Changing the Order of BOLCII and BOLCIII

Abstract

The U.S. Army's Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC) II mission is "To develop competent, confident and adaptable Lieutenants, grounded in warrior tasks, able to lead Soldiers in the contemporary operating environment. The contemporary operational environment (COE) after 9/11 dictated a change in officer training from a post-Cold War model to a model that incorporated COE and the Army concept of full spectrum operations. Figure 1 shows the Officer Education System (OES) Transformation from a brief given to members of Congress on the creation of the Army's BOLC concept. The timeline shows how the Army moved from a larger conventional force to the current Army structure. BOLC II meets the needs of training new officers in the current operational environment, however the chronological order of placing BOLC II on a "tough, standardized, graduate-level leadership experience" before new officers attend and complete their respective BOLC III or branch training fails to effectively prepare new Army officers for the COE.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 13, 2008
Accession Number
ADA494909

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