Two hundred and seventy-seven Soldiers graduated Aug. 24 from a new 22-day Basic Leadership course (BLC) on the XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg NCO Academy parade field. “These Soldiers have ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Dec. 13, 2013) -- Ohio State University graduate and now U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Kyle Lawrence knew he wanted to join the Army as soon as he finished school. With a degree under his ...

EASTOVER, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard hosted a virtual Basic Leadership Course (BLC) at the 218th Regional Training Institute (RTI) at McCrady Training Center in June 2020 to train Army ...

The first class of more than 150 students with a new curriculum for the Basic Leadership Course graduated June 22 at the Fort McCoy Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy. BLC is designed to build ...

Army leaders are weighing whether to revamp the service's Basic Leader Course to include more time in the field -- and that could mean longer school, too. The potential overhaul of the course, or BLC, ...

Students brainstorm capstone solutions for the Basic Leadership Airman Skills Training Course in a classroom at USAFSAM, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, May 25. The course encourages cross-corps ...

One by one, a group of basic cadets — covered in sweat and gasping for air — lunged out of a storage container filled with tear gas. The exercise was part of basic training, a 40-day period intended ...

As a contracted cadet you can expect to take three credit hours of classes each semester. These hours include physical training, classroom time, and leadership lab. Combined, these classes take up ...

U.S. Army Course Chief of Basic Leadership 1st Sgt. Mike McGonigal can trace his career path back to a pivotal conversation with his father some 19 years ago: “When I was a young buck in the Army, I ...