USMC Warrant Officer Requirements. A Marine Corps warrant officer is a specialist who has served on active enlisted duty and can function in a specific role, known as a military occupational specialty, or MOS. The warrant officer path typically is follow
Ap p pp p pl l li i ic c ca a at t ti i io o on n n ongratulations on being selected as one of the few individuals your Officer Selection Officer (OSO) feels has the unique qualities necessary to compete for a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps...
The USMC TBS/IOC Training Packet consists of two plans intended for newly commissioned Marine Corps officers preparing for the physical demands of the The Basic School and the Infantry Officer Course. The TBS plan is six weeks, with training sessions 6x days/week. It should be completed six we...
Reprisals against the Filipino people were carried out mercilessly. Homma was locked into a war he didn’t believe in, fighting for a totalitarian regime he hated but in the end, his oath as a Japanese officer would cost him his life. After the war he wrote in his journal that he didn...
Leading the Company is the Company Headquarters consisting of the Commanding Officer (CO), a LtCol, the Executive Officer (XO), a Major, and a Sergeant Major. Supporting the operational platoons is the S1 (Administrative) Shop; the S2 (Intelligence) Section; the S3 (Operations); and the ...
In order to qualify to attend the scout sniper course, Marines must hold the rank of lance corporal (E-3) or corporal (E-4), be employed as an infantryman and have at least two years remaining on their service commitment. Enlisted Marines ranked higher than corporal or officer can still ...
and returned home to tell the tale. Lucky would be a USMC bulldog. I contacted my best friend from high school who was an accomplished artist and novelist. Craig MacIntosh had served as an infantry officer in Vietnam. After he got out, he went to work for the Minneapolis Star Tribune....
To become a WTI instructor, the first step is to get through the WTI course, then go back to the unit and have a successful tour as a training officer or as a WTI at an operational command. Once a person has demonstrated that, there is generally a hand-selection process done by their...