IBOLC students,

Welcome to the Junior Officer Forum!   What is the biggest surprise thus far, or something you wish you’d known before you arrived to IBOLC that would have been helpful?

The link below takes you to an excellent article that contains countless tips for excelling at Advanced Camp and USMA CLDT.  Feel free to provide additional tips or insight that can help the thousands of cadets out there who are preparing for their training summer.

http://www.themilitaryleader.com/rotc-advanced-camp-tips/

For those who are currently attending BOLC, what information is being put out about the new and old retirement systems?  Also, which retirement system do you recommend?  Please explain your reasoning.

What are some do’s and don’ts while at BOLC?  Please reply and indicate your branch and post location, along with your feedback.

Many 2LTs will be heading to BOLC in the upcoming months.  If you have a suggestion of where to live, please reply and indicate your branch and post location along with your recommendation(s).

Many 2LTs will be heading to BOLC in the upcoming months.  If you have a suggestion of where to live, please reply and indicate your branch and post location along with your recommendation(s).

As an ROTC APMS, my cadets have asked me numerous times about which military books they should read first.  Before any other book, I tell them to read “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie.  My reasoning is that since the Army is a people organization, they truly need to understand how to relate to and influence people (…[Read more]