Philippine_Coast_Guard_Officers'_Basic_Education_and_Training_Center
Philippine Coast Guard Officers' Basic Education and Training Center
Officer candidate school in Philippines
The Philippine Coast Guard Officers' Basic Education and Training Center (PCGOBETC) serves as the officer candidate school of Philippine Coast Guard officer aspirants.[1][2] Cadets who are already baccalaureate degree holders taking the Coast Guard Officers’ Course (CGOC) became Probationary Ensigns (PENS) and after graduation are commissioned as regular officers in the organization.
The Philippine Army, Philippine Navy and the Philippine Air Force equivalent of the PCGOBETC are the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)’s Officer Candidate Schools (OCS).