Soldiers aiming to get their stripes will soon need to brush up on their map-reading skills and grid plotting. The Army plans to increase the length of its Basic Leader Course, or BLC, in fiscal 2026, ...

On August 26-27, the Fort Bliss, Texas Noncommissioned Officer Academy (NCOA) conducted map reading training in a classroom environment that concluded with a hands-on practical night and day land ...

NORTHEAST CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, Mo. -- Sgt. 1st Class Byron Wilkerson put it to his troops this way: Land navigation training is about more than getting from point A to point B. It's also about ...

Students with the Fort McCoy Noncommissioned Officer Academy Basic Leader Course learned about land navigation Jan. 29 at the Fort McCoy Virtual Battle Space simulations facility. The students spent a ...

Army leaders are weighing whether to revamp the service's Basic Leader Course to include more time in the field -- and that could mean longer school, too. The potential overhaul of the course, or BLC, ...