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NEWPORT, R.I. (Sept. 23, 2021) Gunnery Sgt. Pedro Guerrero, a Marine Corps Drill Instructor assigned to Officer Training Command Newport (OTCN), Rhode Island, motivates Officer Candidate School (OCS) class 03-22 students during their junior officer candidate (JOC) push, Sept. 23, 2021. After successful completion of the indoctrination phase, students begin engineering and weapons, naval history, cyber warfare, and the watch officer curriculum in the JOC phase. OCS morally, mentally, and physically develops civilians and fleet Sailors into newly commissioned officers and imbues them with the highest ideals of honor, courage and commitment to prepare graduates for service in the fleet as Naval officers. (U.S. Navy photo by Officer Candidate Kristopher Ruiz)