BOLC II Command Brief USMA

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BOLC II Command BriefUSMA
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BOLC II Mission

• Train, educate, and acculturate Second
  Lieutenants to develop competent, confident, and
  adaptable officers able to lead Soldiers in any
  environment.

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BOLC II Battalion
I I
Total BN Strength Cadre 254 Auth / 216
Assg Civilian Staff 1 / 16 2LTs (on hand) 1526
(1840)
CSM
XO
S1
S2/3
S4
I
I
I
I
I
I
A
C
D
B
HHC
E
HQ
DCC
HQ
HQ
HQ
Auth FY09 (Unmanned)
Auth FY10
Auth FY11
Year Mission Reports Grads
FY 08 MSN 8392 / 7905 /
7828 FY 09 MSN 11500 / 4829 /
3279 (FY09 Mission FY08 2x E Co/Bty )
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BOLC II Company
Company Cadre Company Commander Junior Major,
Senior Captain First Sergeant Infantry
E-8 Operations Sergeant Staff Sergeant
Platoon Cadre Platoon Trainer/Mentor Command
Qualified Captain Platoon Sergeant Sergeant
First Class Four Squad Trainers Staff Sergeants
Students 200-240
Platoon Size 40 Maximum Company Size 200-240
Maximum
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Basic Officer Leader Course (BOLC) Training
Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
(6 weeks)
(12 weeks)
(13 weeks)
2400 Students/FY09
1450 Students/FY09
5700 Students/FY09

• Training
• Individual, leader, collective tasks under
  complex STX/LFX conditions
• Acculturation
• Infantry Professional
• Skills
• Qualifications
• Education
• Cultural awareness
• Operational Effects
• Leadership

• Acculturation
• Understand and accept new duties, roles,
  responsibilities
• Not what you were before
• Commissioning source and degree are immaterial
• Training
• Leadership experience and experimentation
• Warrior tasks and drills
• Education
• Leadership
• Interpersonal skills

• Education
• Critical thinking
• Problem Solving
• Creativity
• Intellectual agility
• Ethics
• Leadership
• Training
• Basic individual and small unit tactical tasks
• Acculturation
• NCO/Civilian
• Officer Candidate
• Junior Officer

Sequential and Progressive Outcomes Based Training
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Basic Officer Leader Course (BOLC) Training
WHAT (Science of Profession)
HOW (Art of Profession)
Academic
Practical Applications
Individual Training
Collective Training
BOLC I
Initial Entry Training (Education/Training -
Participant)
BOLC II
Initial Military Training (Acculturation Leader
Participant)
Infantry Specific Training (Platoon Leader -
Leader)
BOLC III
- Knowledge Experience facilitate increased
task complexity / difficulty
- At each phase, baseline proficiency is
required to sustain the sequential and
progressive nature of BOLC
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U.S. Army Officer Corps Acculturation

• Transition Civilian (Soldier/Cadet/Candidate)
  Professional Army Officer
• Common U.S. Army Officer Corps Experience
• Strengthen the Corps (and the Army) across
  hundreds of BOLC I experiences
• Strengthen the Corps (and the Army) across all
  branches
• Team Culture. Transition from being evaluated as
  an individual.
• Fitness / Athletic Culture
• Off Duty Professionalism
• Professional Education / Personal Development
• Respect. The Officer Culture is a Culture of
  Service
• Classmates
• Cadre
• Your Platoon

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Overall BOLC Outcomes

• A team member possessing the character and
  commitment to live the Army Values and Warrior
  Ethos
• Confident, adaptable, mentally agile and
  accountable for own actions and able to act
  within the Commanders intent
• Grounded in the core competences (leading,
  developing, and achieving)
• capable of serving the modular force in full
  spectrum operations
• Physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally
  ready to fight as a ground
• combatant
• Proficient in basic military skills required of a
  junior officer (BOLC)
• Self disciplined, willing and an adaptive
  critical thinker capable of solving problems
  commensurate with position and experience

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Building on the Outcomes
Values and Ethics BOLC I - Newly
Commissioned / Appointed Officer who knows and
understands Army values and begins to
demonstrate them BOLC II - Junior Officer who
demonstrates Army Values and applies them to
personal and professional decision
making Leadership BOLC I - Newly Commissioned /
Appointed Officer who demonstrates knowledge of
core leadership attributes and competencies and
apply fundamentals of leadership at team and
squad levels BOLC II - Junior Officer that can
apply core leadership attributes and
competencies, and demonstrate proficiency at
team and squad levels Officership BOLC I -
Understands and embraces the concept of
officership BOLC II - Accepts and demonstrates
new roles and responsibilities as a member of the
profession of arms
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Building on the Outcomes
Personal Development BOLC I -
Understands responsibilities of an officer for
self development (physical, mental, spiritual
and emotional) outside the institutional and
organizational domains BOLC II - Applies
responsibilities of an officer for self
development (physical, mental, spiritual and
emotional) outside the institutional and
organizational domains Understands
responsibilities to inspire self development in
subordinates Technical Competence BOLC I
Possesses fundamental knowledge and understanding
of basic military skills and Army management
systems required of a junior officer BOLC II -
Practices the application of technical aspects of
warrior tasks and battle drills Applies Army
management systems and sustainment
functions Tactical Competence BOLC I - Possess
basic military skills and demonstrates knowledge
of the orders process and troop leading
procedures while executing small unit
tactics Experiences an introduction to WTBD and
fundamentals of Army operations BOLC II - Applies
Troop Leading Procedures (TLPs) Applies critical
thinking and problem solving Understands and
applies WTBD and fundamentals of Army operations
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Outcome Methodology
Convoy/Urban OPS
Cadre Example Mentorship
Values and Ethics
Developmental Counseling
Ethical Vignettes
Convoy/ Urban OPS
CO/BN/BDE/DCG Graduation Talks
Adv Land Nav
CCTT/RVS
PT
SLFX
Leadership
Cadre Example Mentorship
Informal Reception
CO/BN/BDE/DCG Graduation Talks
Taking Charge
Officership
Personal Development
Cadre Mentorship
PT
CLS
CLSP
Leader Book
Doctrinal Kit-bag
Technical Competence
IED Classes
Adv Land Nav
US Weapons
Basic Land Nav
BRM
AIMSS
SRM
TLPs Tactics
Tactical Competence
Convoy/Urban OPS
Week 6 FTX
Adv Land Nav
CCTT/RVS
SLFX
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7 Week Overview
Week 1 3 ½ - day Inprocess Initial
Counseling Diagnostic APFT CLS AIMSS TLPs
PCC/PCIs Week 2 Combatives (10 Hrs) Taking
Charge Small Unit Tactics BRM Week 3 M4
Qualification (Day/Night w/ Optics Laser)
CCTT/RVS Week 4 (TTB) SRM Urban Ops/CQB w/
Simunitions Sqd Land Nav Week 5 (TTB) Squad
LFX (BD 1A) Convoy STX Heavy Weapons Week 6
(TTB) 96 hour CONOPS/FTX 10 Mile Foot March Week
7 Record APFT Grad Run Iron Voyager
Counseling 1 ½ - day Outprocess Graduation
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Graduation Requirements

• APFT
• M4 Qualification (Day/Night) w/ CCO laser
• Land Navigation (5 of 8 Day/Night)
• 10 - Mile Tactical Footmarch
• Graded Leadership Positions (x2) ICW FTX
• 4 - Mile Graduation Run

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Questions