Training Units And Developing Leaders ADP 7-0 Flashcards
What does ADP 7-0 cover?
Training Units and Developing Leaders
What ADP Covers Training Units and Developing Leaders?
ADP 7-0
What is the Army’s life-blood?
Unit training and leader development
What are the three training domains the Army uses?
- Institutional
- Operational
- Self-development
Who is responsible for training units and developing leaders?
The Commander
How do Commanders exercise the responsibility to train units and develop leaders?
Commanders exercise this responsibility through formal and informal chains, assisted by other officers and noncommissioned officers, through the development and execution of progressive, challenging, and realistic training
Where does training begin for Soldiers?
Training begins in the generating force
Soldiers and leaders should train to master what?
Both the individual and unit collective tasks that support the unit’s mission-essential tasks
Who must train as part of a combined arms team?
Individuals, teams, sections, and units train to standard as part of a combined arms team
What Training Events or Events link together as a comprehensive progressive and sequential training and leader development program, providing the experiences necessary for building ready units?
Major training events, combat training center exercises, and operational deployments
What must Commanders do to ensure leaders can meet the prerequisites to attend and get the most benefit from institutional training?
Unit commanders must allocate time during operational assignments
Who supports both the operating and generating forces?
Army Civilians
What is the Major benefit to having Army Civilians supporting our forces?
Army civilians provide the skills and continuity essential to the functioning of Army organizations and programs
What is considered as important as institutional training and operational assignments?
Self Development
Who is responsible for Self-development training?
Self-development is a personal responsibility
What is the purpose of Self-development?
Self-development enhances qualifications for a current position or helps prepare an individual for future positions
What must Soldiers and Civilians do to understand both personal strengths and gaps in skills, knowledge, and behaviors?
All Soldiers and civilians must be completely honest with themselves to understand their strengths and weaknesses
Why does the Army Train?
The Army trains to provide ready forces to combatant commanders worldwide
Why do Units Train?
Units train in garrison and while deployed to prepare for their mission and adapt their capabilities to any changes in an operational environment
What is the institutional training domain?
The Army’s institutional training and education system which includes training base centers and schools that provide initial training and subsequent professional military education for Soldiers, Military Leaders and Army Civilians.
What is the Operational Training domain?
Training that organizations conduct at home stations, maneuver combat training centers, during joint exercises, at mobilization centers and while operationally deployed
What is the self-development training domain?
Goal oriented learning that reinforces and expands the knowledge base, self-awareness, and situational awareness and it compliments institutional and operational learning and enhances professional competence and professionalism
What does Individual training allow?
Individual training allows individuals to master fundamental skills
What integrates and synchronizes the skills learned at the individual skill level?
Collective Training
What is the basis for collective proficiency?
Individual skill proficiency
What does Training in units focuses on?
Improving unit, Soldier, and leader proficiencies
Who ensures unit training plans are prioritized and collective training executed to maximize the operational performance of the unit?
Commanders and other leaders
What do Soldiers and Army civilians cycle between throughout their careers?
The institutional and operational training domains
What compliments training, education, and experiences gained in both schools and unit assignments?
Structured, guided, and individualized self-development programs
What is critical in maintaining awareness of individual skills?
Documentation of individual training in all venues
What is a continuous and progressive process, spanning a leader’s entire career?
Leader development
What is the Army Committed to?
The Army is committed to training, educating, and developing its leaders
What develops leaders and prepares them for assignments of increased responsibility?
Training, education, and experience in the schools and units
What is essential to unit readiness and successful deployments?
Competent and confident leaders
Who is responsible for ensuring their units are capable of performing their missions?
Commanders
Can commanders delegate the responsibility of ensuring units are capable of performing their missions?
No
What makes a quantitative and qualitative difference in unit training and leader development?
Commander involvement
How do Commanders apply the operations process to training?
They use the steps: plan, prepare, execute, and assess
How do Commanders Drive the process of Training?
They drive the process by understanding, visualizing, describing, directing, leading, and assessing unit training and leader development
How do Commanders describe their end state?
Through guidance and orders
What does the Acronym TADSS stand for?
Training aids, devices, simulators, and simulations
What does the Acronym ITE Stand for?
Integrated training environment
Can the Army afford to conduct all training in a live environment?
No
What must commanders do to save cost but still give Soldiers tough realistic training?
They must use the ITE and TADSS to save costs and also ensure that the training is as realistic and tough as possible
How do Commanders build trust and initiative in subordinates?
By giving subordinates latitude in determining how to train their units to achieve the desired end state
What Collective tasks should a unit train on?
Only those collective tasks that are essential to that unit’s mission
How should Units employ effective collective training?
Based on the Army principles of unit training