Thursday, December 13, 2018 Volume 18, Number 50 Index Commentary ..................A2 Community Events .........A3 News Briefs ....................A3 Community ....................A6 Off Duty ......................... B1 Movies ............................ B3 FREE Published in the interest of the personnel at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri www.myguidon.com NCOA rolls out redesigned BLC By Dawn Arden Managing editor “The new course design is allowing BLC
[email protected] students the ability to enhance their ability The Maneuver Sup- to think — not what to think.” port Center of Excel- lence Noncommissioned Officer Academy’s Basic First Sgt. Michael McCabe Leader Course has un- NCOA Basic Leader Course first sergeant dergone a new design, which is scheduled to be fully implemented with Operations (Army and First Sgt. Michael the start of BLC Class Joint), Program Man- McCabe, MSCoE Basic Photo by Staff Sgt. Joaguin Suero 003-19 in January. agement, Readiness and Leader Course first ser- Soldiers attending the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence Noncommissioned Officer According to the NCO Training Management. geant, said the focus has Academy's Basic Leader Course stand in formation. The Army's redesigned course will be Leadership Center of With the redesign, Sol- shifted to teach Soldiers fully implemented in January. Excellence, changes diers will attend train- to implement a plan, train have been made to al- ing six days a week. The and evaluate the training McCabe said assess- enhance their ability the learner to release,” leviate the “Death by 22-day course consists event. ments in the new course to think — not what to he said. “The chang- PowerPoint” method of of 169 course facilita- “The new course has content are based on think,” he said.