I have started IBOLC and like it so far.  The first week was inprocessing.  That means going to some place, waiting a while in line, and then getting a shot or filling out a piece of paper.  It's easy to get frustrated with those kinds of things, but I have started always carrying a book on me so I don't mind it at all.  We took a PT test too and got back up to my usual standards from before I was injured despite my run time not being back where it used to be.  We have some international students in our class.  I am sponsoring a guy from Greece, which means I answer whatever questions he has and make sure he knows what's up.  It's rather ironic we also have a Turkish exchange student in our platoon.  In addition we have Georgian and Ugandan officers.  It's interesting getting their perspective on things.  The Ugandan officer has been fighting the Lord's Resistance Army for a few years now and the Turkish officer has fought in the Kurdish parts of his country.

This last  week was basic troop leading procedures.  The Troop Leading Procedures is a process the army teaches that gives you a guide in how to formulate and carry out a plan.  The classes were alright, we learned how to do very detailed terrain analysis and mission analysis. 

Our platoon trainer is junior Captain and then we also have three non commissioned officers training us.  I've talked with our captain a fair amount about his deployment to Afghanistan.  The other infantry officers in my platoon are for the most part high quality and I've enjoyed working with them so far.