FM 7-22 - Army Physical Readiness Training

Question 1

What FM covers Army Physical Readiness Training?

Answer 1

FM 7-22

Question 2

Why is physical readiness training a mandatory training requirement?

Answer 2

 Considered by senior leaders to be essential to individual, unit, and force readiness.
 Required by law for all individuals and units.

Question 3

Who serves as the primary trainers for enlisted Soldiers, crews, and small teams?

Answer 3

Noncommissioned officers.

Question 4

To accomplish the PRT mission, what must NCOs do?

Answer 4

 Identify specific tasks that PRT enhances in support of the unit’s C- or D-METL.
 Prepare, rehearse, and execute PRT.
 Evaluate PRT and conduct AARs to provide feedback to the commander.

Question 5

What are the 8 tenets of train as you will fight, as they relate to PRT?

Answer 5

 PRT must support full spectrum operations and promote quick transitions between missions.
 PRT must support proficiency in combined arms operations and unified actions.
 PRT focus is on training the fundamentals first.
 PRT must be performance-oriented, conducted under realistic conditions, and mission focused.
 PRT should incorporate challenging, complex, ambiguous, and uncomfortable situations.
 PRT must incorporate safety and composite risk management (CRM).
 PRT must be conducted under conditions that replicate the operational environment.
 PRT must be conducted during deployments.

Question 6

What are the tenets of standards-based training?

Answer 6

 Leaders know and enforce standards.
 Leaders define success in the absence of standards.
 Leaders train to standard, not time.

Question 7

What are the PRT System’s phases?

Answer 7

 The initial conditioning phase (prepares future Soldiers to learn and adapt to Army PRT).
 The toughening phase (develop foundational fitness and fundamental movement skills that
prepare Soldiers to transition to the sustaining phase).
 The sustaining phase (develop a higher level of physical readiness required by duty position and C- or D METL). Reconditioning phase (restores Soldiers’ physical fitness levels that enable them to safely re-enter the toughening or sustaining phase and progress to their previous level of
conditioning).

Question 8

What are the principles that the conduct of Army PRT follows?

Answer 8

Precision.
Progression.
Integration.