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{{short description|US Army training course}}

[[File:US Army Basic Leader Course-squad leader mission preparation evaluation.jpg|thumb|300px|U.S. Army student squad leaders are evaluated by a Non-CommissionedNoncommissioned Officer Academy (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]] [[nonNon-commissionedcommissioned_officer#United_States|noncommissioned officer]] [[United States Army Sergeants Major Academy#Basic Leader Course|EducationProfessional Development System]] (NCOESNCOPDS). 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>

== Curriculum ==

The course curriculum includes instruction in leadership skills, training skills, and war-fighting skills. ToA graduatepassing HT/WT and ACFT score is needed to attend BLC. Soldiers with the first highest and second highest GPA, respectively, are awarded Distinguished Honor Graduate and Honor Graduate, respectively. The soldier's GPA is determined by six evaluations, and soldiers must pass the following evaluations with a score of 70% or higher:

* Physical FitnessReadiness Training Evaluation (70%)

* Land Navigation (75%)

* Drill and Ceremony (70%)Squad Drill

* Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) (60%)

* Informative Essay

* Physical Fitness Training Evaluation (70%)

* Conduct Individual Training Evaluation (70%)

* OralPublic PresentationSpeaking (70%)Presentation

* Garrison Leadership Evaluation (70%)

* Compare and Contrast Essay

* Field Leadership Evaluation (70%) (Fully participate in the Situational Training Exercise)

Additionally, soldiers must complete the following assessments:

A Physical Training (PT) evaluation is the ability to conduct a PT session. A passing APFT score is needed to attend BLC, and an APFT will be administered. Also it is broken down in these exams:

* [[Sexual Harassment/Assault Response & Prevention|Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention]]<ref name="wormuth">{{Cite web |date=2021-06-02 |title=Letter to the force from the 25th Secretary of the Army |url=https://www.army.mil/article/247108/letter_to_the_force_from_the_25th_secretary_of_the_army |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=www.army.mil |language=en}}</ref> (SHARP) Essay

* Army Leadership (written) (70%)

* Weekly Leadership and Collaborative Group Work Evaluation

* Training Management (written) (70%)

* Resume

* Warfighting (written) (70%)

* [[Army Combat Fitness Test]] (ACFT) level 1 certification

* Garrison Leadership (70%)

* PT (conducting) (70%)

* Individual Task Training (70%)

* Oral Presentation (70%)

* Army Correspondence (70%)

* Tactical Leadership (STX) (70%)

* Drill and Ceremony (70%)

BLC is non-specific to the soldier's [[Military Occupational Specialty]] (MOS), and graduates are awarded the [[NCO Professional Development Ribbon]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Awards/nco_professional.aspx |title=ArchivedNCO copyProfessional Development Ribbon |access-date=2010-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314113733/http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Awards/nco_professional.aspx |archive-date=2010-03-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> BLC is no longer worth promotion points unless the soldier receives commandants or distinguished honor grad. The next level of education is [[United_States_Army_Sergeants_Major_Academy#Advanced_Leader_Course|Advanced Leader Course]] (ALC), formerly known as Basic Non-commissionedNoncommissioned Officer Course (BNCOC).

==References==

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[[Category:US Army NCO training]]

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