Our Community Salutes of Puerto Rico

We are getting ready for Our Community Salutes Puerto Rico 2026. The event this year is scheduled for May 5th, 2026. Contact your branch recruiter for more information.

OCS, First to say: Thank You for your Commitment !

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Tonight is Show Time!!
We will be hosting our 13th Our Community Salutes event in Puerto Rico. We expect over 200 enlistees, high school students, parents and friends participating tonight. They will be recognized and honored for their decision to join our Armed Forces. Let's congratulate and thank them for taking this important step in their lives!

OCS-PR 2025 executive board members during their meeting today working on the final details for the event this May 6th. The event honor those high school students who have committed to serve our Nation in one of our Armed Forces branch.

OCS PR Executive Committee during their final planning meeting for this year's Our Community Salutes 2024. Our Chairman Sen (F) Lucy Arce receives a donation to help with the event expenses.

Great news! Our 2023 Our Community Salutes of Puerto Rico event is coming! Take note, May 18th @ 1800. We are looking for high school seniors who have committed to join one of our Armed Forces upon graduation. If you are one or know about one, please contact your recruiter and tell him/her you want to attend OCS-2023!

Some of OCS-2023 board members during its official first meeting.

We are happy to announce Our Community Salutes Puerto Rico has a new Chairman, former Puerto Rico senator Ms. Lucy Arce. Here Ms. Arce with our outgoing Chairman BG(R) Victor Perez during the official first board meeting of OCS-2023.

Our Community Salutes Puerto Rico is looking for candidates for the position of OCS PR Chairman. Military experience is not required but a big plus. OCS PR is a group of professionals all volunteers willing to coordinate events to honor all high school students from Puerto Rico who have committed to serve in a branch of our Armed Forces.

Know somebody? Do you want to nominate a candidate?

Please write to [email protected]

Our Community Salutes 2022 board members met on Thursday June 30th for its annual After Action Report (AAR). Here BG (R) Victor Perez and Senator (F) Luz Arce presented Mr. Gilberto Van Rhyn (son) a Quixote recognizing the outstanding work and passion Ms. Isabel Van Rhyn (RIP) demonstrated to OCS PR during her almost 10 years of service.

"Please join me in signing the 2022 Virtual Thank You Card to our Nation's Class of 2022 high school seniors who plan to enlist into the military following graduation at: http://OcsUSA.org/thankyou

Our goal is to get 1-million Americans to sign the 2022 Virtual Thank You Card, by July 4th, so that our nation's newest and youngest service members (and their parents) know that their country stands behind their decision to serve our great nation.

Please click at the end here to watch a 30-second video from actor Neil Brown Jr. (CBS show SEAL Team) on the importance of this thank you message. Thank you." 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

https://vimeo.com/697533311/bec970e47a