# 1960s U.S. ARMY INFANTRY NCO NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER COURSE FT. BENNING, GA. 24014

Presented by the U.S. Army, The Infantry Noncommissioned Officer Candidate Course (TF 4118) is a short training film that provides a look at the program offered at Fort Benning, GA, from entrance qualifications to the training content up through the completion of the course. The film opens with a shot of Infantry Hall (00:30). Command Sergeant Major James A. Scott addresses the graduating class of the NCO Candidate Course (01:03). Candidates train with machine guns and batons in hand-to-hand combat (02:31). A battalion commander addresses a new class of NCO candidates (03:44). Candidates participate in exercise drills, including the Ranger Obstacle Course (05:18), then practice the basics of bayonet fighting (05:50). They are also trained in firing the M-16 rifle and the M-79 grenade launcher, as well as assembly and maintenance of the weapons (06:20). Candidates operate communications equipment and perform medical evacuation operations as part of the course. The young men study at desks next to their bunks (08:29). Candidates go through Leader Reaction Exercises in teams of five (09:37); in one exercise, they must get a wagon over a mock river. Candidates sharpen their shooting skills in the Eleven Bravo Phase II portion of the program. Teams cross a stream (11:44), run night operations, evaluate terrain, and supervise courses of actions during the training simulations. Candidates study 81 mm mortars, working on assembly, placement, crew drill, and operating the mortars…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/24014theinfantryncocanidatecourserexfervwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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