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, ...

FORT BLISS, Texas – The NCO Leadership Center of Excellence updated the curriculum for the Basic Leader Course, the first professional military education program given to Soldiers in the ranks of ...

GRAFENWÖHR, Germany – Good leaders understand the importance of passing their knowledge and expertise onto the next generation, and Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick Marrill took the opportunity to do just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soldiers aiming to get their stripes will soon need to brush up on their map-reading skills and grid plotting. The Army plans to ...

Gen. Gary Brito discusses the AH-64 Apache Longbow Crew Trainer at Fort Rucker, Alabama, November 2022. (Lt. Col. Andy Thaggard/Army) As the Army has adjusted its doctrine and modernized how it ...

About seven months after the Army reintroduced land navigation to its Basic Leader Course, or BLC, half of the soldiers in that pilot program have failed the training. BLC is a 22-day school for the ...

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 ...