https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-am-applying-for-army-ocs-and-i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-connections-with-great-sources-of-people-to-provide-it-what-step-can-i-take-help <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Tue, 10 Jan 2023 18:06:19 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-am-applying-for-army-ocs-and-i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-connections-with-great-sources-of-people-to-provide-it-what-step-can-i-take-help <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Bandith Phoungsamy Tue, 10 Jan 2023 18:06:19 -0500 2023-01-10T18:06:19-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-am-applying-for-army-ocs-and-i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-connections-with-great-sources-of-people-to-provide-it-what-step-can-i-take-help?n=8075749&urlhash=8075749 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What do you want to know? LTC Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 10 Jan 2023 18:20:00 -0500 2023-01-10T18:20:00-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-am-applying-for-army-ocs-and-i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-connections-with-great-sources-of-people-to-provide-it-what-step-can-i-take-help?n=8075770&urlhash=8075770 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="1946245" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/1946245-bandith-phoungsamy">Bandith Phoungsamy</a> I assume that you have already reviewed the OCS requirements. Have you talked to a recruiter, and what are specific questions that you have?<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://diversity.defense.gov/Portals/51/Documents/Resources/Docs/GOTP/Army%20Officer%20Canidate%20School.pdf">https://diversity.defense.gov/Portals/51/Documents/Resources/Docs/GOTP/Army%20Officer%20Canidate%20School.pdf</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://diversity.defense.gov/Portals/51/Documents/Resources/Docs/GOTP/Army%20Officer%20Canidate%20School.pdf">404 - File or directory not found.</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description"></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Sgt Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 10 Jan 2023 18:25:36 -0500 2023-01-10T18:25:36-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-am-applying-for-army-ocs-and-i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-connections-with-great-sources-of-people-to-provide-it-what-step-can-i-take-help?n=8075836&urlhash=8075836 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-747306"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fi-am-applying-for-army-ocs-and-i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-connections-with-great-sources-of-people-to-provide-it-what-step-can-i-take-help%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+am+applying+for+army+OCS%2C+and+I+don%27t+have+a+lot+of+connections+with+great+sources+of+people+to+provide+it.+What+step+can+I+take+%28help%29%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fi-am-applying-for-army-ocs-and-i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-connections-with-great-sources-of-people-to-provide-it-what-step-can-i-take-help&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AI am applying for army OCS, and I don&#39;t have a lot of connections with great sources of people to provide it. What step can I take (help)?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-am-applying-for-army-ocs-and-i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-connections-with-great-sources-of-people-to-provide-it-what-step-can-i-take-help" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="ba4f8ad7093f8cad7dc7954eb0bb223a" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/747/306/for_gallery_v2/011c3e78.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/747/306/large_v3/011c3e78.jpg" alt="011c3e78" /></a></div></div>I just saw this on LinkedIn LTC Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 10 Jan 2023 18:49:11 -0500 2023-01-10T18:49:11-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-am-applying-for-army-ocs-and-i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-connections-with-great-sources-of-people-to-provide-it-what-step-can-i-take-help?n=8075842&urlhash=8075842 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I went to the recruiter to talk about the process and application, and I am pretty much qualified for the program. The only problem I see for myself is letters of recommendation. They said I need at least three, and he said to be competitive, you need the letter to be from either military personnel for credibility, a strong recommendation, but I can also get it from school also. I don&#39;t know people from the military to write me those letters, and I was wondering what I can do to make my application stand out if I can&#39;t get one from military personnel. If there is a way I can find someone who is in the military to write one for me since I am a civilian without a lot of military connections? Bandith Phoungsamy Tue, 10 Jan 2023 18:52:41 -0500 2023-01-10T18:52:41-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-am-applying-for-army-ocs-and-i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-connections-with-great-sources-of-people-to-provide-it-what-step-can-i-take-help?n=8080327&urlhash=8080327 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Have you tried getting letters of recommendation from former employers, points of contact from your University? Have you contacted your local and State elected officials for letters of recommendation? You have to network and find people who can vouch for you. SSgt Christophe Murphy Fri, 13 Jan 2023 08:06:41 -0500 2023-01-13T08:06:41-05:00 2023-01-10T18:06:19-05:00