Officer Selection

Regular and Territorial Army Service

The Army Officer Selection Board (AOSB) is based at Westbury in Wiltshire and has been selecting Army Officers since 1949.  It is responsible for the assessment and selection of all Regular, Territorial Army and Professionally Qualified Officers

The Army Officer Selection Board is responsible for the selection of Potential Officers for training and education to command soldiers in peace and operations and for specialist functions within the Army.

All candidates aspiring to serve as Commissioned Officers in the British Army must attend one of the selection Main Boards, usually having attended a Briefing period beforehand.