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Principles of Training

• Commanders are the primary trainers.

• Noncommissioned officers train individuals, crews, and small teams; advise commanders on all aspects of training.

• Train using multiechelon techniques to maximize time and resource efficiency.

• Train as a combined arms team.

• Train to standard using appropriate doctrine.

• Train as you fight.

• Sustain levels of training proficiency over time.

• Train to maintain.

• Fight to train.

Training Principle 1

Commanders are the primary trainers.

• Commanders and leaders at echelon are responsible and accountable for the training and performance of their units.

• Commanders train and resource training one echelon down, and they evaluate to two echelons down.

• Commanders are responsible for assessing unit training proficiency and prioritizing unit training.

• Subordinate unit leaders are the primary trainers of their elements. For example, a platoon leader is responsible for the training and performance of the platoon.

Training Principle 2

Noncommissioned officers train individuals, crews, and small teams; advise Commanders on all aspects of training.

• Maintain responsibility for Soldier and small-unit training proficiency.

• Provide timely and objective training advice to their officers.

• Assist in the planning, resource coordination, support, risk mitigation, supervision, and evaluation of training.

Training Principle 3

Train using multi-echelon techniques to maximize time and resource efficiency.

Training Principle 4

Train as a combined arms team.

Training Principle 5

Train to Standard Using Appropriate Doctrine

• Leaders continue to train high priority tasks even after units achieve standards by increasing the: complexity of task conditions, stress, repetitions and sets until TASK MASTERY is achieved.

Training Principle 6

Train as You Fight.

Training Principle 7

Sustain Levels of Training Proficiency Over Time

Training Principle 9

Train to Maintain

Training Principle 9

Fight to Train

• A Commander's has a duty to fight through distractions and protect training.

• Higher echelon Commander's defend their subordinate organization’s approved training from un-forecasted requirements and to underwrite associated risk to lower priority missions.

• Regardless of the quality of planning and preparation, there will be challenges to the execution of training.

Army Training Process

The Operations Process is the Training Process

Mission Analysis

What tasks must the unit train?

Course of Action Development

How will the unit train?

Army Training Proficiencies

• Weapons Qualification

• Platoon and Squad Battle Tasks

• Collective Live-Fire Tasks

Training and Evaluation Outlines (T&EO)

Task standards (individual, collective, METs, Battle Tasks, collective live-fire tasks) are found

Training Circular (TC)

Weapon qualification standards are found

Eight Step Training Model

Framework used to plan and prepare, execute, and evaluate a single training event.

1) Plan the training

2) Train and certify leaders

3) Recon training sites

4) Issue the OPORD

5) Rehearse

6) Train

7) Conduct after action reviews)

8) Retrain

Troop Leading Procedures

Process used at the company level and below, to analyze a mission, develop a plan, and prepare unit training

1) Receive the mission

2) Issue the warning order

3) Make a tentative plan

4) Initiate the movement

5) Conduct reconnaissance

7) Complete the plan

8) Issue the order

9) Supervise and refine

Mission-Essential Task

Collective task on which an organization trains to be proficient in its designed capabilities or assigned mission.

Mission-Essential Task List

Tailored Group of Mission Essential Tasks

Standard METL

Standard METLs are proponent developed and approved by headquarters, department of the Army (HQDA)

Battle Tasks

Below company (platoons, squads, crews, teams, other small units) continue the process of prioritizing the tasks that are crucial to the execution of the company Mission-Essential Tasks (MET)

Staff Battle Tasks

Battalion and higher staffs select theses tasks, training on staff collective and individual tasks that are crucial to the unit’s Mission-Essential Tasks

Tasks Crosswalk

Links lower echelon tasks to a higher echelon task based on mission requirements

• Allows units to prioritize the tasks most important to train at each echelong

• Provides leaders a means to analyze requirements and resources

High-Payoff Tasks

Tasks that support more than one of the organization’s mission-essential tasks or battle tasks.