an officer?

Question

from start to finish how do you become an officer in the military and how long does it usally take and if you are do you have any authority of lower classes from other branches

Answer 1

There are different ways of becoming an officer. First get a degree from West Point . That's the college that trains men to become officers in the army. Annapolis for the navy. Colorado Springs for the Air Force.
Upon graduating from one of the service colleges, you are automatically an officer in that service.
Another way is to selected from the ranks of one of the services. Men are selected for their intelligence, general knowledge, and leadership. Those who show promise are sent to Officer Schools. Each branch of the army has its own school. The infantry school ( my school ) is at Fort Benning, Georgia.
It's a tough grind, and half or more of those who start flunk out. The graduates are commissioned as second lieutenants.
Still another way is called field commission. During battle when men are being lost in droves, leaders are needed. Either too many officers are casualties, or shuffling men around leaves openings. This happened in my company. I was taken out of my unit and promoted to battalion intelligence officer, leaving my anti-tank platoon without an officer in charge. I insisted my platoon sargent be given a commission. He was.

Answer 2

Since when has there ever been lower class's in the Military ?

Unless you are in Britain, where people still believe that gobbledygook about class.

And does an officer have any authority over people he outranks in other military branch's ??

Generally no they do not.

Not unless the personal from the other military branch's are assigned under them.

Answer 3

Ive been though the ranks and officers in the marine corp they have three kind of programs if your in but it all falls on one thing a degree and time after commission you have school and thats officer canident school then the basic school and in quantico va ive seen ppl end up there for at most two and a half yrs

Answer 4

4 ways to do it.

Simplest is to go direct commission. Doctors do this quite often. The military pays for the education and the med student promises to repay with x number of years in service. The new doctor gets commissioned as an 0-3 (Captain or LT in the USN) and serves his/her term. The commission takes effect after most of the education is completed (residency for doctors I think). Those who stay in go to schools and are promoted as if a regular officer. I have very little contact with this type of commissionee.

Academy Cadets: West Point, Annapolis, etc. Students sign up at the schools and enter into the military while getting a college degree. Upon successful graduation, the cadet earns a commission. These are quite common in the US Military.

ROTC. This is how I earned my commission. ROTC is like a "minor" in college. You go to the classes just as if you would any other. Most colleges give general education credits and military science minors for these classes. In the 3rd year, cadets contract with the military to become officers. The first two years being a "trial period" as many of the cadets, like academy cadets, are new to the military. ROTC also allows "green to gold" scholarships for enlisted, who earn their degrees while in college and enter ROTC at the "3rd year" mark. ROTC also allows cadets to work with National Guard units as not-yet commissioned officers. I worked with a very professional AH-1 Attack Battalion and still visit the unit even though I am on active duty.

Officer Candidate School (OCS). Enlisted apply through their chain of command for acceptance to this prestigious school where they are treated like privates for several weeks. They learn a lot of leadership skills in that compressed time. Any enlisted person can enter OCS with approval of his/her chain of command. Many of my friends went this way and are very good officers. OCS officers are allowed time, situation depended, to get their degrees when they are 0-2s (1st LTs or LTJG in the USN).

Bottom line, for Direct, Academy, and ROTC commissions, you must complete a 4 yr degree. For OCS, no degree is required but one must be earned before you are promoted to 0-3.

By "authority of lower classes from other branches" I assume you mean "over" not "of". They are not lower classes, just junior and lower ranks. There is a difference.

That said, yes, under "general military authority" I have 'authority' over lower ranking soldiers from other branches. If they are assigned under my command, I have "command authority". Each of these carries its own rights and responsibilities.

Under General Auth. I can correct a soldier doing something stupid, dishonorable, illegal. I can detain the soldier if he/she is performing a criminal act. I will then give the soldier over to their "Command Authority", i.e, their commander, for action.

Command Auth makes the commander legally responsible for his/her troops. The commander is also responsible for disciplinary actions and positive awards (medals, promotions). Command Authority keeps you up at night……

General Authority can become Command Authority in an instant. Say a military helo full of soldiers crashed, but no one died, We all come from different units and services yet the senior officer and NCO takes charge. This varies by type of officer (Chaplains and Doctors usually do not command). Non-combat officers may defer tactical decisions to the most experienced combat officer, but the senior is still in charge/responsible (with the exceptions above). This authority is wordlessly and immediately relinquished once the emergency is over.

This sounds confusing, but it really is not.

Answer 5

apply to west point, rotc, have at least an associates degree and apply for ocs, or go guard and get your commission through them, that would be the easiest way,
and the only time really that you would haver any authority over other branches is if you are senior and in an enemy pow camp, by position of rank,

Answer 6

you take what is called ROTC its basically a program where they train you to become an officer, rank upgrade may vary depending on how well you qualify for it

Answer 7

You have to be a natural-born rump kisser. All officers are mere cyphers.

Answer 8

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