SGT Private RallyPoint Member 6600777 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I just need a starting point. Can anyone help me 2020-12-22T15:47:40-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 6600777

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I just need a starting point. Can anyone help me

2020-12-22T15:47:40-05:00 2020-12-22T15:47:40-05:00 Sgt Private RallyPoint Member 6600814

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="1847233" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/1847233-91b-wheeled-vehicle-mechanic">SGT Private RallyPoint Member</a> Search on &quot;essay&quot; and find the posts dealing with this topic. Good luck.

2020-12-22T16:13:35-05:00 2020-12-22T16:13:35-05:00 CW3 Kevin Storm 6600825

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It would help if you gave us the question you need to answer. For myself I like to use the &quot;3 Tells&quot; concept: paragraph 1: Tell me what you are going to tell me. i.e. I want to be an Officer based on the influence of George Washington, the ordeals of Captain Fuzzybear, and my father who was a fill in the blank. Paragraph 2,3,4, are the &quot;Tell Me&quot; paragraphs. They will be one paragraph each on the reasons listed in Paragraph one. Last Paragraph is the &quot;Tell me what you told me &quot; or a review and closure of the document. This is how I would do it, but there are other ways, and I am sure others will chime in. I hope this helps.

2020-12-22T16:20:32-05:00 2020-12-22T16:20:32-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 6600829

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If I was to write an essay for OCS, I would focus on Army Leadership; most likely the foundations of Army Leadership. To be a good officer, I would think understanding that would be critical. Just my opinion, best of luck!

2020-12-22T16:22:05-05:00 2020-12-22T16:22:05-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 6600894

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>How about the Army Values and how you would apply them in a leadership position. <br /><br />That&#39;s laying it on thick though.

2020-12-22T17:12:55-05:00 2020-12-22T17:12:55-05:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 6601134

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not to be an ass, but I would want you to lay down on a couch and brainstorm your answer. Come up with 3 or 4 bullets. That exercise will make you think about why you want to become a US Army Officer.

2020-12-22T19:04:43-05:00 2020-12-22T19:04:43-05:00 LTC Jason Mackay 6601166

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Isn&#39;t the prompt for the essay: why do you want to be an Army Officer?<br /><br />Read the question, answer the question.<br /><br />SomethingsI would address<br />- why are you seeking a commission?<br />- why do you think you are suited to be an officer?<br />- what will you bring to help the Army succeed in its missions?

2020-12-22T19:16:11-05:00 2020-12-22T19:16:11-05:00 Cpl Vic Burk 6601191

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Start: Brief background about yourself and why you decided to join the Army. Other things to fit in: Since joining how has the Army transformed you into a leader.

2020-12-22T19:30:00-05:00 2020-12-22T19:30:00-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 6602051

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Get ready for this.... you will end up having to write a lot as an Officer. If you don’t like writing you better get use to it because you will find yourself up late at night by yourself writing Operation Orders while everyone else is sleeping. Don’t even get me started on NCOERs and OERs.<br />Maybe you should write about how your so excited about writing your first OPORD as an Officer haha.<br />Good Luck

2020-12-23T07:38:05-05:00 2020-12-23T07:38:05-05:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 6605690

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would like you to respond with 3 to 5 bullets.

2020-12-24T14:37:10-05:00 2020-12-24T14:37:10-05:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 8639983

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>LTC Mackay gave a nice list. Don&#39;t forget the introductory and summary paragraphs. You don&#39;t want to make it too long or wordy because you will have to write out the essay at the local OCS board. So, memorize it to heart. The good thing about writing the essay is that it helps you during interviews and the OCS board.

2024-01-26T17:04:03-05:00 2024-01-26T17:04:03-05:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 8640377

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>SGT- As a serving NCO, who wants to be an officer, I trust you to put in the time and effort to be able to reduce to writing an essay that will encapsulate to the selection board the value you will add to the officer corps.<br /><br />Put in the time, effort, research a few topics that are important to you, and then kick that essay in the ass!!!

2024-01-26T23:58:07-05:00 2024-01-26T23:58:07-05:00 A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney 8640830

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>&quot;YES&quot;.....<br />Write About Your OCS Test.<br />It&#39;ll Be A Novelty, Perhaps Impress Them,<br />Even Surprise The Sh*t Right Out Of Them.<br />But Either Way, I Notice You&#39;re SGT, Enlistee...<br />Do NOT Ever Forget Where YOU Started From. <br />And Broadcast It Widely, So Others May See Their Possibilities Of Advancement ALSO!<br />THIS Is FROM 2020... So, If Ya Read This, Let Us Know How You&#39;re Doing..

2024-01-27T10:12:33-05:00 2024-01-27T10:12:33-05:00 Lt Col Timothy Cassidy-Curtis 8644306

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Find any of the great leaders of this country; this could include Washington, Pershing, MacArthur, Grant, Hopper, Collins, Armstrong, Aldrin, Davis, Davis, and James (and more). Study their lives and described the great leadership models they provided.

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