The United States Army Infantry School is a school located at Fort Benning, Georgia,army.mil that is dedicated to training infantrymen for service in the United States Army.

Organization The school is made up of the following components: 197th Infantry Brigade 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry 3rd Battalion, 54th Infantry 198th Infantry Brigade (Reflagged from Infantry Training Brigade) (ITB) 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry 2nd Battalion, 54th Infantry 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry

For new recruits beginning their specialized training in the infantry, the 197th and 198th Infantry Brigades conduct 22 weeks22-Week One Station Unit Training of One Station Unit Training (OSUT) consisting of both Basic Combat Training (BCT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT). The mission of the brigades 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 skillful infantrymen ready to close with and destroy the enemies of the United States.

199th Infantry Brigade (Reflagged from 11th Infantry Regiment) 2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry (Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course) (IBOLC) 3rd Battalion, 11th Infantry (Officer Candidate School) (OCS) 3rd Battalion, 81st Armor Regiment (MCoE Provost) Maneuver Captains Career Course International Student Training Detachment United States Army Sniper School Henry Caro Non-Commissioned Officers Academy Maneuver Senior Leaders Course (M-SLC), formerly Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course (ANCOC) Advanced Leaders Course (ALC), formerly Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course (BNCOC) Warrior Leader Course (WLC), formerly Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC)Warrior Leaders Course Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade 4th Ranger Training Battalion (Camps Rogers and Darby) Ranger School (Darby phase) Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course (RSLC) 5th Ranger Training Battalion (Camp Frank D. Merrill) Ranger School (Mountain phase) 6th Ranger Training Battalion (Camp Rudder, Auxiliary Field 6, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida) Ranger School (Swamp phase) 1st Battalion, 507th Infantry Regiment Airborne School Jumpmaster School Silver Wings (MCoE Command Exhibition Parachute Team) Combined Arms and Tactics Directorate (CATD) Directorate of Operations and Training/G-3 Training Support Center Office of Infantry Proponency (OIP) "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 the Infantry Officer Basic Leadership Course in 2nd battalion. This is a course of instruction, as the name implies, in basic infantry skills, including marksmanship, machine gunnery, tactics, and planning.

The brigade also conducts specialized training for soldiers in Basic Airborne, Pathfinder, and Jumpmaster Courses.

Former Units For many years the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 29th Infantry Regiment provided branch specific programs of instruction as part of the Infantry school. In July 2007 the 29th Infantry Regiment was reflagged into the 197th Infantry Brigade as part of the Army's transition to a Brigade focused structure. This organization continued until 12 December 2013 when the 197th Infantry Brigade was deactivated. Shortly thereafter the programs of instruction provided by the 29th Infantry Regiment were consolidated under 1st Battalion 29th Infantry Regiment, reflagged as part of the 316th Cavalry Brigade, and the 2nd Battalion 29th Infantry Regiment was deactivated. Under the purview of the Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE), as part of the 316th Cavalry Brigade, 1st Battalion 29th Infantry Regiment continues to teach combat skills and support MCoE training, the Infantry School, and Infantry Soldiers and leaders by providing the following courses: Bradley Leaders Course (BLC) Bradley Master Gunner (BMG) Course Combatives Course Dismounted C-IED Tactics Master Trainer (DCT-MT) Heavy Weapons Leader Course Simulations Training Managers Course (STMC) Stryker Leader Course (SLC) Stryker Master Gunner Course (SMGC) Small Unmanned Aircraft System Master Trainer (SUAS)

Commandant The Chief of Infantry is the proponent of the school and its commandant. No. Image Name Start End 1 Colonel Henry E. Eames 5 October 1918 22 April 1919 2 Major General Charles S. Farnsworth 22 April 1919 31 July 1920 3 Brigadier General Walter H. Gordon 1 August 1920 8 November 1923 4 Brigadier General Briant H. Wells 9 November 1923 8 March 1926 5 Brigadier General Edgar T. Collins 9 March 1926 1 May 1929 6 Brigadier General Campbell King 2 May 1929 31 May 1933 7 Brigadier General George H. Estes 1 June 1933 30 September 1936 8 Brigadier General Asa L. Singleton 1 October 1936 31 August 1940 9 Major General Courtney Hodges 1 September 1940 3 March 1941 10 Major General Omar N. Bradley 4 March 1941 10 February 1942 11 Major General Leven C. Allen 11 February 1942 18 September 1943 12 Major General Charles H. Bonesteel Jr. 19 September 1943 27 June 1944 13 Major General Fred L. Walker 28 June 1944 11 July 1945 14 Major General John W. O'Daniel 12 July 1945 1 July 1948 15 Major General Withers A. Burress 1948 1951 16 Major General John H. Church 1951 1952 17 Major General Robert Young 1952 1953 18 Major General Guy S. Meloy 1953 1954 Major General Paul L. Freeman 1958 1960 Major General Charles W. G. Rich 1963 1964 Major General Robert H. York 1965 1967 Major General John M. Wright 1967 1969 Major General Thomas M. Tarpley 1973 1975 Major General John W. Foss 1983 1985 Major General Kenneth C. Leuer 1987 1989 47 Major General Benjamin Freakley 2003 2005 48 Major General Walter Wojdakowski 2005 2008 49 Major General Michael Barbero 2008 2009 50 Major General Michael Ferriter 2009 2009 51 Brigadier General Bryan Owens 2009 2011 52 Brigadier General Walter E. Piatt 2011 201253 Brigadier General David B. Haight 2012 201354 Colonel Robert E. Choppa 2013 201455 Brigadier General James E. Rainey 2014 201556 Brigadier General Peter Jones 2015 201757 Brigadier General Christopher T. Donahue 2017 201858 Colonel Townley R. Hedrick 2018 201859 Major General David M. Hodne 2018 202160 Brigadier General Larry Q. Burris Jr. 2021 202361 Major General Monte L. Rone 2023 202462 Brigadier General Phillip Kinieryarmy.mil 2024 Current

See also Basic Officer Leaders Course United States Army branch insignia Guidon (United States) Combat Infantryman Badge Infantry Shoulder Cord

References

External links Infantry School homepage

Official site of the Infantry Training Brigade