Army 2nd Lt. Ian A. Eder

Army 2nd Lt. Ian A. Eder has graduated from the Army Basic Officer Leader Course III, designed to ensure a tough, standardized, small-unit leadership experience for officers. The course develops and produces competent, confident and adaptable officers with increased maturity equipped to share a common bond with their combined arms peers. The officers are trained to solve dilemmas, make rapid decisions and lead soldiers in the contemporary operating environment. Graduates are prepared and readied to lead small units upon arrival at their first assignment.The focus of the course is to provide branch training related to the officer's job/duty assignment, which includes the required skills and training qualifications to perform his/her occupational specialty duties in a field environment. Engineer leadership and digitization training are also part of the course.Eder is an armor officer assigned to the 2nd Battalion 16th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Knox, Ky. He has served in the military for three months.He is the son of Thomas J. and Coppelia M. Eder of Dunan Derry Way, Paxton, Mass.The lieutenant graduated in 2005 from Worcester Academy, Mass., and earned a bachelor's degree in 2009 from Boston University, Mass.Source: Armed Forces News Services