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What I Learned In The Advanced Leaders Course (CISAC)

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When I was told I was coming to the Advanced Leaders Course (ALC) I was excited to get it out of the way and I thought I would learn a lot because I am new in this Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). I turned down ALC for my last job because I heard I can learn a lot for my new MOS. Since, I have been here the only leadership part of this course, in my opinion was the class leader and when I had to lead physical training (PT). We were told, the leadership part was front loaded in this course and we would only learn from our peers. This course is setup in a way with the instructor only guides us through the topics and the peers teach each other. For me, being an older soldier, this was a huge difference in the way I am used to being …show more content…

I am glad I have come though due to the fact I have done a lot of briefs and written more papers before I truly had to do it in front of a commander. I appreciated the practice before I have to do it for real and I was starting to loose what I was taught at CISAC. Besides now, I know I need more help and practice giving briefs in which I need to slow down when I talk or give the brief. I did not like the rubric part of it because it was easy just to do what was on there and not really do it the way it’s done in the real world, which I heard a lot by my peers. I think this course could be shorter and I think the class material needs to be more updated with today’s topics or standards. The coursework was outdated and the slides were always about five to ten years old. One thing I really liked about this course was the variety of different experiences the other agents had in the MOS. I think the barracks were okay for the Army standard but the Dining Facility (DEFAC) was a joke. They made the same food every three days and it was always cold right after the opened. I think they should have given us the same opportunity with us being able to buy meals like in CISAC, without us having to come out of pocket. I also liked the idea of having on PT every other day plus liked the way I was retrained in given PT as an instructor. Overall, the course is what you make of it and if you put nothing in to it then you will get nothing out of

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