United States Marine Corps

Officer Selection Station West Lafayette

Officer Selection Station Indianapolis

Serving Colleges and Universities in Indiana

The mission of Officer Selection Station West Lafayette and Officer Selection Station Indianapolis is to assist qualified applicants in applying for Marine Officer Programs and to prepare Officer Candidates for Officer Candidates School

Not everyone can be a Marine. And not every Marine can be an officer. Young men and women who join our ranks right out of high school enlist in the Corps. Officers, however, are usually college graduates who have either completed the Platoon Leaders Class or attended Officer Candidates Course shortly after graduation. This is an excellent opportunity to lead this nation's most elite warriors, and the ability to do so will set you apart. Become a Marine Corps Officer and you will never look back - except at those trying to keep up.

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Officer Programs
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3 March 2010 - Contracted or Selected Candidates
        
    Prep Weekend will be held at Camp Dodge, Iowa from 23-25 April 2010.  Prep Weekend is for those candidates who have not been to any formal training as a way to familiarize them to the rigors of OCS.  If you are contracted or selected and have not been to any training, this prep weekend is highly recommended as a way to better prepare yourself for success at OCS.  Here you will meet actual senior Drill Instructors and get a taste of what OCS has to offer. 

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3 March 2010 - OSO SENDS

    Videos are finished and are now on YouTube as well as our website.  You can find them here.

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2 March 2010 - OSO SENDS  
   
    Videos from the Muscatatuck Pool Function are in the process of being uploaded.  Photos are up and can be found here.

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4 January 2010 -OSO SENDS

    Morning PT for the Marine Corps Birthday 10 November 2009

Photos courtesy of Staff Sergeant Taylor

Newly Commissioned Second Lieutenants 
 
   The rarity of this achievement is an embolden testament to the perseverance of each of these aforementioned individuals.  The qualifications and performance requirements both mentally and physically needed to be entrusted with such a position are innumerable.  Job well done!

 

25 January 2010 - OSO SENDS

    Congratulations to our recently commissioned Second Lieutenants' Nick Gibson, Tim Moore, Justin Nelson, and Stuart Price.

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4 January 2010 - OSO SENDS

    Congratulations to our recently commissioned Second Lieutenants' Cole Dossetto, Rebecca Funk, Alex Rackish, and Jessie McCarley.

        Jessie McCarley's commissioning 5 December 2009.