Units are responsible for ensuring that their Soldiers are prepared to attend BLC and must actively work to develop future students for success. First lines leaders of identified students should review the welcome letter and student guide with their Soldiers to ensure compliance with published guidance. Unit level responsibilities also include obtaining any missing items identified within the packing list and executing common tasks and land navigation training.
Basic Leader Course Overview: The Basic Leader Course (BLC) is the institutional first step in the Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development System (NCOPDS) and aims to train junior noncommissioned officers (NCO) in the E4 and E5 ranks. This branch-immaterial course runs for 22 straight days, with no breaks, and trains the basic skills, knowledge, and behaviors necessary to be a professional NCO. It instills self-discipline, professional ethics, and establishes the foundation for follow-on training in leader development. BLC focuses on six NCO Common Core Competencies (NCO C3s): Readiness, Leadership, Training Management, Communications, Operations, and Program Management. Small Group Leaders assess the Soldiers’ leadership ability and potential through observing discussions and interactions.
Student Guide: The student guide serves as a single-source document that applies to all students selected to attend BLC. It outlines applicable policies and procedures that students must adhere to while in attendance to this course. All students are required to read this guide. The student guide is available for download.
Welcome Letter: Please read the entire welcome letter and associated enclosures. While most requirements will be the same from class to class, please ensure you adhere to the guidance in the welcome packet for the class you will be attending. To see all the enclosures, you must download the .pdf onto your computer and open the file with Adobe.
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ENCL 01 Course Enrollment Requirements_005
ENCL 02 In-processing Documents
ENCL 03 Packing List
ENCL 04 BLC ISAP 2.0
ENCL 05 Academy Maps
ENCL 06 Individual Training Tasks
ENCL 07 Service Uniform Memo
ENCL 08 OCIE Memo