MCO P1100.73B.pdf - Marine Corps

2. Eligibility Requirements
a. In addition to the academic requirements outlined in paragraph
2201 of this Manual, applicants for the OC and AOC Classes must be
graduates of a regionally accredited baccalaureate granting institution.
Seniors in good standing at accredited institutions are eligible
for enrollment. Seniors must be carrying an academic course load which
would enable them to complete requirements for a baccalaureate degree
prior to the convening date of the class for which they are applying.
Applicants who have a baccalaureate degree from a foreign college or
university must be eligible for graduate studies at a regionally
accredited college or university. A letter from an appropriate college
official validating their undergraduate degree as aceptable for
graduate study is required.
b. Applicants for the OCC (Law) Program must be enrolled in their
final year or have graduated form an American Bar Association
accredited law school. Prior to attending Officer Candidates School,
the applicant must have graduated from an accredited school of law and
have been admitted to practive law before the bar of a Federal court or
the highest court of a state or the District of Columbia.
3. Training Requirements. Members of the OCC Program are required to
attend one training course of prescribed duration at MCCDC, Quantico,
Virginia, and must agree to participate in such training for a minimum
period as specified in their current service agreement prior to withdrawal
from training.
4. Active Duty Requirements
a. Active Duty Requirements after Appointment to Commissioned
Grade
(1) Officer Candidate (Ground) and (Law). Must serve on EAD,
in a commissioned status, for the period specified in their service
agreement. Upon acceptance of an appointment to commissioned grade,
members will be ordered to attend the The Basic School (TBS), MCCDC,
Quantic, Virginia. Upon completion of TBS these officers will be
assigned a MOS and ordered to an appropriate duty assignment. Members
of the OCC (Law) Program will be ordered to Naval Justice School upon
completion of TBS.
2. Aviation Officer Candidates (AOC). AOC’s will be assigned to
TBS prior to assignment to aviation training. AOC’s must serve on EAD
for a period of time as specified in their current service agreement
from the date designated as a naval aviator.
(a) In the event an officer is separated from an aviation
training program as a result of flight failure, practical work failure,
or physical disqualification, the officer will be required to serve on
EAD in a commissioned status for the period of 48 months as stated on
the service agreement, from the date initially assigned to EAD as a
commissioned officer.
(b) Should the officer be separated from an aviation training
program as the result of academic failure, or drops at own request, the
officer will be required to serve on active duty in a commissioned
status for the period of 48 months, as stated on the service agreement,
from the date assigned to EAD, plus an extension of active service
equal to the time spent in flight training.
b. Active Duty Requirements for AOC Found not Physically Qualified
for Flight Training Upon Reporting for Active Duty. Members of the AOC
Program who, after reporting for EAD, fail to qualify physically for
flight training, but qualify physically for appointment to commissioned
grade may be offered the opportunity to be classified as OCC (Ground).
They will assume the OCC (Ground) active duty obligation.
5. Orders to Attend Training. Appropriate orders to attend officer
candidate training will be issued by the CMC. Members of the OCC
Program will be issued orders authorizing travel at personal expense
subject to reimbursement upon reporting to Quantico, Virginia. If any
candidate desires commercial transportation
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