How is the SLC school?

SLC for 35 series - I went in 2018. You'll go to Huachuca and you'll be together with all the other 35 series MOS. It's 35F heavy - it was then. I know they talked about changing it around so maybe it has in 3 years. I'm not sure. But it was 35F heavy so it was easy for me and the other foxes.

The first thing we did was a 1SG book that wasn't due right away but we broke it up amongst us. Each class had to do that. We had to write a paper. IPB, targeting for sure. We all had to do a NCODP on a certain topic. I'm pretty sure there was a threat brief in there.

There were a couple things not graded but they counted toward the certification you could get from the college there.

I went when the government shut down so my class was completely different than anyone else's and hectic. We were there a week, got sent home, got called back within a day or so, went back, accelerated schedule until the next vote and then it was back to normal schedule.

At PT, everyone is supposed to lead warm up for PRT - but that got squashed with the shutdown pretty much. Everyone didn't do it. There was other stuff but I just remember like IPB, targeting, the paper, the NCODP right now off the top of my head but I know the other 35 series MOS were a little lost doing stuff that they don't usually do.

For papers, it's based of APA style. That's what we had to do and the SGLs said the Army was going to APA style for all PMEs. There probably was a test I don't remember off the top of my head what it was over.

ANCOC was like a vacation but, I was 11C. You will do some lame PT, eat breakfast, and go to school for about six hours before being released for the day. It’s REAL hard.

I can only speak of the 68 CMF SLC, which took place at Ft Knox. However, if most of the material is the same, I would say that there is no real easy topic. Each topic you will have to study as you do not know what questions nor how many from each topic will be on the tests. The hardest topic for most folks that were in my class was the writing. As such, I HIGHLY encourage you to beef up your Army Writing skills. You will need to write several papers: A Decision Memo, Information Memo and another I can't quite remember. Research AR 20-50. If your spacing is not correct, they will ding you for every incorrect aspect of formatting in your memos. And I mean EVERY aspect of formatting.

As for the tests, you will need to study. If they do the same to you as they did me, you will be tested in Blackboard. You will have Multiple Choice and Essay for each test. The Essay is in Army Writing Style. The Multiple Choice section is worth 85 points total and the Essay is worth 15 points. There are three tests total (if memory serves). And remember, your GPA at SLC Resident is combined with your SLC DL phase. If you walked into your Resident Phase with less than an 80% GPA, you will need to study your butt off as you will need an 80% GPA (total) to graduate from Resident.