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United States Army Infantry School
United States Army Infantry School shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	??-present
Country	United States
Branch	U.S. Army
Garrison/HQ	Fort Benning
Motto	Follow Me

The United States Army Infantry School is located in Fort Benning, Georgia. It is made up of the following components:

• 11th Infantry Regiment
  • 1st Battalion (Airborne), 507th Infantry
  • Basic Officer Leader Course II (BOLC II)
  • Combatives School
  • Infantry Officer Basic Course (IOBC)
  • International Student Training Detachment
  • 3rd Battalion, 11th Infantry (Officer Candidate School) (OCS)
  • Silver Wings (A parachute performance team)
• 197th Infantry Brigade (reflagged from 29th Infantry Regiment)
  • 1st Battalion (Mechanized/Stryker), 29th Infantry Regiment
    • US Army Infantry Experimental Forces Company
    • Bradley Master Gunner Course
    • Mechanized Leader Course
    • Stryker Leader & Transition Courses
    • Stryker/Bradley Proponent Office
    • Mechanized New Equipment Training Company
  • 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment
  • Conus Replacement Center (CRC)
• Basic Combat Training Brigade (BCTB)
• Combined Arms and Tactics Directorate (CATD)
• Directorate of Operations and Training/G-3
  • Training Support Center
• 198th Infantry Brigade, previously called the "Infantry Training Brigade" (ITB)
  • 1st Battalion 19th Infantry, 2nd Battalion 19th Infantry, 1st Battalion 50th Infantry, 2nd Battalion 54th Infantry, 2nd Battalion 58th Infantry, 3rd Battalion 330th Infantry
  • For new recruits specializing in infantry, the ITB conducts sixteen weeks of One Station Unit Training (OSUT) consisting of both Basic Combat Training (BCT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT). The mission of the Infantry Training Brigade is to transform civilians into disciplined infantrymen that possess the Army Values, fundamental soldier skills, physical fitness, character, confidence, commitment, and the Warrior Ethos to become adaptive and flexible infantrymen ready to accomplish the mission of the Infantry.
• Non-Commissioned Officers Academy
  • Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course (ANCOC)
  • Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course (BNCOC)
  • Warrior Leader Course (WLC)
  • Drill Sergeant School
• Office of Infantry Proponency (OIP)
• Ranger Training Brigade

The 11th Infantry Regiment deals with the training and production of infantry officers for the United States Army. Officer Candidate School falls under the 3rd Battalion, and is a commissioning source for prior enlisted soldiers, and warrant officers in the Army, as well as civilian volunteers with no prior military experience to receive a commission in the U.S. Army. Officers from the Officer Candidate School are commissioned into all branches of the army. The other two major sources are the United States Military Academy and the Reserve Officer Training Corps.

Regardless of commissioning source or specialty branch, officers are required to attend Basic Officer Leadership Course II. This is a course designed to teach all officers basic combat tactics and skills. It is a part of the over all "Warrior Ethos" program that was launched in 2003 by the United States Army.

Infantry officers who have completed commissioning and the Basic Officer Leadership course then attend Infantry Officer Basic Course in 2nd battalion. This is a course of instruction, as the name implies in basic infantry skills, including marksmanship, machinegunnery, tactics, and planning. At the Captain level a higher level course with similar focus is the Commanders Career Course, which refines the skills of an infantry officer, and prepares them for battalion staff and company command. The international student detachment also falls under the second battalion, and allows United States allies the opportunity to participate in the same training as American officers, alongside American officers, and in the same unit.

• Infantry School homepage
• Official site of the Infantry Training Brigade

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Sub-commands	Accessions Command • Center for Army Lessons Learned • Combined Arms Center • Combined Arms Support Command • TRADOC Analysis Center
Installations	Aberdeen Proving Ground • Carlisle Barracks • Fort Belvoir • Fort Benning • Fort Bliss • Fort Eustis • Fort Gordon • Fort Huachuca • Fort Jackson • Fort Knox • Fort Leavenworth • Fort Lee • Fort Leonard Wood • Fort Rucker • Fort Sill • Presidio of Monterey • Redstone Arsenal
Schools	Air Assault School • Air Defense Artillery School • Airborne School • Armor School • Aviation School • Basic Training • Chemical School • Combatives School • Command and General Staff College • Defense Language Institute • Engineer School • Field Artillery School • Infantry School • Intelligence Center • Logistics Management College • Officer Candidate School • Prime Power School • Quartermaster School • Ranger School • School of Advanced Military Studies • Sergeants Major Academy • Special Forces Qualification Course • War College • United States Military Academy (West Point)