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Foreword
There are several things I believe about training: Everything we do has training value. Time is the scarcest resource we confront in training. The best trained units determine which limited number of training tasks they intend to master and then adapt from that known point as conditions change. Good leaders take pride in planning, preparing, executing, and assessing training. Training has to be credible, relevant, and rigorous to make the scrimmage as hard as the game. This edition of FM 7-0 builds upon earlier editions by challenging leaders to make unit training and leader development more relevant and rigorous in order to effectively prepare for future security challenges. In addition, it reflects and integrates recent doctrinal changes by Building closer links among ongoing operations, training management, and leader development. Integrating Army training management into the Army force generation process. Guiding units in the selection of full spectrum operations mission-essential tasks that support both our wide area security and combined arms maneuver responsibilities. More closely integrating leader development activities with unit training. FM 7-0 also links to the Army Training Network portal. With the help of the Army Training Network, Army leaders can remain up-to-date on the rapidly changing tools available for training so that leaders, Soldiers, and units prepare for full spectrum operations in an environment of change. A professional force is a well trained force. As one of my mentors used to tell me, sometimes because of competing priorities you have to fight to train. Were counting on Army leaders to take the principles outlined in this manual and apply them with the same passion and enthusiasm they have exhibited in our recent conflicts to keep us the well trained, versatile force we must be for the Nation.
MARTIN E. DEMPSEY General, U.S. Army Commanding General U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
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Field Manual No. 7-0 Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 23 February 2011
PREFACE..............................................................................................................iii Chapter 1 TRAINING FOR COMPLEX OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS ..................... 1-1 Training to Ensure Forces are Ready ................................................................ 1-1 Training to Ensure Operational Adaptability ....................................................... 1-2 PRINCIPLES OF UNIT TRAINING AND LEADER DEVELOPMENT ............... 2-1 The Armys Aproach to Unit Training and Leader Development ........................ 2-1 Principles of Unit Training................................................................................... 2-1 Principles of Leader Development ..................................................................... 2-6 ARMY TRAINING MANAGEMENT ................................................................... 3-1 The Army Training Management Model ............................................................. 3-1 Plan..................................................................................................................... 3-5 Prepare ............................................................................................................. 3-10 Execute ............................................................................................................. 3-11 Assess .............................................................................................................. 3-12 GLOSSARY .......................................................................................... Glossary-1 REFERENCES .................................................................................. References-1 INDEX .......................................................................................................... Index-1
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Contents
Figures
Figure 2-1. The Armys leader development model ............................................................... 2-6 Figure 3-1. The Army training management model ............................................................... 3-1
Tables
Table 2-1. The Armys principles of unit training .................................................................... 2-1 Table 2-2. The Armys principles of leader development ....................................................... 2-7
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PURPOSE
Field Manual (FM) 7-0, Training Units and Developing Leaders for Full Spectrum Operations, establishes the Armys keystone doctrine for training units and developing leaders for full spectrum operations, on a rotational cycle using Army force generation (ARFORGEN). FM 7-0 addresses the fundamentals of training modular, expeditionary Army forces and developing leaders to conduct full spectrum operations in an era of persistent conflict. To emphasize that the unit mission-essential task list (METL) must reflect full spectrum operations, this manual uses the phrase full spectrum operations METL. Conducting effective training for full spectrum operations must be a top priority of senior leaders during ARFORGEN and during operational deployments. FM 7-0 does not answer every training challenge of todays complex operational environments. It should, however, generate introspection on how Soldiers and units train for full spectrum operations as part of an expeditionary Army. FM 7-0 provides just enough guidance to facilitate flexibility and innovative approaches to unit training and leader development.
SCOPE
FM 7-0 is organized as follows: Chapter 1 discusses operational environments in which training, operations, and leader development occur. It stresses the need for the Army to prepare for full spectrum operations through unit training and leader development. Chapter 2 focuses on the Armys principles of training units and developing leaders that apply at all organizational levels and across all components. Chapter 3 describes Army training management. It focuses on using the Army training management model to plan, prepare, execute, and assess training for units in ARFORGEN force pools.
APPLICABILITY
FM 7-0 applies to all leaders at all organizational levels. All leaders are trainers. Leaders include officers, warrant officers, noncommissioned officers, and Army civilians in leadership positions. FM 7-0 applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard (ARNG)/Army National Guard of the United States (ARNGUS), and the United States Army Reserve (USAR) unless otherwise stated.
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
FM 7-0 uses joint terms where applicable. Terms for which FM 7-0 is the proponent (the authority) are indicated with an asterisk in the glossary. Definitions for which FM 7-0 is the proponent are printed in boldface in the text. For other doctrinal terms defined in the text, the term is italicized and the number of the proponent publication follows the definition. This edition of FM 7-0 rescinds the term directed mission and slightly modifies the definitions of after action review, mission-essential task, and mission-essential task list for clarity and conciseness. FM 7-0 uses individuals as a collective noun for Soldiers and Army civilians. United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), is the proponent for this publication. The preparing agencies are the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate (CADD) and the Collective Training Directorate within CACT. Both CADD and CACT are subordinate to the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. Send written comments and recommendations on Department of the Army (DA) Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) to Commander, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, ATTN: ATZLCD (FM 7-0), 300 McPherson Avenue, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-2337; by e-mail to [email protected]; or submit an electronic DA Form 2028. Alternately, go to ATN at <https://atn.army.mil>, and use the online FM 7-0 Review Tool to submit comments and suggestions.
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1-5. Operational environments remain dynamic. Joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational partners are among the wide range of actors. Coalitions, alliances, and partnerships vary. International news organizations, using the latest technologies, provide real-time reports from the area of operations. 1-6. Cultural, demographic, and physical factors, including humanitarian crises and ethnic and religious conflicts, continue to fuel existing conflicts and spark deadly new clashes. Urban terrain and other complex terrain become havens for threats.
Characteristics of Threats
1-7. Increasingly, Army forces face hybrid threats. A hybrid threat is the diverse and dynamic combination of regular forces, irregular forces, criminal elements, or a combination of these forces and elements all unified to achieve mutually benefitting effects (FM 3-0). They are ever adaptive, using increased technological capabilities. They are smart and innovative. They hide or fight within the population. Their actions cannot always be accurately predicted. Enemies attack with every means possible and at every opportunity, seeking to exploit real or perceived vulnerabilities. In a single campaign, Army forces may fight several enemies with different goals and capabilities, rather than a single enemy unified by purpose or command. 1-8. Present and future military conflicts resist traditional categorization. Formerly, major combat operations pitted large conventional forces of opposing nation-states against one another. Special operations forces were the elements of choice to conduct unconventional and irregular warfare as part of foreign internal defense missions. Americas nuclear and conventional capabilities deterred attacks on the Homeland and U.S. vital interests. These scenarios no longer characterize military conflicts. The Army today must become far more flexible, built around units at every echelon with the training, competence, and ability to apply lethal and non-lethal combat power against a wide range of threats in complex situations. This requires that the Army capitalize on its combat-hardened junior leaders and high-quality recruits through training that emphasizes mission command.
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TRAIN TO STANDARD
2-10. A task is a measurable action performed by individuals or organizations. A standard is the accepted proficiency level required to accomplish a task. The standard for training is mastery, not just minimum proficiency. Mastery of a task is being able to perform the task intuitively, regardless of the conditions. Units master tasks by limiting the number of tasks to train to a few essential tasks that support accomplishing the mission. Leaders train their organizations until they achieve the standard, which may mean training longer than planned. Training schedules include time for retraining. If units achieve the standard earlier than planned, leaders challenge the unit by changing the conditions, move on to other tasks, or finish training early. Individuals and units demonstrate their proficiency at the start of training to identify shortcomings needing attention. This helps units avoid wasting time training on a task in which they are already proficient. 2-11. Standards are part of training objectives (see paragraph 2-1). Leaders know and enforce the standards for collective and individual tasks to ensure their organization meets readiness requirements. Training developers establish standards for collective and individual tasks in training and evaluation outlines (see paragraph 3-76). Commanders establish standards if training and evaluation outlines do not provide them.
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2-12. New equipment, technologies, and tactics, techniques, and procedures drive the development of new tasks. Until the Army can standardize new tasks, commanders and other leaders may need to develop their own set of conditions and standards for training emergent tasks. The next higher commander approves these tasks, conditions, and standards, which serve as the basis for unit training. Commanders also develop standards for each training event to be conducted by the unit. The standard helps the unit determine its progress towards proficiency.
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TRAIN TO SUSTAIN
2-24. Sustain, in the context of training, refers to resiliency and endurance. Training integrates short-term objectives with long-term goals. Soldiers must be capable of operating over long stretches of time while deployed. Commanders and leaders design training to sustain the proficiency of the unit and to build the capability of individuals to sustain themselves mentally and physically for the demands of combat. Training includes mental and physical training to develop individuals who are resilient enough for frequent deployments in an era of persistent conflict. Leaders incorporate comprehensive Soldier fitness programs into training plans. 2-25. Leaders continuously assess progress of their units towards full spectrum operations METL proficiency. Once a task is trained to standard, leaders sustain that proficiency through to the next mission. Commanders look for opportunities to maintain proficiency in training events. The capabilities to sustain are inserted into training events during short-range planning. Leaders expect unit NCOs to sustain troop proficiency in warrior tasks and battle drills.
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TRAIN TO MAINTAIN
2-26. Commanders allocate time for units to maintain themselves and their equipment to standard during training events. This time includes scheduled and routine equipment maintenance periods and assembly area operations. Leaders train their subordinates to appreciate the importance of maintaining their equipment. Organizations tend to perform maintenance during operations to the standards they practice in training. 2-27. Leaders ensure subordinates execute scheduled maintenance with the same intensity as other training events. Effective maintenance training ensures organizational equipment is available when needed. Maintenance training has clear, focused, and measurable objectives. As with other types of training, leaders supervise, enforce standards, complete AARs, and hold subordinates accountable. They lead by example through their presence and involvement in maintenance to underscore that maintenance training is important to readiness. 2-28. Leaders develop a sense of stewardship in subordinates. Good stewardship is learned during tough training in which individuals learn to respect and trust themselves and their leaders. Effective training also develops appreciation for the importance of well-maintained equipment and other resources. Individuals must preserve resources and make wise decisions regarding their use and upkeep. Resources include people, individual and organizational equipment, installation property, training areas, ranges, facilities, time, the environment, and funds. Leaders and subordinates are responsible for protecting these assets. Subordinates tend to follow the example leaders set. Preserving readiness requires enforcing accountability for resources. 2-29. Mission accomplishment requires individuals to be physically and mentally ready and have their equipment properly functioning and maintained. Leaders who are physically and mentally fit have a positive effect on their subordinates. Well-disciplined individuals properly care for themselves and their equipment. This sense of stewardship avoids costly and unnecessary expenditures on replacements and helps ensure that people are available and ready to deploy. This readiness ensures their safety and security, as well as that of everyone else in the organization.
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2-33. While large-scale training events provide the best opportunity to conduct multiechelon training, smaller scale events can provide conditions conducive to training multiple echelons simultaneously. Leaders exercise initiative and create their own training events within a larger training exercise, based on the needs of their unit and after coordination with other affected units.
Figure 2-1. The Armys leader development model 2-36. Every Army leader is responsible for the professional development of subordinate leadersmilitary and civilianand for building and sustaining the leader characteristics and skills outlined in Field Manual (FM) 6-22, Army Leadership. Leader development of subordinates is every leaders top priority. It is an opportunity to leave a legacy. Effective training and education build good leaders, and good leaders develop and execute effective training and education in schools and units. The experience gained during assignments puts the training and education into practice and provides the skills and knowledge leaders need to be versatile, adaptable, well-rounded, competent professionals.
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2-37. Table 2-2 shows the Armys principles of leader development. Paragraphs 2-38 to 2-50 discuss these principles. Table 2-2. The Armys principles of leader development
Lead by example. Take responsibility for developing subordinate leaders. Create a learning environment for subordinate leaders. Train leaders in the art and science of mission command. Train to develop adaptive leaders. Train leaders to think critically and creatively. Train your leaders to know their subordinates and their families.
LEAD BY EXAMPLE
2-38. Leaders are role models. To demonstrate good leadership is to teach good leadership. Everything a leader does and says is scrutinized, analyzed, and often imitated. The example set by leaders influences the thoughts and attitudes of their subordinates, their families, and their peers. A good example positively influences the development of subordinates.
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command in training follows the principle of train as you will fight. Using mission command principles improves not only mission command skills, but it also encourages risk-taking, initiative, and creativity.
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Figure 3-1. The Army training management model 3-4. Figure 3-1 illustrates the Army training management model, which is derived from the operations process. Units first identify the few critical full spectrum operations mission-essential tasks to train. Then they plan, prepare, execute and assess the training. The same process applies to leader development.
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Leaders identify and synchronize unit training and leader development objectives and the resources necessary to achieve those objectives. They provide sufficient guidance to help subordinates achieve unit training and leader development objectives. They use mission command and enable their subordinates to determine how they will achieve the training objectives. Preparation ensures the conditions are correct and the enablers are available and ready. After execution, feedback and assessment help units determine if re-execution is needed. Feedback, in this context, refers to the transmission of verbal or written evaluative or corrective information about a process or task to individuals and organizations.
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3-13. Operational Army units prepare for their mission by training at home station and by executing training events, such as combat training center exercises. A maneuver combat training center rotation for a brigade combat team (BCT) designated as a contingency expeditionary force unit focuses on full spectrum operations METL proficiency earlier in the ARFORGEN train/ready force pool, to increase readiness sooner to meet potential surge force requirements. A maneuver combat training center rotation for a BCT designated as a deployment expeditionary force unit focuses on theater-specific proficiency later in the train/ready period, in order to provide a mission rehearsal exercise just prior to the actual deployment, and after the unit has increased personnel strength and received key leaders. Available Force Pool 3-14. During the available force pool, units will deploy on an operational mission or contingency operation, or they will build capacity to face a hybrid threat. The primary goal during a deployment is mission accomplishment. However, as possible, commanders train to sustain full spectrum operations METL fundamentals and correct any operational deficiencies. The deployment provides leaders with learning through experiences that are difficult to replicate in training or education venues. Training during deployments is usually decentralized. Units available to deploy on a contingency mission continue to train to sustain proficiency on collective tasks that support the unit's full spectrum operations METL until they are alerted for a specific mission. Leaders begin planning for the reset force pool, assessing both unit readiness and achievement of leader development objectives. ARFORGEN units both deployed and not deployed reset at the completion of the available force pool. 3-15. Units continue to train after deployment. Planning, preparation, execution, and assessment of this training are decentralized to the lowest level possible. ARFORGEN units that are not deployed train to sustain capabilities built during the ARFORGEN cycle, continue to execute training events, and may undergo a combat training center rotation or participate in a major Army or joint exercise. During the available force pool, commanders conduct mission analysis and build a training plan that covers at least the reset force pool. Commanders leverage home station support to help develop the plan and the resources necessary to execute the plan.
Training Supervision
3-16. Unless modified by directive or tasking, the Army commander with administrative control of a unit oversees unit training. Once assignment or attachment occurs, the gaining commander becomes responsible for not only the units training, but also for keeping the providing commander informed on the units capabilities before it redeploys. 3-17. Training oversight is collaborative. During ARFORGEN, for units with an assigned mission, the providing commander involves the gaining commander as part of the training management process. The providing and gaining commanders share information, resources, time, and agree upon guidance to ensure the unit trains on the right tasks under the right conditions to accomplish the mission. This mutual involvement begins with the assignment of a mission to the unit and ends when the unit returns from deployment to enter the reset force pool of ARFORGEN.
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3-19. Units not in an ARFORGEN force pool follow the same plan-prepare-execute-assess training model. The major difference is that units not in an ARFORGEN force pool may not have a standardized full spectrum operations METL. In this case, commanders, directors, and leaders develop a full spectrum operations METL for their mission. Commanders consider a units table of organization and equipment or table of distribution and allowances mission, plans or orders, higher commands guidance, and doctrinal principles. Each organizations full spectrum operations METL supports and complements the full spectrum operations METL of its higher headquarters or the headquarters it supports. The full spectrum operations METL is a statement of tasks unconstrained by resources required to accomplish the units mission. When mission-essential tasks involve experiments, support of emerging doctrine, or nonstandard tasks, commanders establish training objectives (tasks, conditions, and standards) based on their professional judgment, guidance, and observations, insights, and lessons from similar operations. The higher commander approves these training objectives.
PLAN
3-20. Planning is the process whereby the staff translates the commanders vision of full spectrum operations METL proficiency into training events. The commander identifies the required level of full spectrum operations METL proficiency and allocates necessary resources. (See Field Manual (FM) 5-0 for a thorough discussion of planning.) Training is formally planned at company level and above. Platoons and squads do informal planning to ensure they can execute the long-range training plan. 3-21. Training plans link the collective tasks to train and the assessment of proficiency in those tasks to the training events needed to achieve the commanders visualized end state. The long-range training plan describes this linkage. Plans remain flexible. Effective leaders expect and anticipate change. They adapt their plans to accommodate changes and mitigate turbulence. Commanders use short-range planning and orders to adapt to changes in the long-range plan.
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3-26. Based on the analysis of the mission and guidance, the commander works with subordinate leaders to determine the tasks to train and the operational environment conditions that they will replicate in training. The unit focuses its training on those collective tasks that directly support the mission. When selecting collective tasks to train, commanders seek high-payoff collective tasks that not only support the mission, but also make the unit versatile, giving it the ability to transition to unexpected missions quickly. 3-27. Units subordinate to units with standardized full spectrum operations METL use their mission, guidance from higher, and the higher units task groups and collective tasks to conduct a commanders mission analysis to develop their full spectrum operations METL. Subordinate commanders ensure their full spectrum operations METLs support their higher units full spectrum operations METL to ensure the higher unit can accomplish its mission. 3-28. Units that do not have a standardized full spectrum operations METL and are not subordinate to a unit that has one develop their full spectrum operations METL based on their table of organization and equipment or table of distribution and allowances mission statement, assigned mission and guidance from their higher headquarters, and the unit full spectrum operations METLs they normally support. Commanders of these units can use doctrinally approved task groups and collective tasks to establish their full spectrum operations METL. However, if doctrinal tasks do not fit the mission, commanders develop tasks, conditions, and standards to allow the unit to train to achieve the capabilities in the mission statement. These tasks become the units full spectrum operations METL. Higher unit commanders approve the unit-developed tasks and full spectrum operations METL during the commanders dialog (see paragraphs 3-35 to 3-36). 3-29. To establish training objectives, commanders not only understand their units mission, they know the expected operational environment conditions the unit will face. Based on the operational environment, commanders adjust the task groups and collective tasks to be trained. They then determine the conditions needed to replicate the actual operational environment if deploying or assigned a contingency mission or a notional environment based on a hybrid threat (if the unit is training to build capability). 3-30. Time is the final consideration for determining the selection of tasks to train. During ARFORGEN, as the dwell time between deployments increases, commanders have more time available for training. Commanders choose between training on more tasks or spending more time on selected tasks. When dwell time reaches a favorable ratio, units will have the opportunity to train on capabilities they did not require for the last ARFORGEN cycle. If a unit is alerted for a near-term deployment, training may become more centralized at a higher echelon of command. The tasks to train and the training environment may change to meet the needs of the mission. During mission analysis, commanders identify the risks associated with not training or minimally training certain task groups or collective tasks. Commanders then determine appropriate mitigation measures. The higher commander collaborates with the subordinate commander to identify the risks and mitigation measures associated with not training certain tasks and underwrite those risks during the dialog. 3-31. Time and resources are limited, so not all tasks can be trained to proficiency. Commanders focus training on the collective tasks most essential to mission accomplishment and that facilitate operational adaptability.
COLLABORATION
3-33. Collaboration supports successful unit training. Commanders, their staffs, and subordinate leaders collaborate to facilitate parallel planning, understanding of requirements, de-confliction of resources, and co-creation of the training context. Commanders conduct dialog with subordinate commanders to ensure the higher commanders intent for unit training and leader development is understood and that the subordinate commander has the necessary resources to execute training to standard.
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Commanders Dialog
3-35. The unit commander and the commander responsible for overseeing training conduct a formal dialog to agree upon expectations for training during ARFORGEN. The commanders dialog addresses the results of the unit commanders mission analysis. Dialogs occur at company level and above. If feasible, the dialog includes the gaining commander if the unit commander is a deployment expeditionary force. For brigades, the dialog includes any units that will be part of the deployment force package. 3-36. The purpose of the dialog is to review the collective tasks critical to accomplishing the mission, the conditions for training, and the unit commanders assessment of proficiency in the collective tasks to be trained. The dialog also covers how all units in the force package, regardless of location or component, will be included in the training plan. Commanders discuss how the gaining commander will be involved in training. The dialog allows commanders to agree on Commanders assessment of current full spectrum operations METL proficiency level and projected end state proficiency level. Collective tasks to be trained that support the units full spectrum operations METL. Risks involved with not training other collective tasks that support the units full spectrum operations METL. How the unit training and leader development plans support operational adaptability. How the unit will replicate operational environment conditions. Any nonstandard or unavailable resources required to replicate the operational environment conditions. Significant challenges to readiness.
LONG-RANGE PLANNING
3-37. Once the collective tasks to be trained are determined and the commanders dialog has been conducted, the unit develops a long-range training plan. The long-range plan acknowledges the current proficiency of the unit in all collective tasks that are essential to the mission and charts a course to achieve proficiency in those collective tasks. The goal is to train tasks critical to mission accomplishment to a Trained level. The long-range plan is the roadmap for attaining that proficiency. 3-38. Beginning with commanders intent and visualized end state, the commander backward plans the events and resources needed to achieve task proficiency. Long-range training plans lay out events and opportunities (such as schools) the unit will leverage to correct deficiencies and sustain proficiencies in tasks and to develop leaders. The commanders intent provides a vision of the end state for unit training and leader development. The commander also allows subordinates adequate time to plan their own events and work within the higher commanders intent. Collaboration and dialog allow subordinate units the ability to conduct parallel planning. This is an excellent means for developing leaders to be comfortable with planning and executing operations. 3-39. As a start point for determining events for the long-range plan, the commander consults various resources such as training templates, event menus, and unit-specific and functional combined arms training strategies. The Combined Arms Training Strategy Web page (located on ATN, <https://atn.army.mil>) provides options and menus for the training events that can go into the training plan to help achieve full spectrum operations METL proficiency.
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3-40. The long-range plan also addresses the operational variables so that operational conditions are replicated in training. Commanders cannot duplicate the operational environment, but they can replicate realistic training conditions that provide the feel of the environment the unit will likely encounter. 3-41. The long-range plan identifies school requirements, from a functional aspect, for the unit. It also identifies professional military education requirements for individuals. 3-42. The development of the long-range plan involves collaboration among the unit commander and staff, subordinate units, the higher unit commander and staff, and the installation staff. Commanders are responsible for the training and readiness of their units but need support from other sources to build an executable plan that will help them achieve their training objectives. 3-43. Units may not have the resident expertise to train all their subordinate units; consequently, as part of the long-range plan, commanders identify, coordinate and lock-in those subject matter experts who can assist in developing leaders and training units. For example, a BCT commander may request assistance with training the fires battalion from a fires brigade commander.
Training Briefings
3-47. After the commanders dialog and after training plans are developed, commanders provide training briefings to the next higher commander. This interaction between commanders formalizes the training plan and the resources required to accomplish the plan. The training briefing focuses on unit training and leader development plans; it does not cover other administrative matters. Commanders ensure training briefings are concise. 3-48. The training briefing is a contract between commanders. The unit commander agrees to train as described in the plan, and the higher commander approves the plan and agrees to provide the resources to execute the plan. If the subordinate unit is deploying under another headquarters, the gaining commander or a representative participates in the briefing. The installation staff also participates in the briefing, since they manage the training support resources on the installation. The training briefing includes Assessment of full spectrum operations METL proficiency. Collective tasks to be trained in support of full spectrum operations METL proficiency. Training events to be conducted and how they incorporate the collective tasks. Resources required to replicate operational environments and support execution of training events. Challenges to executing the unit training and leader development plans. 3-49. After the training briefing, the unit commander publishes the training and leader development guidance for the long-range plan to subordinates.
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SHORT-RANGE PLANNING
3-50. A roadmap for attaining proficiency in the collective tasks that support full spectrum operations METL, the long-range plan describes the major training events for the unit. Short-range planning provides the details for executing the training events in the long-range plan. The short-range plan can cover months for the Regular Army and even a year for the Reserve Components, but the commander determines the timeframe based on unit requirements. 3-51. Short-range planning begins with the commanders intent and feasible objectives for each training event. The staff and subordinate commanders develop orders that provide the concept of operations and training tasks. Subordinate leaders determine how to achieve the commanders intent. Leaders ensure resources required for the events are identified, refined, and reserved with the installation and included in the order.
Training Models
3-52. Commanders and leaders develop and use training models during short-range planning to ensure the unit achieves the right training focus within the overarching long-range training plan. Training models can help leaders manage training events to maximize event coordination and ensure that tasks are trained to standard. A standard refers to a quantitative or qualitative measure specifying the accepted levels of performance of a task. Models, however, are only aids to planning, preparing, executing and assessing; they are not lock-step processes.
Training Meetings
3-53. The commander, staff, and subordinate commanders or leaders manage short-range planning at the training meeting. These meetings allow the commander to understand better the proficiency of the unit and suitability, feasibility, and acceptability of the training plan. Training meetings facilitate the collaboration necessary to ensure the commanders intent is met. Training meetings provide commanders with bottom-up feedback on requirements, task proficiency, and quality of the training conducted. The commander uses these meetings to reallocate resources, as needed, to ensure subordinates have what they need to achieve training objectives. 3-54. The training meeting is instrumental in turning training plans into action. It is the single most important meeting for managing training in brigades, battalions, and companies. The meeting facilitates collaboration and serves as a forum for leader development opportunities. Besides helping the commander understand the units training proficiency, training meetings provide a bottom-up flow of information on the specific training needs of the unit, staff, and individual Soldier; provide guidance to subordinate units; and help ensure subordinate units have sufficient resources to execute training. The training meeting is the mechanism to guide the execution of the long-range training plan by focusing on short-term training requirements. Training meetings focus on the units full spectrum operations METL proficiency and help synchronize training objectives with training events and resources. 3-55. Normally, platoons, companies, and battalions meet weekly. At company and platoon level, training meetings focus on the specifics of training preparation, pre-execution checks, and execution. The company must become proficient in individual skills and small unit collective tasks to support battalion and brigade collective task proficiency. At battalion level and above, training meetings primarily cover training managementespecially resourcingissues. Meeting frequency is a function of command preference, but occurs often enough to ensure subordinate units have what they require to execute training. 3-56. Training meetings address only training and support of training, and not peripheral administrative issues. Appropriate representatives of subordinate and supporting units attend.
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3-57. The commander providing a subordinate unit to another commander for an operation is ultimately responsible for the units training. This responsibility includes both full spectrum operations METL and training plan approval, provisioning of training resources, and assessments of training events. The gaining commander recommends tasks that need to be trained for the assigned mission, and can help assess the training proficiency of the unit. The gaining commander shares information on developments in the area of operations which may have an impact on training, provides unit standard operating procedures, and visits training events throughout training plan executionespecially during culminating training events.
PREPARE
3-60. Preparation is the transition from planning to execution (see FM 5-0 for a thorough discussion of preparation). It consists of activities performed by units to improve their ability to execute the long-range training plan. Effective training executionregardless of the specific collective, leader, and individual tasks being executedrequires adequate preparation, effective presentation and rehearsals, and thorough evaluation. Units begin preparation during planning and continue until the training event is completed. 3-61. Units use the training meeting to synchronize the preparation for training. During the training meeting, commanders ensure all resources, to include trainers, are thoroughly prepared to execute the training plan. Throughout the prepare phase, leaders continue to identify and eliminate potential training distracters to maximize training attendance and effectiveness. Preparations can include ensuring leaders and Soldiers understand task standards, training the trainers, conducting pre-execution checks, and conducting rehearsals. Several training models exist to help leaders prepare to train.
PRE-EXECUTION CHECKS
3-63. Conducting pre-execution checks is similar to conducting pre-combat checks. Pre-execution checks ensure, for example, that equipment is ready and serviceable, trainers are prepared, training resources (such as unit equipment, land, ranges, and training facilities) are available, and leaders have conducted initial composite risk management checks.
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REHEARSALS
3-64. Often called a rehearsal of concept drill, rehearsals help leaders and subordinates involved in a training event understand the conduct of events and their responsibilities. Rehearsals help the organization synchronize training with times, places, and resources. A simple walk-through or sand table exercise helps leaders visualize where and when individuals are supposed to be to perform a coordinated action. Leaders visualize how training should unfold and consider branches and sequels if the training must be adjusted. Commanders and other leaders also use rehearsals to Identify shortcomings and deficiencies in the event training plan. Suggest effective training techniques to subordinates. Identify potential safety problems. Ensure leaders and trainers understand training objectives. Understand how trainers intend to evaluate the performance of individuals or organizations, and whether they understand how to conduct effective AARs. Assess trainer competencies to conduct the training. Instill confidence in the event training plan.
EXECUTE
3-67. Training execution is the culmination of the long-range plan. Execution provides the basis for assessing full spectrum operations METL proficiencythe ability of units, leaders and Soldiers to perform their mission to standard and readily adapt to any new missions. Execution occurs at all echelons, from a unified action training exercise to a first-line leader conducting individual training. Leaders use a progressive training approach, tailoring training through the short-range plan to the individual, team, or units current versus desired proficiency levels. This approach saves time by building on the proficiency of highly experienced Soldiers and leaders who have been trained, educated, and developed significant experience through multiple deployments.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
3-68. Among the three aspects of leader developmenttraining, education, and experienceexperience is the most direct and powerful. Subordinates learn by doing. Lessons learned while making mistakes can be the best way to improve as a leader. Commanders give their subordinates the freedom to succeed and learn through their mistakes. The operational environment is not only challenging but also unpredictable. As subordinates become proficient in tasks, commanders change conditions during training events to force subordinate leaders to adapt to different, more complex challenges. Solving unforeseen problems drives leaders to use critical and creative thinking to find a solution.
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ASSESS
3-71. Commanders assess and evaluate all aspects of training management, including the planning, preparation, and execution; the recovery; and the conducting of AARs. In the training context, assessment refers to the leader's judgment of the organization's ability to perform its full spectrum operations missionessential tasks and, ultimately, its ability to accomplish its mission. Evaluation refers to the process used to measure the demonstrated ability of individuals and units to accomplish specified training objects. Leaders continuously monitor the unit's full spectrum operations METL proficiency and the progress of the longrange plan. Commanders assess the effectiveness of the training.
ASSESSMENT CONSIDERATIONS
3-72. When assessing training, commanders consider Their own observations and those of subordinate leaders and other individuals. Feedback from AARs. Results of unit evaluations.
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DETERMINING EFFECTIVENESS
3-75. Commanders assess each training event through a lens focused on execution within the commanders intent, achievement of the training objectives, and progress towards full spectrum operations METL proficiency. The training meeting is the best forum to aggregate evaluations of tasks by subordinates and the commander into the full spectrum operations METL assessment. Commanders assess mission-essential tasks as Ttrained, Pneeds practice, or Uuntrained, in the Digital Training Management System (referred to as DTMS). Based on these assessments, commanders adjust their future training plans as needed. The commander bases a subjective assessment on observed task proficiency and whether training met objectives and supported full spectrum operations METL proficiency. Training assessments also address such areas as training support, force integration, logistics, and personnel availability. These assessments form the basis for determining the organization's training ratings for readiness reporting.
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SECTION I ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AAR ARFORGEN ATN BCT DA FM JP METL NCO after action review Army force generation Army Training Network brigade combat team Department of the Army field manual joint publication mission-essential task list noncommissioned officer
SECTION II TERMS
*after action review A guided analysis of an organization's performance, normally conducted after a training event or an operation, with the objective of improving future performance. It includes a facilitator, event participants, and other observers. *mission-essential task A collective task a unit must be able to perform successfully to accomplish its mission. *mission-essential task list A compilation of mission-essential tasks. *multiechelon training A training technique that allows for the simultaneous training of more than one echelon on different or complementary tasks. *training domain A sphere of learning in which unit training and leader development activities occur. The training domains are institutional, operational, and self-development. *training and evaluation outline A summary document that provides information on collective training objectives, related individual training objectives, resource requirements, and applicable evaluation procedures for a type of organization. *training objective A statement that describes the desired outcome of a training activity in the unit. It consists of the task, conditions, and standard.
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References
Field manuals and selected joint publications are listed by new number followed by old number.
REQUIRED PUBLICATIONS
These documents must be available to intended users of this publication. FM 1-02 (101-5-1), Operational Terms and Graphics. 21 September 2004. JP 1-02, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 8 November 2010.
RELATED PUBLICATIONS
These documents contain relevant supplemental information.
JOINT PUBLICATIONS
Most joint publications are available online: <http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jointpub.htm>. JP 3-0, Joint Operations. 22 March 2010.
ARMY PUBLICATIONS
Most Army doctrinal publications are available online: <http://www.apd.army.mil/>. FM 3-0, Operations. 27 February 2008. FM 5-0, The Operations Process. 26 March 2010. FM 6-0, Mission Command: Command and Control of Army Forces. 11 August 2003. FM 6-22 (22-100), Army Leadership. 12 October 2006.
WEB SITES
Army Training Network (ATN). <https://atn.army.mil>
PRESCRIBED FORMS
None.
REFERENCED FORMS
DA forms are available on the APD website (www.apd.army.mil). DD forms are available on the OSD website (www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/formsprogram.htm).
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Index
Entries are by paragraph number unless indicated otherwise. A
after action review, defined, 2-18 assessment and, 3-733-74 ARFORGEN, 1-1, 2-21, 2-22, 3-6, 3-73-19, 3-30, 3-35, ARFORGEN force pools, unit training and, 3-93-15 Army force generation. See ARFORGEN. Army training management, commanders role in, 3-5 Reserve Component training responsibilities, 3-6; units in ARFORGEN and, 3-7 3-15 units not in ARFORGEN and, 3-183-19 Army training management model, illustration of, figure 3-1 assessment of training, 3-713-76 available force pool, unit training and, 3-143-15
F
FSO METL. See full spectrum operations mission-essential task list. full spectrum operations, capability for, 1-21-8 full spectrum operations mission-essential task list, 2-6, 3-5, 3-223-32, 3-57
O
operational adaptability, training and, 1-10, 2-22 operational environments, characteristics of, 1-41-6 training principles and, 2-23 opportunities for collaboration, 3-34
L
leader development, principles of, 2-342-50, figure 2-1, table 2-1 leader development, preparation and, 3-66 leader development planning, 3-583-59 leading by example, leader development principles and, 2-38 long-range planning, 3-373-43
P
planning leader development, 3-583-59 planning unit training, 3-203-57 pre-execution checks, 3-63 preparation of unit training, 3-60 3-66 principles of leader development, creating a learning environment for subordinate leaders, 2-412-42 critical and creative thinking training, 2-48 developing adaptive leaders, 2-442-47 knowing subordinates and families, 2-492-50 leading by example, 2-38 mission command training, 2-43 subordinate leader development responsibility, 2-392-40 principles of unit training, conducting multiechelon and concurrent training, 2-30 2-33 noncommissioned officers as trainers, 2-82-9 responsibility of commanders and other leaders, 2-42-7 training as you will fight, 2-13 2-17 training fundamentals first, 2-202-21 training to develop operational adaptability, 2-22 training to maintain, 2-262-29
M
meeting training objectives, 3-69 METL. See full spectrum operations mission-essential task list. See also mission-essential task list. mission command, training and, 1-9, 2-7, 2-43, 3-4 mission-essential task, defined, 2-2 mission-essential task list, defined, 2-2. See also full spectrum operations mission-essential task list. multiechelon training, 2-30
C
collaboration, training planning and, 3-33 3-36 commanders dialog, 3-353-36 conducting multiechelon and concurrent training, unit training principles and, 2-302-33 creating a learning environment, leader development principles and, 2-412-42
DE
determining effectiveness of training, 3-75 determining the tasks to train, 3-243-31 execution of training, 3-673-70 experiential learning, 3-68
N
noncommissioned officers as trainers, unit training principles and, 2-82-9
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T
principles of unit training, (continued) training to standard, 2-102-12 training to sustain , 2-242-25 training to understand the operational environment, 2-23 training while operating, 2-18 2-19 threats, characteristics of, 1-71-8 train/ready force pool, unit training and, 3-113-13 training adaptive leaders, leader development principles and, 2-442-47 training and evaluation outlines, 3-76 training as you will fight, unit training principles and, 2-132-17 training briefings, 3-473-49 training fundamentals first, unit training principles and, 2-202-21 training in critical and creative thinking, leader development principles and, 2-48 training leaders in mission command, leader development principles and, 2-43 training leaders to know their subordinates and their families, leader development principles and, 2-492-50 training meetings, 3-533-57 training models, 3-52 training objective, defined, 2-1 training planning, collaboration and, 3-333-36 training principles. See principles of unit training. training responsibility. See principles of unit training. training supervision, units in ARFORGEN and, 3-163-17 training the trainers, 3-62 training to develop operational adaptability, 2-22 training to maintain, 2-262-29 training to standard, 2-102-12, 3-69 training to sustain, 2-242-25 training while operating, 2-18 2-19
R
readiness, training for, 1-11-9 recovery from training , 3-70 rehearsals, 3-64 reset force pool, unit training and, 3-10 responsibility for unit training, commanders and leaders, 2-4 2-7
U
understanding the operational environment, 2-23 unit leader development plan, 3-583-59 unit training and leader development schedules, 3-65 unit training, ARFORGEN force pools and, 3-93-15 principles of, 2-32-33, table 2-1 units in ARFORGEN, Army training management and, 3-73-15 training supervision for, 3-16 3-17 units not in ARFORGEN, training for, 3-183-19
S
schedules, unit training and leader development, 3-65 short-range planning, 3-503-51 subordinate leader development responsibility, leader development principles and, 2-392-40 support requirements for training, 3-443-46
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