Mission
Educate Staff Sergeants through Master Sergeants to serve as battle staff noncommissioned officers at battalion and higher level staff positions. Battle Staff NCO Course provides selected noncommissioned officers with the tools necessary to learn specific staff duties and become familiar with the duties of other staff sections. BSNCOC provides technical and tactical curriculum relevant to the missions, duties, and responsibilities assigned to battle staff members in battalion and brigade-level units.
Course Description
The Battle Staff Noncommissioned Officer Course (BSNCOC) is a branch-immaterial functional course for the noncommissioned officer (NCO) in the ranks of staff sergeant through master sergeant to develop for staff assignments. This course will challenge learners to think creatively and critically to solve complex problems. Key topics include: mission command-command and control; decisive action; Army operations to include multidomain operations and large scale combat operations (LSCO); military decision-making process (MDMP) to include the joint planning process (JPP).
The course Assessments include: short answer response, short answer essay, graphics & overlays, course of action sketch, and plans, orders, & attachments.
The approved design is 175 total hours, covers 30 lessons within ten overarching topics throughout the foundations, mission command, military decision making process (MDMP), and combined arms rehearsal (CAR) modules. The center focus is the MDMP module that has lessons grouped within the seven steps of the process.
Upon departure Graduates of the BSNCOC receive the additional skill identifier (ASI) 2S, and will receive a DA Form 87, Certificate of Training.
The resident course can be attended at either NCOLCoE (Fort Bliss, Texas) or at the NCO academies at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania or Camp Williams, Utah.
Battle Staff Information
The PDF documents to the right contain the schedule of classes for upcoming classes of the BSNCOC as well as other pertinent class information. To confirm your attendance, please ensure that all DAY 1 documents are completed and signed as required. Incomplete or unsigned documents may result in denied attendance.
Important Note
The Fort Bliss BSNCOC staff does not process enrollment requests for either resident or Virtual Training Team (VTT) courses. For information on VTT class schedules and enrollment procedures, please contact the Installation ATRRS managers at each VTT site. To be eligible for VTT classes, you must be stationed at the installation offering the course or obtain prior approval through an ATRRS request and/or consultation with the Installation ATRRS.