140 Regiment, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

About Us OCS NCOES RTS-M Combat Arms

REPORTING INFORMATION  You should report to the 140th Regiment is located    on Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri off of Iowa Ave, on Cedar Ave, in the 1200 area.  Headquarters is located in Bldg 1284.  The address 123 Cedar Ave, Fort Leonard  Wood, Missouri 65473
OVERVIEW
The state OCS option is a 18 month course of instruction conducted from April  to July of the following year. Upon commissioning, each officer will attend an Officer Basic Course (OBC)  within 18 months (one six-month extension may be granted)  in the branch to which he or she is assigned           

PHASE ZERO:  One weekend drill will be held each month in April, May, and June, conducted at Fort Leonard Wood.  Administrative in-processing is conducted to ensure all applicants meet the minimum enrollment criteria. Drill and ceremony, physical fitness, and land navigation training are conducted to prepare the applicants for Phase 1. Applicants must pass an Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) during this phase prior to being accepted into the program

PHASE I:  A two-week annual training will be held in June with personnel reporting to Salina, Kansas. The training will focus on leadership and basic military skills. Candidates will receive land navigation training and testing conducted at the regional OCS training facility
  
Phase II A two-week annual training will be held in June with personnel reporting to Salina, Kansas. The training will focus on leadership and basic military skills. Candidates will receive land navigation training and testing conducted at the regional OCS training facility.
 
PHASE II:  IDT weekends will take place from July to June. Candidates are assigned to the 140th RTI. Candidates will perfect the skills previously learned and concentrate on military subjects such as ethics, military justice, logistics, personnel administration, NBC, tactics, and patrolling.
PHASE III: A two-week annual training will be held in August,  Candidates will report to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and be flown to Ft. Lewis, Washington. Tactics and patrolling will be conducted and leadership skills evaluated. Upon completion, candidates may be commissioned pending federal recognition.
 
 

         Training Tomorrow's Leaders

  

OCS PREREQUISITE

SCHOOL DATES
  Did you Know?  There are 2 ways to complete OCS:
 

Traditional OCS is 18 months long and organized into 4 phases:                          Phase 0:  3 orientation drills (Mar, Apr, May) at Ft. Leonard Wood;

Phase I:  15-day AT (Annual Training) in June at Salina, KS

Phase II:  13 IDT weekend drills at Fort Leonard Wood.

Phase III:  15-day AT in August at Fort Lewis.

 Accelerated OCS is 6 months long with a compressed Phase II. 

Candidates will complete Phases 0 and I  with the Traditional OCS Class.  Phase II (immediately following Phase I) is compressed into 28 days at Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA in July.  Finally, Phase III follows and is a 15-day AT at Ft. McClellan, AL in August. 

The accelerated candidates then graduate with Traditional OCS Class in September.

 If you are interested in attending OCS, you must first attend an upcoming OCS Information Brief (dates to be announced).  

 

You must apply for OCS through your chain of command and submit an enrollment packet through your unit.

 

Your unit administrative personnel or OCS Recruiter will ensure your OCS packet is complete and approved by your Commander.

 

You must have your enrollment packet with you at  your first OCS drill on 5 Mar 05.

      

UNIT CHECK LIST

     

  FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT

 SFC HARRIS, 573-329-9012