Do Prior Service Enlisted have to attend AMEDD DCC (Direct Commission Course)?

UPDATE: Just got back from this course and I learned a lot more than I thought I would. There are a number of things enlisted soldiers don’t really learn. Aside from the curricula, I learned a lot about patience and got some tough lessons in leadership. Onto the next one!

Looks like it’s official. Just got this email even though I commissioned in JAN. Someone’s ears must’ve been tingling haha

This question brought back a funny memory.
In the mid-1980s the Army in Europe was critically short of doctor's. The shortage was the catalyst that started the Physician Assistant (PA) program. However, even with PAs, battalion sized units (~600 soldiers plus family members) needed at least one physician in place.
There was a US armored cavalry unit in the town where I was stationed. It had gone through some tough times - bad discipline, trouble with the local nationals and Polizei, etc. It got so bad the the unit commander was relieved and a new commander was installed with the mandate to whip the unit into shape, which he was doing with vigor - lots of PT, relatively severe punishments for infractions and so forth.
At this time the unit received its brand new doctor. He had just received his direct commission as a captain and because the shortage was so critical Dr. (CPT) X- was not sent to Ft. Sam Houston for the Medical Officer Direct Commision Course. Instead, he was assigned directly from his home in Brooklyn and arrived with no uniforms or any idea of what a Private was let alone a Lt. Col., who was a stickler for military protocol. A day or so later, Dr. X-, now in a new set of BDUs, ran into the unit commander on the street and greeted him with a wave of his hand and in his finest Brooklyn accent said "Hi, howz it goin'?" Needless to say the unit commander went apoplectic and chewed out the good doctor as only thee commander could. From that day forward Dr X- did his best to avoid his nemesis and maintained a very low profile whenever the two of them were in the same room.
Postscript: Dr. X- did eventually learn the ways of the Army. He also learned the authority that a unit's surgeon had when it came to medical matters and would use it, often to the consternation of the commander. He was also a great doc who served all of us in the community very well

Go with an attitude to contribute. Be a mentor. Drop your gripes.

Good news as a whole as a lot of Direct commissioned soldiers needs this program
But to make prior enlisted go. that's news to me.

There is very little to be gained by sending a prior service to this course. However, as we all know, everyone has different experiences when they are enlisted and policies and rules change. By making all directs go they establish a minimum standard. The CAPT, she was a direct commission to the Army back in the day - they had no DCC. She went straight to the basic course. She said, “ I guess they don’t want them looking like the Public Health Service.” How long is DCC?

So having just left company command in an AMEDD Recruiting Company. AS of now, yes they are making all go. The intent is however that the DCC be strictly for those without prior service. So like I did BOLC II, I had over 8 years prior service....did I really need to get indoctrinated into battle drills, marching, etc......no....but I went anyway.

Yes, all direct commission officers must attend the DCC regardless of prior service.

Every one gets to go. I had Rangers who had been enlisted, went to PA school and subsequently commissioned, and had to attend AMEDD BOLC.

Yes, CG of the AMEDD C&S made this a requirement across the board. And yes, it is new.