Quote Originally Posted by Rifleman View Post
It wasn't. PLDC at the 7th Army NCO Academy at Bad Tolz was useless for an 11B2P when I went in the '80s. If I learned anything of value I don't remember it.
And it wasn't anything at all difficult even at Benning in the early 80s. I guess the only thing PLDC did for me was get me into some good night courses and well on my way to a BAS before making E-7. So, I hauled Alpha to SFC and received a ton of witty paragraphs and absurd bullets on my NCOERs

It doesn't need to be tough(er), but it could stand to have some functional purpose.