Engineer Officer Basic Course

The United States Army Engineer School ( USAES ) (Eng. " U.S. Army Engineer ( Combat Engineer ) school " ) located in Fort Leonard Wood, in the U.S. state of Missouri and provides the Engineer Basic Officer Leader Course Phase III ( EBOLC III) (Eng. "Officer basic Course for pioneers " ) to. The course lasts about 40 weeks. If an officer of the U.S. Army has received his patent, he can be delegated to the Army Engineer School to enroll in the subjects of combat engineering (Eng. " combat engineering " ), general engineering (Eng. "general engineering " ) and geospatial engineering ( ger " Geological engineering " ) enroll to leave.

The educational institution goes back to 1778 and has held several locations. In 1988 the school was moved to the Fort Leonard Wood. The U.S. Army Engineer School is a facility of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command ( TRADOC ), it falls troops on duty.

EBOLC III

The EBOLC III has been set up specifically for Second Lieutenants. To enroll in the Army Engineer School, is possible only after a selection process, as there is always more applicants than places.

According to the BOLC model newly appointed officers spend the first four weeks with the learning of general military tasks and processes.