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Originally posted by tritium
How about after graduation? Any hope of officer training *after* completion of a 4-year degree?
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After graduation you have OCS as your main option. You can receive a direct commission but that requires a special degree (law, medical, dental, etc). OCS is an extremely competitive process that requires a significant amount of paperwork, culminating with a board interview.... and that's just to be selected. Afterwards, you will attend basic training and then the OCS class. I don't know how the USMC does it after OCS, but I know with Army you will attend OBC (officer basic course) after OCS. So basically you're in school/training/class for nearly a year before you report to your first assignment. Basically it's ROTC in a year - although ROTC has to go to OBC as well (USMA too).
Go here to find some more information on OCS:
http://www.ocsfoundation.org/