Editing Army Officer Selection Board (section)

== History ==
{{Main|War Office Selection Boards}}
The AOSB has its roots in the War Office Selection Boards (WOSBs), created by Army psychiatrists in 1942 during [[World War II]]. They involved candidates taking a three-day stay in a country house, where tests were administered including written tests of mental ability, questionnaires, leaderless group tests and interviews. Psychiatrists and some psychological components of the WOSBs were removed from the Boards after the war. The Army Officer Selection Board was known as the Regular Commissions Board (RCB).<ref>{{cite web|title=A Short Guide to Explain – The Army's Terms & Conditions of Service: Your Entitlements and the Army's Guidelines|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/369562/1997-Armys_Terms_Conditions_Of_Service_1997-U.pdf|publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]|date=1997}}</ref> In 1949, the RCB moved from Sussex to its current facilities at Leighton House in [[Westbury, Wiltshire]]. Both Regular and [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Army Reserve]] officers are screened here.<ref name="WiltshireTimes2009">{{cite news|title=Army Officer Selection Board celebrates 60th anniversary|url=http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/4461102.Army_Officer_Selection_Board_celebrates_60th_anniversary/|work=[[Wiltshire Times]]|date=27 June 2009}}</ref>