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More Combat Training
The Army is instituting significant changes in how it trains Soldiers, aiming to make them more battle ready. Among the changes, all Soldiers will participate in a live-fire convoy exercise; units will be provided with squad-designated marksmen, who will train an extra two weeks before being assigned to their unit.

PLDC Changes to Warrior Leader Course
The Army has announced that its Primary Leadership Development Course will be renamed the Warrior Leader Course, beginning Oct. 15 (2005), and officials said the new name reflects changes made to PLDC curriculum over the past year.

eArmyU Expanded
Changes in re-enlistment criteria effective Oct. 1 (2005) broaden eligibility for Soldiers to participate in the eArmU laptop enrollment option, officials said, and extend the program’s no-laptop option to all officers.

Training to Deploy
Soldiers head into Iraq open-eyed. Suicide bombings, skirmishes, riots, cultural clashes — reacting to such things is nearly second nature after weeks of wargaming at the National Training Center, at Fort Irwin, CA, the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, LA, or the Combat Manuever Training Center in Hohenfels, Germany.

Sniper School
According to the U.S. Army, the average soldier will hit a man-sized target 10 percent of the time at 300 meters using the M16A2 rifle. Graduates of the U.S. Army sniper school are expected to achieve 90 percent first-round hits at 600 meters, using the M24 Sniper Weapon System (SWS).

Officer Candidate School (Army OCS)
How to become an officer in the United States Military. In part II of this multi-part feature article, all about applying for Army Officer Candidate School (OCS).

Ranger School for Non-Combat Jobs
A new initiative has opened up Ranger School to a broader range of Soldiers. Before this change, Ranger School was limited to combat arms soldiers and those who were assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment or Ranger Training Brigade. Now Ranger School is open to Combat Support and Combat Service Support soldiers for whom the combat exclusion policy does not apply (i.e., males only).

Re-Training Opportunities
The Army publishes an "In" and "Out" call-listing which lists Army MOSs (jobs) for each rank where soldiers can re-train out of, or re-train into. This listing can also be used as a "snap-shot" for which MOSs in each specific rank is "overmanned," "undermanned," or "balanced."

eArmyU Expands Free Laptop Eligibility
Eligibility for the Army Continuing Education System’s eArmyU program’s laptop option has expanded to include most active-duty specialists through staff sergeants who re-enlist. Effective Feb. 1 (2005), eligible E4, E5 and E6 Soldiers who re-enlist may participate in the laptop option if they meet eligibility requirements. The program is no longer limited to Soldiers who re-enlist for combat forces/operational units.

MP School
They maintain order, but try to forgo force. One day they’reinvestigating a crime. The next they’re providing area security in a combat zone. Military police have the choice of two occupational specialties: basic combat support MP and corrections specialist. Training for each specialty lasts nine weeks, much of it at Fort Leonard Wood.

Drill Sergeant School
The drill sergeant campaign hat is one of the most prestigious and sought-after uniform items in the military inventory. The mission of training tomorrow’s Soldiers is a dautning task, not to be taken lightly. Enter the Army Drill Sergeant School. The the school is not designed to take seasoned NCOs back to basic training, but rather to get them back to the basics.

War Changes the Way the Army Trains
The nature of today's military — where war has become the expected rather than simply the anticipated — is ushering in sweeping changes in the way the Army trains its soldiers.

Army Green to Gold -- Enlisted Commissioning Program
Green to Gold is a program designed to allow qualified and inspired young enlisted soldiers to return to college, receive their baccalaureate degree, and earn a commission as an Army officer.

Advanced NCO Course
Information and qualifications to attend the Army Advanced Noncommissioned Officer's Course.

Tuition Assistance (TA)
he Army's new 100 percent college tuition assistance program began on October 1, 2002, but there are limitations.

Warrant Officer Selections
Warrant Officers are technical and tactical leaders who specialize, throughout an entire career, in a specific technical area. The Army Warrant Officer Corps comprises less than three percent of the total Army. Although small in size, the level of responsibility is immense and only the very best will be selected to become Warrant Officers.

Airborne School
Official web site for the Army's Airborne Training School.

Airborne Training
Overview about applying for Army Airborne Training.

AIT Journal
Look into the life of PFC Rossy as he deals with Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD from late-September of 2002 until early-January of 2003.

Army Career Success Modal Program
Excellent advice by SGM Chris, J. Via, Jr., Eighth United States Army Command Career Counselor. about how to succeed in the Army through professional development.

Army College Fund (ACF)
The Army College Fund (ACF) is an enlistment benefit that adds to the Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB). One cannot have the ACF without participating in the MGIB, as the two programs run hand-in-hand.

Army Continuing Education System
Information about various Army programs including Tuition Assitance, apprentice programs, commissioning programs, etc.

Army Institute for Professional Development (AIPD)
Official Army Web site for information about enrollment in available online and correspondent professional courses.

Army OSUT/AIT Training Restrictions
The amount of "freedom" one has in intial entry training depends upon the particular phase of training one is currently in.

Army Professional Development Study Guide.
Online study-guide for Army promotions. Comprehensive list of professional study areas and information about the promotion boards.

Army Training Course Database
Searchable Database for specific course information for all Army Training Courses.

Army Training Publications
Army training publications online. Some of these "restricted" publications require that you be active duty or government employee.

Army War College
Professional Military Education for senior U.S. Army officers.

Astronaut Training
Didn't know the Army had astronauts? Here is a listing of all the qualifications it takes to be selected for the Army Astronaut Training Program.

BEAR Program
The Bonus Extension and Retraining (BEAR) Program is designed to assist in force alignment. It allows eligible soldiers an opportunity to extend their enlistment for formal retraining into a shortage MOS (job) that is presently in the Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) Program and, upon completion of retraining, receive a SRB in the newly awarded PMOS.

College First Enlistment Program
The Army offers a unique enlistment incentive called "Army College First," that allows college students to enlist in the Army in the Delayed Enlistment Program (DEP), continue with their college education, receive a monthly stipend from the Army, then enter the Army at an advanced rank.

Commissioned Officer Career Information
Detailed information for commissioned officer careers, including information about promotions, assignments, evaluation reports, education programs and requirements, and more.

Distance Learning
EarmyU.com, the web site for a special program that helps soldiers work toward a college degree through online college courses.

Drill Sergeants
Overview of procedures to enter the Army Drill Sergeant Program.

eArmyU
The program provides students with a laptop, Internet Service Provider, email account and access to 138 online certificates and degree programs offered by 25 regionally accredited colleges and universities. The Army will pay 100 percent of tuition, which includes books, fees, 24/7 Helpdesk and Internet access up to the tuition ceiling of $4,500 and $250 per semester hour tuition cap.

eArmyU
U.S. World Report article about the Army off-duty education program that provides laptops to soldiers for off-duty college education at selected Army Installations.

eArmyU Locations
Army Installations that currently participate in the eArmyU Program (the program that gives laptop computers for off-duty college education over the Internet).

First Sergeant Course
Overview of procedures for selection to attend the Army First Sergeant Training Course.

High-Tech Training
The Joint Fires and Effects Training System debuted at Fort Sill Sept. 8, with visiting dignitaries and post officials attending the premier of the new, high-tech training system that incorporates real-time, photo-realistic graphics, surround sound and artificial intelligence. Because the technology is still being developed, actors portraying Soldiers demonstrated the eventual JFETS capabilities.

Jump School
When you think about the term 'paratroopers,' you probably think about the U.S. Army. And, the Army does have more paratroopers than any of the other services. However, all of the services have troops who are trained to jump out of perfectly good aircraft, and all of those troops go through the same training at the Army's Airborne School.

Land Navigation Study Guide
Questions and Answers about Army Land Navigation for Professional NCO Development.

Law School
The Funded Legal Education Program (FLEP) allows up to 15 active duty Army Officers per year the opportunity to attend law school, cost-free.

Marksmanship Simulator
A new computer-generated training system called the EST 2000 will replace the Weaponeer, a marksmanship training aid that has been in commission for more than 30 years. In a recent test, nearly all the Soldiers showed excellent improvements within minutes of training with the new EST 2000.

Mountaineering Training
The two-week course consists of lessons in mountain land navigation, fixed rope rappelling and belaying, top rope climbing, knot tying, rope management, and movement over snow and ice. The students must successfully complete two written tests – one on land navigation and a comprehensive final exam – as well as pass mountain stakes, the hands-on test, to graduate the course.

Mountain Warefare School
Official Site for the Army's Mountain Warefare School. They have been teaching basic and advanced mountaineering for 19 years and are the only school authorized to award the SQI "E", Military Mountaineer.

National Guard (Army) Sniper School
The National Guard Sniper School, established in 1993 at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, has come of age in one important way. The U.S. Army accredited it last December. It will soon get the chance to train active Army soldiers in the deadly art and science of deliberately stalking and killing the enemy without remorse and from distances that are hard to fathom.

NCO Education System Overview
Overview of the Army Noncommissioned Officer Education System.

OCS
All about the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School.

Ranger Course Pamplet
Online pamplet that explains all about the United States Army Ranger Course.

Ranger School
The U.S. Army Ranger School Home Page. Includes class dates, reporting instructions, course description, and more.

Command & General Staff College
Senior education institution for teaching tactics and staff procedures for the United States Army.

Ranger Training
Overview of procedures for applying for Army Ranger Training.

ROTC
Part III of a multi-part feature for individuals wishing to obtain a commission in the United States Military. In this part, all about the United States Army Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (SROTC).

Retraining from Non-Promotable MOS's
Army policy about re-training out of an MOS which has no promotion opportunities.

ROTC
Information about the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Program.

Special Forces Training
Overview about applying for Army Special Forces Training.

Transcripts
Get your enlisted Army college transcripts online.

West Point
Part one of the multi-part feature article, "So, You Want to be an Officer?" In this part, all about the United States Military Academy (West Point).

United States Military Academy (West Point)
Official Home Page for the U.S. Military Academy.