Can leadership force me to attend blc when I’m getting out?

It will pay off to go to the school even if you don't stay in, what you learn there will help in the civilian world as a manager

CPL (Join to see) I am not trying to keep you in by all means, but why do you not want to become an NCO? I guarantee you are going though some of the same stuff I went through when I was on active duty. I was in for 7 years active and thought I was was done. Now, here I am been a long road, lots of zigs and zags but perseverance paid off.
I doubt they would send you to BLC with a year left on your contract. But you may regret it too, as so many soldiers have gotten out just to come back in. That's why I am in the Reserves, took a little bit to get used to, but hey I love it. The best of both worlds in my mind. Kind of the perfect fit. If you ever need guidance you have plenty of NCO's here that can help guide you.

Corporal, you are an NCO so take advantage of the opportunity offered to you. Leadership skills will be useful the rest of your life.

If you are enrolled and you refuse to attend you fill be a failure to report and that is punishable under UCMJ.

Yes, heck you might even learn something!

They tried that with me in the 1980s they are trying to retain you....that's the intent. Have a one on one with your 1SG, skip over the NCOs between. You need to compromise with the 1SG and meet him at least half way. He picked you out of the crowd as someone he believes could take on more responsibility and help with running the company. You should look at that as a compliment. Also trying to show you things are different when you are a NCO and you might like the Army better and enlist again. So what I did is tell the 1SGT I would take the job of assistant armorer (compromise) and keep my line platoon position but would rather have him delay sending me to PLDC as it was called until I decided to stay in. He was OK with that. Reason I say skip over NCOs in between is one of them is probably pushing for your promo and the 1SGT probably has no idea of your intent. Others are correct though when they say dont cop the attitude your leaving so you now on cruise control until ETS. They need to promote or move good people up to keep the Company running smoothly. If that attitude comes out your going to tick off the 1SGT....who will make it very clear your ETS date is not here yet and there is no semi retirement in the Army. So be careful how you phrase things in that meeting. Be sympathetic that they need someone to fill a NCO slot and help them out.

I understand. But if you are a Corporal, then you have/had that drive within yourself to get those stripes you currently wear. Everytime I see a high speed Soldier with no more "umpppph" to give, it makes me curious as to what happened. Do not let your lack of motivation discourage you from still trying your best until the very end. Knock BLC out and continue mission. I would normally say to give up the slot to somebody you truly wants to be there. But I would count your blessings and continue to kick some ass.

Just go. Who knows, you may change your mind in 6-8 months and decide you want to stay in.

Short answer? Yes. Long answer? Yes, and the consequences for you refusing would NOT be pleasant. The way I see it, you're still in during that time no matter what. If you go, you have a prime opportunity to better yourself & learn in a different environment; go somewhere you probably haven't been before; meet/learn from/teach things to new people, and hopefully get a few good stories out of it.

If all else fails, it's at least something for your future resume that a civilian might put some stock in.

Just go to it! You can use it on a job resume