How can I find 1990 Army Officer Candidate School and 1985 Ranger School graduation lists?

LTC Richard Cooper — Sat, 21 May 2022 22:40:09 -0400

Does anyone have and information on 1990 OCS and 1985 Ranger School graduates, such as class cycle books or graduations announcements?

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 22 at 2022 2:06 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 22 May 2022 02:06:59 -0400

You may have to reach out to Ranger School and the OCS schoolhouse for those documents. They may have them....they may not.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made May 22 at 2022 10:53 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 22 May 2022 10:53:42 -0400

Ranger School has instructions on how to green card someone on their website. Not sure if they are willing to give out a list of all graduates from your class. I recommend FOIA requests with those units.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made May 22 at 2022 12:22 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 22 May 2022 12:22:46 -0400

To be honest, they wouldn't have them. I work at IBOLC. We are only required to keep documents for 2 years. They may have the lists but those would most likely be archived or in ATRRS. Ranger School does a good job with their records. Anything besides that would be hard to find. Units really don't have historians so there isn't any interest in keeping materials.

Response by LTC Richard Cooper made May 23 at 2022 1:30 PM

LTC Richard Cooper — Mon, 23 May 2022 13:30:14 -0400

Thanks for the response. I'll check with the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made May 23 at 2022 1:55 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 23 May 2022 13:55:13 -0400

It is interesting how they don't seem to keep these around anywhere. I never received my own OCS yearbook -01-06- (we think that it was returned to sender because the mailing address was incorrect at the time). My father later attempted to get it, but pretty much everyone he contacted for it got real nasty with him. I have all my old year books except that one. It's like they don't really want you to know who was in the class or what took place. I don't know about anyone else, but I valued my time there. It is part of who I am today.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 23 at 2022 4:39 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 23 May 2022 16:39:10 -0400

Sir, if you get with your schools personnel, i.e. ATRRS operator, they should be able to look up the class rosters for who attended the school and their graduation status, which is the official Army record, but books and the like are not likely maintained by the schoolhouse.

Response by CPT Chuck Flint made Jun 1 at 2022 11:20 PM

CPT Chuck Flint — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:20:57 -0400

Here’s the contact information for the current President of the OCS Alumni Association. He might be able to help with additional information. I graduated OCS in class 1-90.

Frank Harman
Frank L Harman III
Colonel US Army (Ret.)
President & CEO USAOCSAA
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