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Skills taught to make Soldiers combat-ready include convoy and checkpoint operations, urban warfare, live-fire operations and recognition of improvised explosive devices. Training sites mirror the operating bases Soldiers currently see in Afghanistan and Iraq, complete with convoy routes, checkpoints, media representatives and milling locals. Wrecked vehicles, telephone polls and guardrails also cover the convoy route, and scenarios are peppered with enemy ambushes and IEDs.

The final exercise takes squads through a four-hour convoy mission. Students serve in leadership positions twice during the course. As in professional-development classes, trainees are expected to put their experience and maturity to work. Benefits Enlisted E-1 through E-4 will retain the same rank. Applicants in the grade of E-5 and above will have eligibility determined by Human Resources Command.

The Army developed this course to include Basic Combat Skills. This course will substitute for the current nine-week course in use to train Airmen, Sailors, and Coast Guardsmen enlisting in the Army. Ready to Join the Army?

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