A. Commanders and Other Leaders Are Responsible for Training

Manage Training

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1.  Principles of Unit Training

a.  Commanders and other Leaders are Responsible for Training

b.  Noncommissioned Officers Train Individuals, Crews, and Small Teams

c.  Train Fundamentals First

d.  Train as You will Fight

e.  Train while Operating

f.  Train to Develop Adaptability

g.  Train to Standard

h.  Train to Sustain

i.  Train to Maintain

j.  Understand the Operational Environment

k.  Conduct Multi-Echelon and Concurrent Training

2.  Unit Leader Development

a.  The Leader Development Model

b.  Principles of Leader Development

(1)  Lead by Example

(2)  Take Responsibility for Developing Subordinate Leaders

(3)  Create a Learning Environment for Subordinate Leaders

(4)  Train Leaders in the Art and Science of Mission Command

(5)  Train to Develop Adaptive Leaders

(6)  Train Leaders to Think Critically and Creatively

(7)  Train Your Leaders to Know Their Subordinates and Their Families

3.  Plan Training

a.  Full Spectrum Operations Mission Essential Task List (METL)

b.  Determine the Tasks to Train

(1)  Conduct Leader's Analysis

(a)  Identify Collective Tasks, Battle Drills, Crew Drills, and Leader Tasks to Train

(b)  Identify Resources Needed for Training

(2)  The Platoon Leader’s Dialog

c.  Publish Collective Task and Battle Drill lists Section/Squad/Crew/Team: Identify Collective Tasks, Battle Drills, Leader Tasks and Individual Tasks

d.  Training Meetings

4.  Prepare Training

a.  Train the Trainer

b.  Pre-execution Checks

5.  Execute Training

a.  The Role of Commanders

b.  The Role of Noncommissioned Officers

c.  Sergeants Time Training

d.  Progressive Training

e.  Efficient and Effective Training

f.  Presentation of Training

g.  Situational Training Exercises

h.  Live Fire Exercises

i.  Conduct of Training

j.  Execute Training

k.  Conduct After Action Reviews

l.  Retraining

m.  Recovery from Training

n.  Conduct After Action Reviews During Recovery

6.  Assess Training

a.  Assessment

b.  Training Evaluation

(1)  Informal Evaluations

(2)  Formal Evaluations

(3)  Internal Evaluations

(4)  External Evaluations

c.  After Action Review

(1)  Review What was Supposed to Happen (Training Plan)

(2)  Establish What Happened

(3)  Determine What was Right or Wrong with What Happened

(4)  Determine How the Task Should be Done Differently Next Time

d.  Lessons and Lesson Learned

7.  The Training Management Model

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