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- [Narrator] Officers of
the military are the leaders

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of our nation's service members.

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Officer Candidate School is a
primary commissioning source

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for the Ohio Army National Guard.

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OCS builds and molds
soldiers to prepare them

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for the task of leading.

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The Ohio Army National Guard OCS program

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allows soldiers to test and
strengthen their capabilities

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as they train to become leaders.

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- OCS is a primary commissioning source

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for soldiers in the
Ohio Army National Guard

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who are interested in becoming officers.

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It's a rigorous course designed to develop

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leadership skills and to
identify those soldiers

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who are fit to be leaders in U.S. Army.

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- It's a demanding course. It's not easy.

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But I think it's
absolutely very rewarding,

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and I would highly encourage all leaders

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to take a deep look and think about

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pursuing a career like that.

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- It was the option to be challenged,

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to do something different.

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Leading people was not easy,

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and when you have a group of people

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that come into a program,

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and they do different things

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and they have different backgrounds,

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and trying to make that into a team

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it's very big, and very huge challenge.

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- The importance of OCS is to show

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the potential officer candidates

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what it means to be a
leader, and what it takes.