What can I expect from BLC?

2015-12-15T21:53:58-05:00

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 15 at 2015 10:02 PM

2015-12-15T22:02:57-05:00

Learning how to do admin stuff

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 15 at 2015 11:20 PM

2015-12-15T23:20:59-05:00

Learning what it takes take care of soldiers and how to be an effective leader. It's not that hard, just show up on time and have the right gear. If you haven't already take a look at your welcome packet and it will describe how the course regiment will be structured as well as core competencies.

Response by SFC William Vernon made Dec 15 at 2015 11:29 PM

2015-12-15T23:29:46-05:00

You will review a few basic soldier skills, such as map reading, D&C, ect. and will learn the basics of being a first line leader. My WLC (about 3 years ago) also went into leading PRT, inspecting squad sized elements, army writing, counselings, and 4856's. You will probably have to teach a short class somewhere in the 4 week course.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 16 at 2015 9:24 AM

2015-12-16T09:24:30-05:00

A lot of power points in the beginning. The first part will be like doing SSD but in a classroom/group setting.

Response by SGT Chris Hill made Dec 16 at 2015 9:33 AM

2015-12-16T09:33:40-05:00

A bunch of "check the block" stuff. In all seriousness though, you learn what right looks like while you're there, then return to your unit to see how are up they really are.

You'll learn D&C, propper commands rather than "what everyone else does", counselings, WTT battle drills, saying the NCO creed several times a day, along with the Soldiers creed. It's not MOS related, just the common basic leadership fundamentals. Good luck!

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 17 at 2015 8:40 AM

2015-12-17T08:40:57-05:00

The standards vary from location to location, but in a nut shell, you'll be taught a standard to conduct various tasks such as; writing awards, conducting PRT, Squad Inspections, teaching a class, etc. Then a couple of days after you are taught the material you will be told to perform said task according to a check list. Any thing you perform incorrectly will subtract points from your overall total of 100, under 70% and you fail. I've only seen people fail due to the APFT, busting tape, and general asshatery.

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 23 at 2016 12:55 AM

2016-03-23T00:55:00-04:00

First off...

Every BLC location is different. There are different instructors, different classroom settings, different units in charge of the class. So you may hear stories from one person as to what they did at their BLC, but your experience can be totally different. The only things that will be the same, is what they are supposed to teach you.

When I went through class, the first 2 weeks were mainly classroom instruction. We spent a lot of time getting death by powerpoints and then taking tests on the topics they would teach. The tests were basically open book. You just had to know how to ctrl+f to search a PDF for the answers.

During the day also, we would practice PRT. Every day before lunch, we would go change to PTs and then conduct PRT with one of the classmates leading it. Actually it was 2 people who took turns.

Topics we covered in class that I can remember:
SHARP
Writing Award
Writing NCOER
Learning NCO Creed
Learning Army Song
How to give a presentation (And then giving one)
Army Leadership
Sworn Statements
Speeches (I gave mine on the history of rank)

And then the last like 6 days was the following:
1 day of tactical movements. Like moving from one location to another, and sectors of fire.
1 day land navagation
3 days FTX
Graduation!

Just remember to focus on school. It's only 3 weeks and will help out in the long run.