She still thought of him as "young officer material," which put her in the teaching role.

"The way I see it, any kid of yours is bound to be officer material."

I see in him officer material if he can shed a few of his Ferengi habits.

He participated in taking several enemy vessels and is considered to be future officer material.

I think you may be officer material, but you're more likely to end up in Leavenworth.

But you couldn't throw away good officer material, and his father still had some friends in Starfleet.

Excellent private type with a certain amount of fair non-commissioned officer material.

"You look like officer material to me, when the chance comes."

Dad sent me to military school so I'd be officer material.

Maybe they weren't exactly what he thought of as officer material, but competence and loyalty should have a reward.