Battle Focused Training 2
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- What is battle-focused training?
- Battle focused training is a concept used to derive peacetime training requirements from wartime missions.
- FM 7-0
- Battle Focus Training
- What does the acronym "METL" stand for?
- Mission Essential Task List
- What is the METL development process?
- The METL development process is war plans, external directives, and commander analysis.
- What is the lowest level unit that prepares the METL?
- The company level
- What are pre-combat checks?
- Pre-combat checks are detailed final checks that all units conduct before and during combat operations
- Describe pre-execution checks.
- Pre-execution checks are the informal planning and detailed coordination conducted during preparation for training.
- Name four of the training principles
- 1)train as you fight (2)use appropriate doctrine (3)use performance oriented training (4)train to challenge (5)Train to sustain proficiency (6)Train to maintain
- Who is the primary trainer in a unit?
- The commander
- What is meant by performance-oriented training?
- Training that involves learning by doing
- What are the two types of training assessments?
- Testing & ARTEPS
- What is opportunity training?
- Training that is conducted by section, squad, team, or crew level leaders which is pre-selected, planned, and rehearsed but not executed until unexpected training time becomes available
- What is an after action review (AAR)?
- An AAR is a review of training that allows soldiers, leaders, and units to discover for themselves what happened during the training and why.
- Name two types of AARs.
- Formal & Informal
- Why is an AAR not a critique?
- An AAR does not determine the success or failure of a particular event
- What method do leaders use to access soldier, leader, and unit proficiency?
- Evaluations
- Name the four types of evaluations.
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1)formal
2)informal
3)external
4)internal - Describe the elements of a formal evaluation.
- They are usually scheduled on long or short-range calendars (i.e. ARTEPS) and are sometimes unannounced (i.e. EDRE).
- What are the three methods used to present training to soldiers?
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1)Lecture
2)Conference
3)Demonstration - What are the three types of training plans?
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1)Long range
2)Short range
3)Near term - What level of a unit makes up short-range plans?
- Battalion level or higher
- What does "T", "P", and "U" stand for as related to the commander's assessment of training proficiency?
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"T": trained
"P": needs practice
"U": untrained - Explain the time management system
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Green cycle: prime mission training.
Amber cycle: mission
Red cycle: support - What are the seven battlefield operating systems (BOS)?
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a. Intelligence
b. Maneuver
c. Fire support
d. Air defense
e. Combat service support
f. Command and control
g. Mobility/counter-mobility/survivability - What does the acronym "METT-T" stand for?
- Mission, enemy, terrain, troops, and time available
- What FM would you find information on a leader's book?
- FM 25-101, appendix B
- The unit leader development program consists of three phases. What are they?
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a. Reception and integration
b. Basic skill development
c. Advanced development and sustainment - Who does the NCO train?
- The individual soldier
- What are the steps of the training ladder?
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a. Collective training
b. Leader training
c. Individual training