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Q. What is the number one principle of peace time training?
A. Replicate battlefield conditions
Q. What regulation governs Battle Focus Training?
A. FM 25-101
Q. Should all maintenance must be on the unit's training schedule?
A. Yes
Q. What drives the M.E.T.L. development process?
A. Battle focus
Q. The CSM and key NCOs review and refine the supporting tasks for two things in each unit. Name those two things.
A. a. Each skill level in every MOS within the unit b. CTT
Q. Why must the entire METL development process be understood by NCOs?
A. So that NCOs can integrate soldier tasks
Q. Training schedules are developed at what level and approved by whom?
A. Developed at company level and approved by the battalion commander
Q. In the military structure, what is the lowest level that has battle tasks?
A. Battalion level
Q. What begins the training planning process?
A. Assessment
Q. Do soldiers have a legal responsibility to attend scheduled training?
A. True
Q. What is a low density MOS?
A. A MOS within an organization or unit that is required but applies to a very small amount of soldiers
Q. Why is it particularly important to train and monitor low density MOS soldiers?
A. Sometimes their hours are different and they get lost in the shuffle and therefore remain untrained if not monitored and included in training
Q. Primarily, there are three methods used to present training. What are they?
A. Lecture, Conference, Demonstration
Q. What is a battle drill?
A. A battle drill is a collective action rapidly executed without applying a deliberate decision-making process
Q. What is a crew drill?
A. A crew drill is a collective action that the crew of a weapon or piece of equipment must perform to use the weapon or equipment
Q. How should units train during peacetime?
A. Units should train in peacetime as they will fight during war. Peacetime training must replicate battlefield conditions. All training is based on this principle.
Q. What is the most difficult task for an AAR leader?
A. To avoid turning the discussion into a criteria or lecture
Q. What is band of excellence?
A. Peaking for selected events at pre-determined times
Q. What is training strategy?
A. The method used to attain desired levels of training proficiency on METL
Q. What must soldiers, leaders, and units be proficient in to perform their missions under battlefield conditions?
A. Soldiers, leaders, and units must be proficient in the basic skills required to perform their missions under battlefield conditions.
Q. What are post operation checks?
A. Tasks a unit accomplishes at the conclusion of training.
Q. What type of training excites and motivates soldiers and leaders?
A. Training that is tough, realistic, and mentally and physically challenging.
Q. Historically speaking, more casualties occur in combat due to what?
A. Accidents.
Q. Which FM covers Battle Focused Training?
A. FM 25-101.
Q. What four skills does challenging training build?
1. Builds competence and confidence by developing new skills.
2. Instills loyalty and dedication.
3. Inspires excellence by fostering initiative, enthusiasm, and eagerness to learn.
4. Builds aggressive, well-trained soldiers.
Q. What does effective training require ?
A. Effective training requires the personal time, energy, and guidance of commanders.
Q. How can commanders insure that training is effective?
A. They must personally observe and assess training at all echelons.
Q. Once soldiers and units have trained to the standard, how do they maintain proficiency?
A. They maintain proficiency through sustainment training.
Q. What do principles of training provide?
A. The principles provide direction, but are sufficiently flexible to accommodate local conditions and the judgment of commanders and other leaders.
Q. What are the nine principles of training?
1. Train as combined arms and services team.
2. Train as you fight.
3. Use appropriate doctrine.
4. Use performance-oriented training.
5. Train to challenge.
6. Train to sustain proficiency.
7. Train using multiechelon techniques.
8. Train to maintain.
9. Make commanders primary trainers.
Q. What two things does sustainment training do?
1. Trains on tasks which build on skills mastered by the soldier, leader, and units.
2. Uses opportunity training to constantly hone proficiency on known tasks.
Q. What is multiechelon training?
A. Multiechelon training is the simultaneous training of more than one echelon on different tasks.
Q. What is the Army training standard?
A. The standard for the Army is to train and maintain to the published standards in Technical Manuals (TMs) -10 and -20.
Q. How do commanders determine their units' METLs?
A. Commanders determine their units' METLs based on war and external directives.
Q. What is the next step for the battalion commander once the METL is developed?
A. Once the METL is developed, the battalion commander briefs his next higher wartime commander who approves the METL.
Q. What does the company commander do after he develops the METL?
A. He briefs the battalion commander.
Q. What unit is the lowest level to have a METL?
A. The company.
Q. What needs to be identified at the appropriate level to support the accomplishment of the units
A. Leader and soldier tasks must be identified.
Q. When does the greatest combat power result?
A. The greatest combat power results when leaders synchronize combat support (CS) and combat service support (CSS) systems to compliment and reinforce one another.
Q. What does the battle staff consist of?
A. The battle staff consists of the battalion staff and battalion slice (CS and CSS elements that are tasked-organized).
Q. What is the battlefield operating systems (BOS)
A. A tool that the TF commander may use to organize his battle tasks is the battlefield operating systems (BOS).
Q. What begins the training planning process?
A. The assessment begins the training planning process.
Q. At battalion level, how does long-range planning start?
A. At battalion level, long-range planning starts with unit assessment and is the basis for the long- range training calendar.
Q. What is long-range planning based on?
A. Long-range planning is based on unit assessment.
Q. What is risk assessment?
A. Risk assessment is the thought process of making operations safer without compromising the mission.
Q. Who do AC commanders brief the QTB to.
A. AC commanders brief the QTB to the commanders two levels above.
Q. What does near-term planning define?
A. Near-term planning defines specific actions requires to execute the short-range plans. it is the final phase of planning prior to the execution of training.
Q. Are training meetings negotiable at battalion and company level?
A. No. Training meeting are non-negotiable at battalion and company level.
Q. What are pre-execution checks?
A. Pre-execution checks are the informal planning and coordination conducted prior to training execution.
Q. What are the five basic fundamentals that commanders and leaders must use?
A. Commanders and leaders must keep it simple: move, shoot, communicate, sustain, and secure.
Q. What are two keys to success in combat?
A. Night training and adverse weather training are keys to success in combat.
Q. What is lane training?
A. Lane training is a technique for training primarily company team-level and smaller units on a series of selected soldier, leader, and collective tasks using specific terrain.
Q. What do leaders use to assess soldier, leader, and unit proficiency?
A. Leaders use evaluations and other feedback to assess soldier, leader, and unit proficiency.
Q. The evaluation of collective training is critical to assessing what?
A. The evaluation of collective training is critical to assessing a unit's capability to perform its METL tasks.
Q. What is the AAR?
A. The AAR is a structured review process that allows training participants to discover for themselves what happened, why it happened, and how it can be done better.
Q. What may NCOs use is assessing squad, crew, and soldier proficiency?
A. NCOs may use a leader book is assessing squad, crew, and soldier proficiency.
Q. What does the gathering of this information help identify?
A. This information helps to identify a strategy to improve or sustain training proficiency.
Q. What does battle focus drive?
A. Battle focus drives METL development allowing the commander to narrow the scope of his training challenge to make it manageable.
Q. For noncommissioned officers, who are the key players in the reception and integration phase?
A. For noncommissioned officers, the CSM and 1SG are key players in the reception and integration phase.
Q. The unit leader development program consists of what three phases?
A. The unit leader development program consists of three phases: reception and integration, basic skills development, and advanced development and sustainment.
Q. What does the basic skills development phase ensure?
A. The basic skills development phase ensures that the new leader attains a minimum acceptable level of proficiency in the critical tasks necessary to perform his mission.
Q. What does the advanced development and sustainment phase involve?
A. The advanced development and sustainment phase involves sustaining those tasks already mastered and developing proficiency in new tasks.
Q. What do leaders list in the leader book?
A. Leaders list in the leader book the common tasks found in the Soldier's Manual of Common Tasks that support the METL.
Q. A leader may use information in the leader book to provide what?
A. A leader may use information in the leader book to provide input on his unit during daily "huddles" and company training meetings.
Q. Commanders select a particular training exercise or combination of exercises based on what?
A. Commander select a particular training exercise or combination of exercises based on specific training objectives and on available resources.
Q. When selecting exercises, commanders must consider what key questions?
1. Who will be trained (soldiers, leaders, teams, or units)?
2. What are the training objectives?
3. Which, if any, of the training exercises are most suitable to accomplish each objective?
4. What are the available resources (time, training areas, equipment and money)?
5. Which of the training exercises or combination will help meet the training objectives within the available training resources?
Q. What does the MAPEX portray?
A. The MAPEX portrays military situations on maps and overlays.
Q. What is a TEWT and where is it conducted?
A. The TEWT is conducted on actual terrain with unit leaders and staffs, without soldiers. A TEWT allows the battalion TF or company commander to train his staff and subordinate leaders.
Q. What is the FCX (Fire Coordination Exercise)?
A. The FCX is used to train the combined arms team chain of command and related fire control elements to rapidly synchronize fires on the battlefield.
Q. Where may the CPX (Command Post Exercise) be conducted?
A. The CPX may be conducted in garrison or in the field. It requires the establishment of the command post.
Q. What are STXs (Situational Training Exercise)?
A. STXs are mission-related, limited exercises designed to train one collective task, or a group of related tasks and drills, through practice.
Q. Where does the CFX (Command Field Exercise) lay?
A. The CFX lies on a scale between the CPX and the FTX.
Q. What is the LCX (Logistical Coordination Exercise)?
A. LCXs allow leaders to become proficient at conducting unit sustainment operations such as supply, transportation, medical, personnel replacement, maintenance, and graves registration.
Q. When are FTXs (Field Training Exercise) conducted?
A. FTXs are conducted under simulated combat conditions in the field.
Q. What does the combat training center program provide?
A. The combat training center program provides the most realistic environment available for corps and subordinate units during peacetime.
Q. Name the four elements of TADSS.
A. The four elements of TADSS are: training aids, devices, simulators, and simulations.
Q. What are training aids?
A. Training aids are items that assist in the conduct of training and the process of learning.
Q. Give some examples of training aids.
1. Visual modification (VISMOD) sets; for example, BRDM-2 mock-up.
2. Graphic training aids (GTAs); for example
-GTA 10-2-2, Fuel System Supply Point
-GTA 6-5-2, Fire Detection Kit
-GTA 3-6-3, NBC Warning and Reporting System
3. Models; for ex. inert munitions
4. Displays; for ex. 35-mm slides on training topics
5. Books; for ex. documentation on training aids
6. Pictures to support briefings and presentations
7. Magnetic media; for ex. training films
Q. What are training devices?
A. Training devices are three-dimensional objects that improve training.
Q. What are simulators?
A. Simulators are a special category of training devices that replicate all or most of a systems functions.
Q. Give some examples of simulators.
1. Conduct-of-fire trainer (COFT); for examples, M2 BFV and M1 Abrams.
2. Flight simulators
3. Weaponeer
4. Simulations networking (SIMNET)
Q. What are simulations?
A. Simulations provide leaders effective training alternatives when maneuver and gunnery training opportunities are limited.
Q. When used properly, simulations can create what?
A. When used properly, simulations can create the environment and stress of battle needed for effective command and battle staff training.
Q. What is an AAR?
A. An AAR is a review of training that allows soldiers, leaders, and units to discover for themselves what happened during the training and why. It is also used to solicit ideas on how the training could have been performed better.
Q. Why aren't AARs critiques?
A. AARs are not critiques because they do not determine success or failure.
Q. When are formal AARs usually conducted?
A. Formal AARs are normally conducted at company level and above.
Q. When are informal AARs usually conducted?
A. Informal AARs are usually conducted for soldiers and crew, squad, and platoon-level training, or when resources are not available to conduct a formal review.