The disestablishment of the Direct Commission Officer Indoctrination Course (DCOIC) and associated transition to Officer Development School (ODS) and the Limited Duty Officer (LDO)/Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Academy was announced via NAVADMIN 101/19, May 7.

DCOIC, which provides basic officer training for Reserve officers, is administered by the Officer Training Command (OTC) in Newport, Rhode Island.

The two-week program is being disestablished to ensure standards for Navy officer training are applied consistently across all accessions pipelines, in order to support increased permeability between the Active and Reserve Components.

Beginning Oct. 1, 2019, Reserve officers who would have attended DCOIC will now attend longer and more thorough programs under OTC alongside their active-duty counterparts.

Within one year of commissioning, both Reserve DCOs and LDO/CWOs will complete their accession training at ODS and the LDO/CWO Academy, respectively.

OTC includes four officer training schools in addition to DCOIC:  Officer Candidate School, ODS, LDO/CWO Academy and the Seaman-to-Admiral (STA-21) program.  These programs will continue to train the next generation of Navy officers into the Fleet.

Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) oversees 98 percent of initial officer and enlisted accessions training for the Navy, as well as the Navy's Citizenship Development program.  NSTC also includes Recruit Training Command, the Navy's only boot camp, at Naval Station Great Lakes, the Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program at more than 160 colleges and universities, OTC at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island and the Navy Junior ROTC and Navy National Defense Cadet Corps citizenship development programs at more than 600 high schools worldwide.

For more information on OTC, visit https://www.public.navy.mil/netc/nstc/otcn/index.aspx.

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