Basic Officers Leadership Course II Brief

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Basic Officers Leadership Course II Brief

• 17JAN2005
• Brief prepared by 2LT Welton Chang, MI
• The overall classification of this presentation
  is UNCLASSIFIED/FOUO

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Agenda

• Course overview
• POI
• Graduation Requirements
• Keys to success
• Personal experience/lessons learned

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BOLC II Course Overview

• Seven-week length
• Branch immaterial
• Small-unit tactics (SMU) course
• Focuses on contemporary operational environment
  (COE)
• Builds on BOLC I POI

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BOLC II Course Overview (cont.)

• New material includes MOUT, weapons training,
  convoy live-fire
• POI continues to be revised (all information in
  this brief is based on July 05 Ft. Benning pilot
  class and October 05 BOLC II Conference of
  Colonels)
• Original intent mini-Ranger school
• Current implementation familiarize LTs with SMU

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BOLC II Course Overview (cont.)

• Gear MOLLE, IBA, M4s w/ PEQ-2/M68 CCO/Surefire
  tactical flashlights/Gangster grips, PNVS-14 and
  7D
• Brand new barracks
• No TDY pay?
• Weekends off
• Officers treated like officers
• Ft. Benning Home of the Infantry!

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POI

• Week 1 Inprocess
• Sets up for future success
• 8.1 km road march
• Week 2 Combatives/BRM
• 20 hrs of combatives instruction
• BRM student-led

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POI (cont.)

• Week 3 BRM qualification
• Shot groups, zero, practice qualification,
  qualification
• Week 4 Convoy Live Fire, Land Nav, SMU
• 20 person truck mounted LFX
• Convoy SMU (commands, react to ambush,
  unblocked/blocked, catastrophic kill
• Day and night land navigation
• FOB

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POI (cont.)

• Week 5 ARM, MOUT
• Advanced rifle marksmanship (ready-up drills,
  firing in an urban environment, reflexive live
  fire drills)
• MOUT at McKenna MOUT site (basic stacks, rolling
  stacks, breaching, strong wall, center fed,
  corner fed, mouseholes, rooftops, staircases,
  multiple rooms)
• Convoy exercise, blank fire, react to IED drills
  in urban environment
• FOB

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POI (cont.)

• Week 6 FOB OPs
• QRF
• TCPs
• React to IEDs
• Clear MSR
• Conducting FOB security, guard, checkpoints
• Week 7 Outprocessing
• Counselings
• PLT led social activity
• PT EVERY DAY

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WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 WEEK 7
             
Company 1 INPROCESS TACOPS LAND NAV SMALL ARMS UE CONVOY OPS FOB OPS OUTPROCESS
             
Company 2 INPROCESS TACOPS SMALL ARMS UE CONVOY OPS LAND NAV FOB OPS OUTPROCESS

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Whats Changed No initial APFT, moved to week
3 Student led PT Sunday reporting only No task
training during wk 1 events Student mission
prep. 5-mile Tactical FM. Student led Safety
Briefs.
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Whats Changed Increased Combatives hours from
15 to 20 hrs-grouped together, better flow BRM 1
2 student led
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Whats Changed APFT. Added BRM 6 (Downrange
Feedback). Added BRM 10 (Practice Qual). Student
led BRM week (prepared during wk 1) PLTs are
assigned a range, responsible for set up,
safeties, concurrent training, etc. Student led
AARs after each event.
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Whats Changed CLFX in wk 4. Added FOB Security
OPNS. Land Nav 1 time event. Student led
PT. Student led convoy training.
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Whats Changed Student led PT. Student led QRF
Reaction Drills. Student led Urban Ops training.
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Whats Changed RTW and OPORD missions. New
Culminating Event. 10 mile FM and Ext Land Nav
integrated into missions. 24-hr. FOB operations.
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Whats Changed No Dining In Student selected
and led social event. Modified Graduation APFT
for selected pax. Student led PT.
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Major changes from BOLC II July 05 pilot course

• 3 weeks at FOB instead of 5 weeks
• More PT in current implementation
• No night infiltration course
• 10 mile footmarch instead of 12 mile
• No IMT buddy shoot
• No formal dining in
• No confidence course
• No extended land navigation
• No law of land warfare, call for fire, employ
  CAS, first aid, NBC classes

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Emerging Training Requirements

• Cultural Awareness
• Language Training
• Detainee Operations
• Every Soldier is a Sensor (ES2)
• Personnel Recovery

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Current Graduation Requirements

• Pass Basic Land Navigation Course
• (5/7 points day in 3 hrs 3/5 points in 3 hrs
  night on Yankee South)
• 2. Qualify Marksman on M16/M4 (23/40 on pop-up
  range)
• 3. Receive GO in a minimum of 2 out of 4
  or 5 leadership positions (1 Garrison, 1
  Physical Training, 2 Tactical)
• Complete all three FTXs
• Complete 2 of 3 foot marches, one must be 10 mile
  (16km)
• Not miss more than 72 hours of training
• Pass one APFT

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Graduation awards

• Distinguished honor graduate
• Determined by committee of cadre
• Based on overall performance
• Ironman/Ironwoman award
• Highest PT score

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Keys to success

• Positive attitude
• Physical fitness
• Knowledge of FM 7-8
• Willingness to help fellow officers

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Personal experience

• Meet officers from other branches, commissioning
  sources, varying levels of experience, National
  Guard, Reserves
• Understand what the shooter needs (from an
  intelligence perspective ex. 25 illumination
  required to see with NODs, cannot see in dark
  buildings/rooms without windows)
• Tests your flexibility, adaptability, patience,
  etc.
• Operate in COE without having to deploy

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Questions? Comments?