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Basic Officer Leadership Course students stay cool at JBSA-Camp Bullis
August 23, 2024 — Students attending the Basic Officer Leadership Course are stating cool while training at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis by inserting their arms in an Arm Immersion Cooling Station, or AICS... MORE

Basic Officer Leadership Course Soldiers train at JBSA-Camp Bullis firing range
August 24, 2023 — Students in the Army Basic Officer Leadership Course took to the firing range at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, Aug. 21, as part of their training... MORE

MEDCoE students conduct multi-specialty training at JBSA-Camp Bullis
September 15, 2020 — In a first for the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, or MEDCoE, multiple departments collaborated for a joint Field Training Exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis recently... MORE

U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence students participate in hands-on, scenario-based training using COVID-19 mitigation measures to combat the added challenges of the pandemic during the MEDCoE multi-service field training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis Sept. 11. Physicians and physician assistant Basic Officer Leaders Course students worked alongside combat medics as a team to ensure proper IV placement and other tasks during Role 1 Trauma stabilization training.

Basic Officer Leader Training Course students conquer tactical dispersion
April 27, 2020 — Students in the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Basic Officer Leader Training Course conquered tactical dispersion and socially distant enabled training in a field training environment at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis April 14... MORE

Basic Officer Leadership Course student practices providing Tactical Combat Casualty Ca

MEDCoE graduate student gets perfect score on Army Combat Fitness Test
February 13, 2020 — Second Lt. David Cummings is one who never backs down from a challenge, especially when it comes to pushing the limits of physical fitness... MORE

Course teaches medical officers about Army tasks and leadership
April 6, 2018 — Each year, approximately 2,000 incoming officers at the U.S. Army Medical Department Center & School learn about Army values and how to be a Soldier in a course that puts their knowledge and leadership skills to the test. The Basic Officer Leader Course, or BOLC, is the entry-level course for students becoming Army commissioned officers... MORE

Students in the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School Basic Officer Leader Course, or BOLC, carry a “wounded” Soldier on a stretcher during a simulated enemy attack as part of their field training Feb. 26 at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis. BOLC is the entry-level course for students who are becoming commissioned officers in the Army and is conducted in two phases over seven weeks, including classroom training and field training. The objective of the course is to train new officers in Army tasks and familiarize them with the AMEDD culture.