Academy of Military Science

An inside look at the Air National Guard's officer training school, Academy of Military Science

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Education

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• officer
• national guard
• air national guard
• air force
• maxwell
• military
• blue line
• officer training school.

[ANGTECTV]

@trevorthemonkeey Although many officer candidates are former enlisted, that's not the case for all of them. There are officer candidates that come directly into the Air National Guard as an officer.

[navyocs]

@imarayda Yeah, I went through Marine Corps OCS, these MTI's wear the campaign covers, but its just not the same, we were not allowed to respond with an inside voice to our D.I.'s and if we did, we got bleach poured in the rain room while we did pushups and other nasty shit.  Or they would put us on a four hour firewatch so we would never get any sleep.

[andrewde78]

Cute... -2nd Lieutenant, 0302 Infantry, USMC.

[Imabananna1]

"well, next time I see you you had better have shaved" ??? What is this candy ass kindergarten bullshit? What happened to uniform standards? All the other candidates knew to shave and he just decided not to and he gets off with "well, next time I see you..." WEAK!

[SilentGuardian12]

Oooh I remember Sgt McMeans from another officer training program at Maxwell, he was being nice in this video. Scariest wake up of my life was when he woke up my entire squadron and shoved us outside for PT, our floor was jogging in place in front of the latrines by the track. Hilarious.

[jteruel671]

I'm a college grad thinking of joining my local Air Guard. Anyone can give me some advice? 

[drummer7122]

at 4:53, what the hell is that shit? She's gonna fail 4 pt tests in a row and get kicked out.

[29thizzle]

We all make choices based on whatever reasons we have. Let's not forget that all of our uniforms have 'U.S.' in front, ultimately bonding us to a greater common cause.

Class O-2008-2

[29thizzle]

For example, the Marines need their OCS to be the way it is because the overall nature of the job (insertion, establishment, etc.) The Army's OCS needs to be the way it is because of their duties (sustainment, etc.) and so on. It pains me when I see or hear people bashing on the other branches syaing how hard or soft they are. If I wanted to be a Marine, I assure you the projects I grew up in better prepared me for it than any training in the world could, but I choose the Air Guard for a reason.

[29thizzle]

To throw in a slight more knowledge about AMS, it's not a 'walk in the park' as some folk think. Just because someone can pass it does not mean all can. My class graduated about 80%. Keep in mind this is a commissioning source, not a specialized training course like Ranger School or SERE school (been there, done that as well.)

The bottom line is this: The branches (to include the Air Guard) tailor the respective commissioning courses that reflect each services' ultime responsibility.

[Isp5570]

nasty strap on that smokey.

[Isp5570]

weak.

[thewriter333]

that is an epic blue line