What ADP/ADRP covers Training Units and Developing Leaders?

ADP/ADRP 7-0.

Who is responsible for training units and developing leaders?

Where does training begin?

Training begins in the generating force.

Where do Soldiers build on the fundamental skills, knowledge, and behaviors, which were developed in institutional training?

Operational assignments.

What is the Army’s institutional training and education system, which primarily includes training base centers and schools that provide initial training and subsequent professional military education for Soldiers, military leaders, and Army civilians?

The institutional training domain.

What are the training active organizations undertake while at home station, at maneuver combat training centers, during joint exercises, at mobilization centers, and while operationally deployed?

The operational training domain.

What is planned, goal-oriented learning that reinforces and expands the depth and breadth of an individual’s knowledge base, self-awareness, and situational awareness; complements institutional and operational learning; enhances professional competence; and meets personal objectives?

The self-development training domain.

What process do commanders apply to unit training and leader development?

The operations process—plan, prepare, execute, and assess

What are the Army principles of unit training?

• Commanders and other leaders are responsible for training.

• Noncommissioned officers train individuals, crews, and small teams.

• Train to standard.

• Train as you will fight.

• Train while operating.

• Train fundamentals first.

• Train to develop adaptability.

• Understand the operational environment.

• Train to sustain.

• Train to maintain.

• Conduct multi-echelon and concurrent training.

What does METL stand for and what is it?

The unit’s mission-essential task list (METL) represents the doctrinal framework of fundamental tasks for which the unit was designed.

What is meant by performance oriented training? 

 The Soldiers learn best by hands on

What is the Army’s number one priority?

Training

What is training? 

Training is the instruction of personnel to increase their capacity to perform specific military functions and associated individual collective tasks.

The Army Time Management System is composed of what three phases?

1. Green - Training focus primarily on collective tasks with individual and leader tasks integrated during multi-echelon training.

2. Amber - Small unit, crew, leader and individual Soldier training emphasized.

3. Red - Sub-organizations take advantage of all training opportunities to conduct individual,

leader, and crew training.

What is the OPTEMPO of an organization? 

The annual operating miles or hours for the major equipment system in a battalion-level or equivalent organization.  Commanders use OPTEMPO to forecast and allocate funds for fuel and repair parts for training events and programs.

What are the types of evaluations and their differences? 

- Informal – when a leader conducts training with his unit or when a leader visits ongoing training.  This type provides real time feedback on the training environment and the proficiency resulting from training.

- Formal – are resourced with dedicated evaluators and are generally scheduled in the long-range or short-range training plans.  To the maximum extent, headquarters two echelons higher conduct formal external evaluations.

- Internal – are planned, resourced, and conducted by the organization undergoing the evaluation.

- External – are planned, resourced, and conducted by a headquarters at an echelon higher in the chain of command than the organization undergoing the evaluation or a headquarters outside the chain of command.

- Any Combination of the above listed evaluation types.

What does realistic training inspire? 

It builds competence and confidence by developing and honing skills, and inspires excellence by fostering initiative, enthusiasm, and eagerness to learn.

To accomplish their training responsibility, list three of the six things that commanders must do?

1. Be present at training to maximum extent possible.

2. Base training on mission requirements.

3. Train to applicable Army standards.

4. Assess current levels of efficiency.

5. Provide the required resources.

6. Develop and execute training plans that result in proficient individuals, leaders and units.

An AAR is not called what? 

Critique

What is the goal of combat level training?

To achieve combat level standards

What are the three types of training plans?

1. Long-range

2. Short-range

3. Near-Term

Who is responsible for maintaining all assigned equipment in a high state of readiness in support of training or combat employment? 

Soldiers and leaders.

What does evaluation of training measure? 

It measures the demonstrated ability of Soldiers, commanders, leaders, battle staffs, and units

against the Army standard.

What does multi echelon training allow? 

It allows simultaneous training and evaluation on any combination of individual and collective tasks at more than one echelon.  It is the most efficient and effective way to train and sustain proficiency on mission essential tasks within limited periods of training time.

What is force integration? 

It is the process of incorporating new doctrine, equipment, and force structure into an organization while simultaneously sustaining the highest possible levels of combat readiness.

What is battle focus and what does it do? 

Battle focus is a concept used to derive peacetime training requirements assigned and anticipated missions. Battle focus guides the planning, preparation, execution and assessment of each organization’s training program to ensure its members train as they are going to fight.

What does realistic training require? 

It requires organizations to train the way they will fight or support within all dimensions of the battlefield/space.

What does AAR stand for and what does it provide? 

After Action Review.  An AAR provides feedback to units by involving participants in the training diagnostic process in order to increase and reinforce learning. The AAR leader guides participants in identifying deficiencies and seeking solutions.

What does the term METL stand for? 

Mission Essential Task List

What are the codes used to rate task proficiency?

- "T" = trained

- "P"  = needs practice

- "U" = untrained

What are the five primary inputs to METL development?

1. Wartime operational plans.

2. Enduring combat capabilities.

3. Operational environment.

4. Directed missions.

5. External guidance.

Who stated, "The best form of welfare for the troops is first class training, for this saves unnecessary casualties"? 

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

What does MILES stand for? 

Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System

In regards to preparation for training, what do pre-execution checks cover? 

Pre-execution checks are preliminary actions commanders and trainers use to identify responsibility for selecting tasks to be trained, planning the conduct of the training, training the trainers, reconnaissance of the training site, issuing the training execution plan, and conducting rehearsals along other training support tasks. 

List three of the seven things that training plans will do, if they are properly developed.

1. Maintain a consistent battle focus.

2. Be coordinated with habitually task organized supporting organizations.

3. Focus on the correct time horizon.

4. Be concerned with future proficiency.

5. Incorporate risk management into all training plans.

6. Establish organizational stability.

7. Make the most efficient use of resources.

What are the four parts that the AAR consists of?

1. Review what was supposed to happen. (Training Plans)

2. Establish what happened.

3. Determine what was right or wrong with what happened.

4. Determine how the task should be done differently the next time.

Evaluation can be done in what ways? 

1. Informal

2. Formal

3. Internal

4. External

5. A combination of all

What ten objectives have to be accomplished by senior leaders to help ensure effective training?

1. Develop and communicate a clear vision

2. Train one echelon below and evaluate two echelons below

3. Require subordinates to understand and perform their roles in training

4. Train all elements to be proficient on their mission essential tasks

5. Develop subordinates

6. Involve themselves personally in planning, preparing, executing, and assessing training

7. Demand training standards are achieved

8. Ensure proper task and event discipline

9. Foster a command climate that is conducive to good training

10. Eliminate training distractions

What does well-structured training contain? 

It contains a mixture of initial and sustainment training.

What is the key requirement for division and brigade commanders in regards to training resources? 

The key requirement is to coordinate short-range training plans with the various resource processes that support training.

What is ITEP? 

Individual Training Evaluation Program

What are the eight step training model? 

1. Plan the training

2. Train the trainers

3. Recon the site

4. Issue the order

5. Rehearse the training

6. Execute the training

7. Evaluate the training

       8. Retrain as necessary

What is the purpose of the 8 step training model? 

What are the three core domains that shape the critical learning experiences throughout a Soldier’s and leader’s career?

The Operational, Institutional and Self-Developmental Domains.

Describe the Operational Domain.

It includes home-station training, combat training center rotations, joint training exercises, and deployments that satisfy national objectives.

Describe the Institutional Domain.

It focuses on educating and training Soldiers and leaders on the key knowledge, skills and attributes required to operate in any environment.

Describe the Self-developmental Domain.

They are structured and informal and focus on taking those actions necessary to reduce or eliminate the gap between operational and institutional experiences.