Which is a commissioning program that uses Officer Candidate School (OCS)?

Which is a commissioning program that uses Officer Candidate School (OCS)?

• A. USNA
• B. NROTC
• C. STA-21
• D. OCS

Answer: (D)

Understanding how officers are commissioned helps here. Officer Candidate School is a direct commissioning path—the program that specifically uses OCS to train and commission officers. Among the options, the one named exactly after this route is the program that uses Officer Candidate School to prepare and send officers into the fleet. The other options represent different commissioning sources: an Academy-based path, ROTC-based college programs, and another enlisted-to-officer pathway that isn’t defined by OCS. So the option whose title matches the OCS route is the one that fits the description.

Understanding how officers are commissioned helps here. Officer Candidate School is a direct commissioning path—the program that specifically uses OCS to train and commission officers. Among the options, the one named exactly after this route is the program that uses Officer Candidate School to prepare and send officers into the fleet. The other options represent different commissioning sources: an Academy-based path, ROTC-based college programs, and another enlisted-to-officer pathway that isn’t defined by OCS. So the option whose title matches the OCS route is the one that fits the description.