What is the Officer Basic Course (OBC)?
The Officer Basic Course (OBC) is a program designed to give you the basic set of skills to perform your job as a veterinarian, a leader and a soldier in the United State Army. As HPSP students, you have the option of attending the HPSP OBC in the summer months between your classes, or the regular OBC offered in the summer months following graduation. • HPSP OBC – The HPSP OBC is broken up into two phases: HPSP All Corps and the Veterinary Track. The HPSP All Corps phase is a combined unit training, where soldiers from all backgrounds (i.e. veterinarians, dentists, medical doctors, etc.) come together to learn basic leadership and soldier skills. This phase of training covers a majority of the topics that are covered in the regular OBC All Corps in a shorter amount of time. Following graduation from veterinary school, you will return to Ft. Sam Houston to complete the Veterinary Track. The Veterinary Track is specifically geared towards teaching you how to be a veterinarian in the Army
