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Officer Training School

A program for training officers, mentioned as an alternative to the U.S. Military Academy and ROTC.

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How do service academy prep schools, ROTC, and USMA differ for commissioning into the Army?

Service academy prep schools, Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), and the U.S. Military Academy (USMA/West Point) all lead to the same initial Army commission—Second Lieutenant—but they differ shar...