I am not a product of West Point, but I have served with many who are.
In my experience, source of commission does not determine who the best officers are – within that group all sources seem to be represented.
On the other hand, of the officers I have served with, I can only think of one, maybe two West Point graduates who were not solid, capable officers.
I can’t say the same for the other commissioning sources.
So, while West Point may not have cornered the market on producing the best officers, I think they have figured out how to generally produce good ones.
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I haven't a clue about today's Army but back in the 60's and 70's an OCS Officer was the best qualified and company grade assignments.
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I’m guessing this was the case because OCS Officers in those days usually had some experience as an NCO?
Now-a-days, an OCS graduate may be a former NCO.
But he’s just as likely to be a recent college graduate who enlisted into the Army with an OCS contract (i.e., straight from basic training to OCS).
One of the worst officers I know was one of those.
Another one was Ehren Watada.