Battle Staff NCO Course (BSNCOC) US Army Sergeants Major Academy (USASMA)

The Battle Staff Noncommissioned Officers Course is a branch-immaterial functional course for sergeants (E-5) through sergeants major (E-9) selected for staff assignments. The course provides creative and critical thinking training that is relevant to missions, duties, and responsibilities assigned to staff members in battalion and higher units.

Graduates of the Battle Staff Noncommissioned Officers Course are identified by award of ASI 2S. Active Army and Reserve Component commanders of Soldiers not assigned to ASI 2S positions may request course attendance on space available basis.

Upon departure students will receive an Academic Evaluation Report (AER). The resident course can be attended at either USASMA (Fort Bliss, TX) or at the NCO academies at Fort McCoy, WI, Fort Indiantown Gap, PA or Camp Williams, UT.

Battle Staff uses the experiential learning model strategy. Course Map includes Course Overview; Small Group Process; Mission Command; Staff Operations; Operational Environment; Stability Operations; Information Operations; Cyber Defense; Brigade Combat Team; Urban Operations; Tactical Sustainment; Military Briefings; Graphics and Overlays; Plans, Orders, and Attachments; Command Post of the Future; Military Decision Making Process; and Staff Exercise.

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