Officer Training
Commando Officers are selected from within its own ranks and over a year-long period of assessment, unlike the majority of those from the rest of the SAF who are selected during the 3-month centralized Basic Military Training phase. Potential candidates are accessed from the time they are enlisted into the Formation, and only the top graduands of the Commando Section Leaders' Course are selected for further screening. About 15 successfully go on attend the Infantry Officers' Cadet Course at Officer Cadet School in the SAFTI Military Institute.
Upon successful completion, they are commissioned as Commando Officers, and attend a Commando Officer Conversion Course (COCC) at the CTW for a seven week period, where they are trained to take on the role of Platoon Commander with the 1st Commando Battalion. Other graduands from Officer Cadet School, as well as commissioned Officers in the SAF may also apply to join the COCC to become Commando Officers.
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