps District, defines what it means to be a leader in the Marine Corps at the recruiting headquarters in Dallas, Texas on May 23, 2019. Capt. Glatt reminisces on how her mentors inspired her to become the Marine leader she is today and the challenges the Marine Corps has offered her. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sergeant Anthony Morales)

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)

OSO Promotional video

U.S. Marine Corps Candidates with Officer Selection Offices in central Texas, conduct field exercise 17-2 on Army National Guard Camp Swift TX., Feb. 24, 2017. FIEX 17-2 is a bi-annual field exercises in an effort to better prepare candidates for Officer Candidates School (OCS), and reduce attrition at OCS. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Clarence A. Leake/Released)

Marines from the Officer Selection Office in Santa Barbara attended Cal Lutheran football practices to help with physical and mental toughness. The goal was to pass on to the students military discipline and provide information about what makes the Corps unique.

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.