OCS Required Knowledge – 2024

Required Knowledge is information that you will need to know and recall on a daily basis. It behooves you to learn most (preferably all) by the time you arrive at OCS. The following is the list of required knowledge and the day of class that each candidate will be expected to recite it verbatim. HINT: Learn it before you arrive, you will have little time for anything else! Plus some information like the daily operations order changes day to day.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE BY DAY

• Day 3 – General Orders and the Daily Operation Order: Thought for the day, Reminder, Safety Reminder, Battalion SDO, Company Duty TAC, Paraphrase Company Mission
• 5 – Chain of Command, OCS Alma Mater, Proffer No Excuses (Army Officer’s Guide)
• 7 – OCS Honor Code, The 7 Army Values, 8 Steps of the Troop Leading Procedures
• 9 – Required Attributes, Soldier’s Creed
• 11 – Required Skills, 5 Paragraph Operations Order, Worth’s Battalion Order
• 13 – Required Actions, The Untruthful Officer
• 15 – Officer’s Code of Honor, Estimate of the Situation
• 17 – Duty, Honor, Country; Rules of Thumb for Living Honorably
• 19 – The 11th Infantry Regiment Crest; Marshall’s Definition of Leadership
• 21 – The History of 11th Infantry Regiment; Schofield’s Definition of Leadership
• 25 – History of OCS

This book is a “Mini” (1/4th the size of a piece of paper).

A popular size to carry anywhere (briefcase, large pocket, purse) but the print is large enough for easy reading.  The binding is with coil, allowing easy flipping of pages without jamming.

The color covers are laminated for weather protection with black and white inside printing.