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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-Commissioned Officer Academy (NCO) 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=http://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|accessdate=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 Army Sergeants Major Academy|Education System]] (NCOES). 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>

== Curriculum ==
The course curriculum includes instruction in leadership skills, training skills, and war-fighting skills. To graduate, soldiers must pass the following evaluations:

* Land Navigation (75%)

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

LandA NavigationPhysical and the APFT have only recently been added back to the list after being considered unit level tasks for several years prior to 2012.Training (PT (Physical Training) 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:

* Army Leadership (written) (70%)

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* Tactical Leadership (STX) (70%)

* Drill and Ceremony (70%)

This is current as of FY 2012.

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=Archived copy |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 Advanced Leader Course (ALC), formerly known as Basic Non-commissioned Officer Course (BNOC).