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

1. Considered by senior leaders to be essential to individual, unit, and force readiness.
2. 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

1. Identify specific tasks that PRT enhances in support of the unit’s C- or D-METL.
2. Prepare, rehearse, and execute PRT.
3. 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

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

Question 6

What are the tenets of standards-based training?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What are the PRT System’s phases?

Answer 7

1. The initial conditioning phase
2. The toughening phase
3. The sustaining phase

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Precision.
Progression.
Integration.