In accordance with the Army's emphasis on performance-oriented instruction, this project was undertaken (1) to continue the conversion of the Basic Law Enforcement Course (BLEC) offered by the US Military Police School at Fort McClellan, Alabama, to a performance-oriented, self paced mode; (2) to develop an internal course monitoring system; and (3) to conduct a field validation study of the preparedness of BLEC graduates to perform entry level tasks at their first duty assignments. The study demonstrated that: (1) Graduates of the new BLEC were rated by their first-line supervisors and by themselves as 'prepared' or 'well prepared' to perform 41 to 43 subtasks at this level; (2) 'soft' skill subtasks were found to be more difficult than 'hard' skill subtasks with respect to achieving job preparedness; and (3) Performance-oriented, self paced training produced more effective 'hard' skill learning than traditional group-paced instruction. Greater emphasis on repeated task level performance training and testing interspersed with subtask training was recommended.