United States Army Infantry School

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The United States Army Infantry School is located in Fort Benning, Georgia. It is made up of the following components:

11th Infantry Regiment
- 1st Battalion (Airborne), 507th Infantry
- Basic Officer Leader Course II (BOLC II)
- Combatives School
- Infantry Officer Basic Course (IOBC)
- International Student Training Detachment
- 3rd Battalion, 11th Infantry (Officer Candidate School) (OCS)
- Silver Wings (A parachute performance team)
29th Infantry Regiment
Basic Combat Training Brigade (BCTB)
Combined Arms and Tactics Directorate (CATD)
Directorate of Operations and Training/G-3
- Training Support Center
Infantry Training Brigade (ITB)
- 1st Battalion 19th Infantry, 2nd Battalion 19th Infantry, 1st Battalion 50th Infantry, 2nd Battalion 54th Infantry, 2nd Battalion 58th Infantry, 3rd Battalion 330th Infantry
- For new recruits specializing in infantry, the ITB conducts fourteen weeks of One Station Unit Training (OSUT) consisting of both Basic Combat Training (BCT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT). The mission of the Infantry Training Brigade is to transform civilians into disciplined infantrymen that possess the Army Values, fundamental soldier skills, physical fitness, character, confidence, commitment, and the Warrior Ethos to become adaptive and flexible infantrymen ready to accomplish the mission of the Infantry.
Non-Commissioned Officers Academy
- Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course (ANCOC)
- Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course (BNCOC)
- Warrior Leader Course (WLC)
- Drill Sergeant School
Office of Infantry Proponency (OIP)
Ranger Training Brigade

[edit] 11th Infantry Regiment

The 11th Infantry Regiment deals with the training and production of infantry officers for the United States Army. Officer Candidate School falls under the 1st Battalion, and is a commissioning source for prior enlisted soldiers, and warrant officers in the Army, as well as civilian volunteers with no prior military experience to receive a commision in the U.S. Army. Officers from the Officer Candidate School are commissioned into all branches of the army. The other two major sources are the United States Military Academy and the Reserve Officer Training Corps.

Regardless of commissioning source or specialty branch, officers are required to attend Basic Officer Leadership Course II. This is a course designed to teach all officers basic combat tactics and skills. It is a part of the over all "Warrior Ethos" program that was launched in 2003 by the United States Army.

Infantry Officers who have completed commissioning and the Basic Officer Leadership course then attend Infantry Officer Basic Course in 2nd battalion. This is a course of instruction, as the name implies in Basic Infantry skills, including Marksmanship, Machinegunnery, Tactics, and Planning. At the Captain level a higher level course with similar focus is the Commanders Career Course, which refines the skills of an Infantry Officer, and prepares them for Battalion Staff and Company Command. The international student detatchment also falls under the second battalion, and allows United States allies the opportunity to participate in the same training as American officers, alongside American officers, and in the same unit.

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United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)

Installations:
Aberdeen Proving Ground • Carlisle Barracks • Fort Belvoir • Fort Benning • Fort Bliss • Fort Eustis • Fort Gordon • Fort Huachuca • Fort Jackson • Fort Knox • Fort Leavenworth • Fort Lee • Fort Leonard Wood • Fort Rucker • Fort Sill • Redstone Arsenal

Schools:
Adjutant General School • Airborne School • Air Defense Artillery School • Armor School • Army Logistics Management College • Army Management Staff College • Army War College • Aviation School • Aviation Logistics School • Chaplain School • Chemical School • Combatives School • Command and General Staff College • Defense Language Institute • Drill Sergeant Schools • Engineer School • Field Artillery School • Finance School • Infantry School • Intelligence School • Military Police School • Officer Candidate School • Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School • Ordnance Munitions and Electronics Maintenance School • Physical Fitness School • Quartermaster School • Ranger School • Recruiting and Retention School • School of Advanced Military Studies • School of Information Technology • School of Military Packaging Technology • Sergeants Major Academy • Signal School • Transportation School • Warrant Officer Career Center