Course Descriptions:
Training Command offers five programs of instruction to enhance the education and performance of members of the Indiana Guard Reserve. These programs of instruction include:

Basic Training Academy
Provides instruction to non-prior service members to acquaint these members with proper wear of the uniforms, military formations, close order drill, military customs and courtesies as well as other related subjects. This program is three days in length and is conducted at Annual Training at Camp Atterbury.

Basic Noncommissioned Officer Training Academy
The purpose of this course is to prepare enlisted members to perform the duties expected of a non-commissioned officer in the various assignments such members will have in the Indiana Guard Reserve. This program includes drill & ceremony, close order drill, first aid, map reading, communications, duties & responsibilities of a non-commissioned officer, decision making, problem solving, sexual harassment, leadership and other related military subjects. This program is one year in length and begins at Annual Training. Formal graduation takes place the following June for the candidates who successfully complete the course.

Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Training Academy
This course of instruction is designed for senior noncommissioned officers (E7, E8 & E9). This course assumes that the students enrolled have had a variety of military assignments and thus builds on this foundation. The subject matter is very broad, focusing on the role of the senior NCO at all levels of command. The students are expected to contribute their input in the form and manner of case studies. This program is one year in length beginning in January, and is conducted exclusively by senior NCO's in Training Command.

Officer Training Academy
This program of instruction, in effect, is very much like the NCOTA (See Above) but at a higher level. The purpose of this course is to teach the candidates how to think and comport themselves as officers. Included in this program are such subjects as command & control, responsibilities of command, problem solving, self motivation, military correspondence, logistics, intelligence, drill & ceremony techniques, effective communications, a CPX and other related military subjects. This program is one year in length and begins at Annual Training. Formal graduation and commissioning takes place the following June for the candidates who successfully complete the course.

Advanced Officer Training Academy
This course of instruction is designed for field grade officers, or aspiring field grade officers. The purpose of this course is to broaden the scope of the students by having the IGR coordinating staff selected members of the special staff make presentations explaining their various staff functions and how such contributes to IGR mission accomplishment. Levels of military leadership and the attendant responsibilities receive heavy emphasis. Command lectures from selected senior officers also receive special emphasis. Female roles and sexual harassment are included, depicted from a commander's perspective. A block of instruction is devoted to public speaking so that these officers can credibly represent the IGR when called upon to do so in their home communities. Other related military subjects round out this course. This program is one year in length beginning in January and ending in November at which time each student is required to make an oral presentation and submit a paper on a selected topic.