Basic Leader Course News Today

FORT BLISS, Texas — The Army is eliminating the requirement for all enlisted Soldiers to complete the Distributed Leader Course, or DLC I-VI, no later than Oct. 1. DLC, formerly

The Army will suspend the temporary promotions starting in June in one of the most significant changes to its promotion system in recent years, it said in an announcement. The Army will also realign required noncommissioned officer schools, moving each requirement up a rank.

The extension into 2024 will make the third year that the COVID-19 pandemic-era policy has been in effect, as Army planners originally were set to scale back temporary promotions in January.

The extension into 2024 will make the third year that the COVID-19 pandemic-era policy has been in effect, as Army planners originally were set to scale back temporary promotions in January.

Soldiers aiming to get their stripes will soon need to brush up on their map-reading skills and grid plotting.

Soldiers aiming to get their stripes will soon need to brush up on their map-reading skills and grid plotting.

In January, active-duty enlisted soldiers and their full-time counterparts in the Army Reserve will no longer be able to be promoted before attending schools such as the Advanced Leader Course.

The Army next year will reinstate a policy suspended during the coronavirus pandemic that most soldiers complete required school training before they can be promoted, the service announced.

The back-to-back incidents prompted a safety stand-down that is still in effect at Camp Shelby, prohibiting organized outdoor physical fitness training between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Lexington native Nathan Price will be retiring from the U.S. Army after 20 years of service.