Training units and developing leaders Flashcards
What ADP covers training units and developing leaders?
ADP 7-0
Who is responsible for training units and developing leaders?
Commanders
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
Army forces conduct training and education in three training domains. What are they?
The institutional training domain, the operational domain, the self-development training domain
What is the Army’s institutional training and educational 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 center, 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 situation awareness; complements institutional and operational learning; enhances professional competence; and meets personal objectives?
The self-development training domain
What are the army principles of unit training?
Commanders and other leaders are responsible for training; ncos 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 represents the doctrinal framework of fundamental tasks for which the unit is designed.
Once commanders understand the required operational environment of the training requirements, what do they use to create a realistic training environment?
They use the operational variables, mission variables, and tools found on the army training network, to create a training enivroment.
What are the army’s principles of leader development?
lead by example, develop 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, and train your leaders to know their subordinates and their families
What is the purpose of exercising mission command to manage training?
Exercising mission command to manage training improves mission command proficiency and encourages risk-taking, initiative, and creativity in subordinates
The operations process in unit training and leader development uses nit training management (UTM) to detail the army training management processes. What is the primary portal to UTM?
The army training network
What is a training objective?
A training objective is a statement that describes the desired outcome of a training activity in the unit
What are the components of a training a training objective?
The training objective consists of the task, conditions, and standard
What is an AAR?
An after action review is a guided analysis of an organization’s performance, conducted at appropriate times during and at the conclusion of a training event or operation with the objective of improving future performance.
What is the purpose of AARs?
Organizations conduct after action reviews to identify unit strengths to be sustained and weaknesses that need to improve not only task proficiency, but also the quality of the training event
When is the best time to conduct AARs?
AARs are best conducted throughout an exercise at appropriate times, rather than just at the end of the exercise, to allow soldiers and their leaders to take immediate, in-stride corrective actions
What provides the means to help leaders evaluate task execution and subjectively assess the unit’s ability to perform the task?
The training and evaluation outline.
