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Basic Leaders Course (BLC formerly WLC PLDC)
Basic Leaders Course (BLC formerly WLC PLDC)
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I would say PLDC should be better with the simple fact that it was a four week course, opposed to the WLC course that was down to two weeks during the war. The focus in PLDC was way different than WLC so that makes it harder to even compare them. Overall though, I think PLDC taught leadership better because leaving there you knew you were a leader 24/7 once you left that place. I get the impression now that junior leaders and Soldiers forget how to act when the uniform is off.
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I went to WLC in Mississippi, it was a three week course. Sad part, now that they've gone to BLC they've eliminated Land Nav entirely... Smh
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SSG Carlos Madden
I went to PLDC and it was a two week course. The difference in course length came from your component (RC vs AD) rather than the course itself. The AD course was 4 weeks but they have less intensive hours plus weekends. The reserve component was there for two weeks to meet their AT requirements and it was 14 days almost non-stop. That was Ft. Lewis in 2005.
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I went to PLDC at Fort Hood it was four weeks, do any of you guys have an old copy of the AARTS that describes PLDC around 1994? I need to make corrections in the Joint service version they have removed a lot of information from my new version It used to state Conducts and Evaluates training as part of the description I believe that have confused the old PLDC with Warrior Leader Course which didn't exist in 1994, any help would be appreciated
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Not really a question that can be answered. Not likely that someone has been to both, and that's the only way to give a fair comparison.
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PLDC thought you to be a straight up leader, these new courses in today's Army are only taking away the warrior part of away. We are in the business of killing people, or supporting those who kill people for us logistics folks. Softening up standards only makes us weak as a force, it's unfortunate to say, but you don't hear the Marines changing things, why? Because at the end of the they FUCKING KILL PEOPLE!!!
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I didn't get to attend my PLDC because of a deployment. I read the material. I went to WLC. I thought that it was NOT up to par. There was no land nav. mostly books and reports and how to fill them out. No actual LEADERSHIP in my opinion.
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I attended WLC right after coming back from Afghanistan in 2012. Marching, paperwork, Drill and Ceremony, paperwork, etc. I was up in Alaska at Ft. Wainwright so the class was held on-post. We also got to go home every night and sleep in our own beds. There was no land nav.
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It was a block to fill and a 1059 to put iPerms. I learn more from watching my leadership.
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Wouldn't know about PLDC but I do know WLC ; I'm guessing it's new school vs old school
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I went to CLT which was basically WLC and ALC Phase I combined. It was 100% road marching and running every other day.
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I went to WLC when it first changed over. Now I have soldiers in my squad that are going to BLC just wonder what they will call it next time it changes.
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