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Considering to commission in the National Guard. I’m currently an E6 Infantry Squad leader. If i go thru OCS, would I still need to attend IBOLC? Even if I already went thru OSUT?
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11B: Infantryman
Officer Candidate School (OCS) (Army)
Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course (IBOLC)
11B: Infantryman Officer Candidate School (OCS) (Army) Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course (IBOLC)
Posted 6 y ago
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IBOLC is essentially Pre-Pre-Ranger. Command wants every Infantry Lt to leave Fort Benning with a Ranger tab, or at least a tab. OSUT or not, you will go to IBOLC, if you branch Infantry. IBOLC and EBOLC are unlike most other BOLCs, as their goal is to prepare you for another course.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
They used to run all the Infantry Officer Basic students through a version of RIP, basically the Camp Darby phase. But yes, the PT especially is designed to get you ready for Ranger School, although there is a ton more stuff academically.
While the Army has always had the goal of every Infantry Officer and Infantry Senior NCO be tabbed, the numbers that actually get a slot AND graduate are only about 360 Infantry LT's a year. If you don't go to somewhere like the 82nd or 25th, getting a slot when you hit your unit is far more difficult. There are a lot of non Tabbed Infantry Officers out there and it's especially hard to pull a slot in most National Guard units, although that does seem to have changed some since I was last active.
While the Army has always had the goal of every Infantry Officer and Infantry Senior NCO be tabbed, the numbers that actually get a slot AND graduate are only about 360 Infantry LT's a year. If you don't go to somewhere like the 82nd or 25th, getting a slot when you hit your unit is far more difficult. There are a lot of non Tabbed Infantry Officers out there and it's especially hard to pull a slot in most National Guard units, although that does seem to have changed some since I was last active.
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Yes, you will. The only people that I know of that are exempted from Officer Basic are some of the Direct Commission things like JAG. Your going to find the IBOLC is a completely different world from OSUT and OCS. Get in shape, because the PT in IBOLC is designed to get you in condition for Ranger School. If your state has slots, I would highly advise trying to get them to slot you for Airborne and Ranger right after your Basic Course.
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2LT (Join to see)
Definitely get those slots, we got a ton of people stuck in limbo waiting for their slots.
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Newly Commissioned Officers, no matter what there prior service experience, have to go to their basic branch BOLC-it’s essentially the 2LT Basic Training and AIT rolled into one Course for Officers.
If you are already a SL in the Infantry you will have an easier tactical time at IBOLC, but it’s harder maneuvering a Platoon and synchronizing with a CO Cdr, planning and developing training and learning the ins and outs of Officership-nothing like OSUT, WLC or the like.
Take the Commission, enjoy the next level, earn your R-anger tab and lead the way!
If you are already a SL in the Infantry you will have an easier tactical time at IBOLC, but it’s harder maneuvering a Platoon and synchronizing with a CO Cdr, planning and developing training and learning the ins and outs of Officership-nothing like OSUT, WLC or the like.
Take the Commission, enjoy the next level, earn your R-anger tab and lead the way!
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