It serves as the foundation for further training and development. T rains prospective and newly promoted sergeants in basic leadership skills, NCO duties, responsibilities and authority, and how to conduct performance-oriented training. It focuses on leader training for first time leaders. Cadre personnel assess the students leadership potential and evaluate their ability to apply lesson learned to effectively lead their classmates in a tactical environment. PLDC provides opportunity for education, to learn war-fighting skills, and to gain experience.
Training builds on experience gained in previous training and operational assignments.
Training builds on experience gained in previous training and operational assignments. This course is a live-in learning environment. I is common core and phase II is branch specific. The course builds on the experience gained in previous operational assignments and training. The course emphasizes skills that complement commissioned officer counterparts.