[[File:US Army Basic Leader Course-squad leader mission preparation evaluation.jpg|thumb|300px|U.S. Army student squad leaders are evaluated by a Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy instructor during a mission preparation exercise at [[Camp Buehring]], [[Kuwait]]]]
The '''Basic Leader Course''' ('''BLC'''),<ref>{{cite web|title=Basic Leader Course|url=http://usasma.armylive.dodlive.mil/?page_id=310|website=U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy|accessdate=16 November 2015|ref=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117063328/http://usasma.armylive.dodlive.mil/?page_id=310|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New course for E7s begins as part of NCO education overhaul|url=httphttps://www.army.mil/article/157290/New_course_for_E7s_begins_as_part_of_NCO_education_overhaul/|website=The Official Homepage of the United States Army|accessdateaccess-date=16 November 2015|ref=5}}</ref> formerly the '''Warrior Leader Course''' ('''WLC''') and '''Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC'''), is the first course of study in the [[US Army]] [[Non-commissioned_officer#United_States|noncommissioned officer]] [[United States Army Sergeants Major Academy#Basic Leader Course|Professional Development System]] (NCOPDS). BLC is a month-long course that trains specialists and corporals in the fundamentals of leadership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goarmy.com/life/primary_leadership.jsp|title=Basic Leader Course (BLC)|website=Goarmy.com|accessdate=28 September 2018}}</ref> As of 1 July 2021, all corporals are to have already completed BLC; in the interim those corporals who have not yet completed BLC are reassigned as specialists until they have passed the NCO promotion boards for junior leadership; specialists who have completed BLC and have been recommended for promotion are to wear corporal rank before their recommended promotion.<ref name="lacdan">{{Cite web |date=2021-06-04 |title=Soldiers to pin on corporal after BLC |url=https://www.army.mil/article/247183/soldiers_to_pin_on_corporal_after_blc |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=www.army.mil |language=en}}</ref>
