| Officers recieve two types of commissions.
Regular: In the Marine Corps these officers are generally from the Naval Acadamy or NROTC scholarship recipeints,
Reserve : Are officers out of PLC or NROTC (nonschloarship).
Upon being assigned to active duty a reserve officer must be augmented each year after his primary service to be retained on active duty. If he fails to be Augmented he is returned to reserve status. |