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The Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course

Mission of IBOLC:
Train and develop second lieutenants to become competent
and adaptive Infantry Officers, imbued with the Warrior
Ethos, and prepared to lead infantry platoons in combat.
oImplementation of POI 5.0
• Renewed emphasis on Battle Drills
• Culminating training event LEADER FORGE
FTX
• Classroom instruction and field scenarios
reflect LSCO
• Integration of ACFT
• Implementation of TAP-C
POI 5.0
Inprocessing
WK 1

HT/WT
ICOM In-Brief
Initial ACFT
Finance
Intro to PRT
(FM 7-22)
Entrance Exam CIF Draw oUpdate to Course Critical Events
INDIVIDUAL/TEAM

Doctrinal Foundations • Qualify with M4 IAW TC 3-20.40 (CCO)

WK 2

Initial 5MR Intro to ATP 3-21.8 Ethics Tng

Ldr Reaction
Crs • Pass Day, Night, & Transition Land
M4 Weapons Qualification 1 Navigation
WK 3

TBL II, PLFS 4 mi FM TBL IV, Basic

TBL I, PMI&E
(EST2000) TBL III, Drills (Zero)
TBL V, Practice
• Complete 12 mile individual foot
M4 Weapons Qualification 2
WK 4

TBL VI, M4 march in 3 hours

Reflexive Fire Buddy Tm LFX
Qual
Land Navigation
• Pass Comprehensive doctrine exam
• Pass Final ACFT
WK 5

Land Nav Day Land Nav Transition

Inst. Retrain
Practice Night Land Nav Course
• Complete 5 mile run in 40 minutes
Enablers
• Complete High Physical Demands
WK 6

Cmbt Casualty History of the CEMA/Space Engineers HPDTs

Care Infantry Aviation Logistics ARSOF
Plt Weapons Fam/Qual
Test
WK 7

-Move over 2m wall

SMALL UNIT

MG Theory & Hand Grenade

6 mi FM M240 Qual M249 Qual
PMI&E M320/AT4 -Move under direct fire
Squad Operations
WK 8

-Employ hand grenades

Ethics Training SQD FOOM SQD BTL Drills SQD STX (BD 1, 2A, 9)
Squad LFX
-Drag a casualty to safety
WK 14 WK 13 WK 12 WK 11 WK 10 WK 9

8 mi FM
SQD Blank/Live
Fires TDE MTR LFX
Intro to -Remove casualty from vehicle
Fire Counsel/Evals
-Prepare 2-person fighting position
Basic Troop Leading Procedures
OPORD Para OPORD Para
WARNO OPORD Para 3 OPORD Briefs
1&2 4&5
Intro to PLT Operations
Intro to PLT
10 mi FM PLT STX (BD 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9)
Tactics
PLT Operations
Patrol Base ORP & LDR's PLT Attack
TLPs PLT ATK
OPS Recon Instruction
Advanced Troop Leading Procedures
OPORD 2 OPORD 2 OPORD 2 Cmbt Lethality
12 mi FM
Production Grading Grading TEWT
Defensive Operations
PLATOON

EA DEV CO Attack
EA DEV
CO TLPs PLT Defend
Mounted Operations
WK 17 WK16 WK 15

BFV / ICV Fam

5MR JCR Tng CCTT Tng Mntd FTX
BD 12, 13, 14

APFT
Urban Operations (UO)
Intro to UO PLT STX (BD 6)
oRevised IN LT Initial Military
Platoon LFX Training Strategy
PLT Blank
ACFT
Day/Night
PLTs Live Day/Night Ethics
• Airborne prior to Ranger Course
LEADER FORGE
• 1 opportunity at Ranger Course
WK 18

EA Dev 10 mi FM
TLPs MTC PLT ATK
CO ATK
Blue Cord
Ceremony
• Optional courses only at request of
gaining unit
GRAD

Recovery & Graduation

WK 19

• Opportunity to serve as OSUT PL as

Iron Man RGR School Grad Run
Comp Exam Graduation
Competition Prep Dining In

First Unit of Assignment

Field Garrison Field & Garrison

IMT Strategy
Time on Station Goal: 280 Days
IMLC***
RSLC*** PCS to FUA
IBOLC SLC/ MLMC*** OSUT PL
Stryker/Bradley BLC** Cmbtvs***
Leader Course*
**If unable to complete ***Optional
*SBCT/ABCT FUA prior to ABN/RGR
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IBOLC Key Training Events

Combat Lethality
Teaching LTs the fundamentals of
close quarters and hand-to-hand
combat in order to finish the fight in
the last 20 yards. LTs learn basic
Individual

combatives and incorporate

bayonet training and assault
courses.

M4 Qualification
LTs learn the fundamentals of the
marksmanship and execute
individual M4 qualification in
accordance with the Integrated
Weapons training Strategy and the
new TC 3-20.40. LTs incorporate
training in Team and Squad LFX
Small Unit

Land Navigation
LTs learn and apply the
fundamentals of land navigation, in
both classroom and field settings.
LTs must achieve 4 out of 5 points
on day, night, night-into-day
transition land navigation courses
to meet graduation requirements.

Platoon LFX
The culminating live fire event
in which LTs apply the tactics
learned during the previous
17 weeks of instruction. LTs
conduct deliberate planning
and rehearsals for a platoon
attack that also includes
breach of a wire obstacle and
Platoon

entering & clearing a trench.

Leader Forge
The culminating practical
exercise where LTs apply
BD 1, 2
the doctrinal and tactical
foundations they have BD 9

learned throughout the

BD 4
course. This crucible event BD 2, 6
is a week of continuous
dismounted infantry BD 2, 5
Tactical Foot
operations and culminates March to Honor Hill
with LTs earning their
Infantryman’s Blue Cord.
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