What does ADP 7-0 cover?
Sergeant Major, ADPT 7-0 covers Training Units and Developing Leaders
What ADP Covers Training Units and Developing Leaders?
Sergeant Major, ADP 7-0 Covers Training Units and Developing Leaders
What is the Army’s life-blood?
Sergeant Major, Unit Training and Leader Development is the Army’s Life blood.
What are the three training domains the Army uses?
Sergeant Major, the three training domains are Institutional 2. Operational 3. Self-Development
Who is responsible for training units and developing leaders?
Sergeant major, the Commander is responsible for training units and developing leaders
Where does training begin for Soldiers?
Sergeant Major, Training begins in the Generating Force
Soldiers and Leaders should Train to Master what?
Sergeant Major, leaders should train to master 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?
Sergeant Major, 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?
Sergeant Major, Major Training Events, Combat Training Center Exercises, and Operational Deployments link together as a Comprehensive Progressive and Sequential Training and Leader Development Program
What must Commanders do to ensure Leaders can Meet the Prerequisites to Attend and get the most benefit from Institutional Training?
Sergeant Major, Unit Commanders must Allocate Time during Operational Assignments
Who supports both the Operating and Generating forces?
Sergeant Major, Army Civilians supports operating and generating forces.
What is the Major benefit to having Army Civilians Supporting our Forces?
Sergeant Major, 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?
Sergeant Major, Self Development is considered as Important as Institutional Training and Operational Assignment
Who is responsible for Self-Development Training?
Sergeant Major, Self-Development is a Personal Responsibility
What is the purpose of Self-Development?
Sergeant Major, Self-Development Enhances Qualifications for a current Position or helps prepare an Individual for Future Positions
Why does the Army Train?
Sergeant Major, 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?
Sergeant Major, It is 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?
Sergeant Major, It is 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 Integrates and Synchronizes the skills learned at the Individual Skill Level?
Sergeant Major, Collective Training Integrates and Synchronizes the skills learned at the Individual Skill Level
What does Training in Units Focuses on?
Sergeant Major, training in units focuses on Improving Unit, Soldier, and Leader Proficiencies
What compliments Training, Education, and Experiences gained in both Schools and Unit Assignments?
Sergeant Major, Structured, Guided, and Individualized Self-Development Programs compliments Training, Education, and Experiences gained in both Schools and Unit Assignments
What is a Continuous and Progressive process, spanning a Leader’s Entire Career?
Sergeant Major, Leader Development is a Continuous and Progressive process, spanning a Leader’s Entire Career
What is the Army Committed to?
Sergeant Major, The Army is committed to Training, Educating, and Developing its Leaders
What develops Leaders and Prepares them for Assignments of Increased Responsibility?
Sergeant Major, Training, Education, and Experience in the Schools and Units develops Leaders and Prepares them for Assignments of Increased Responsibility
What is Essential to Unit Readiness and Successful Deployments?
Sergeant Major, Competent and Confident Leaders is Essential to Unit Readiness and Successful Deployments
Who is responsible for Ensuring their Units are capable of Performing their Missions?
Sergeant Major, Commanders are responsible for Ensuring their Units are capable of Performing their Missions
Can Commanders delegate the Responsibility of ensuring Units are Capable of Performing their Missions?
Sergeant Major, No Commanders cannot delegate the Responsibility of ensuring Units are Capable of Performing their Missions
What does the Acronym TADSS stand for?
Sergeant Major, TADSS stands for Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations
What does the Acronym ITE Stand for?
Sergeant Major, ITE stands for Integrated Training Environment
Can the Army afford to conduct All training in a Live Environment?
Sergeant Major, No the Army cannot afford to conduct All training in a Live Environment
What must commanders do to Save Cost but still give Soldiers Tough Realistic Training?
Sergeant Major, Commanders 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?
Sergeant Major, 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?
Sergeant Major, Only those Collective Tasks that are Essential to that Unit’s Mission
What must Collective Training be?
Sergeant Major, Collective Training Must be Relevant, Rigorous, Realistic, Challenging, and Properly Resourced
Collective Training provides the Full Range of Experiences needed to produce what?
Sergeant Major, Collective Training provides the Full Range of Experiences needed to produce Agile, Adaptive Leaders and Soldiers, and Versatile Units
What are the 11 Principles of Unit Training?
Sergeant Major, the eleven principles of Unit Training are:
- Commanders and other Leaders are responsible for Training
- Noncommissioned Officers 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
Who is responsible for the Training Proficiency of their respective Organizations and Subordinates?
Sergeant Major, Subordinate Leaders; NCO’s are responsible for the Training Proficiency of their respective Organizations and Subordinates
Who are the Primary Trainers of Enlisted Soldiers, Crews and Small Teams?
Sergeant Major, Noncommissioned Officers are the Primary Trainers of Enlisted Soldiers, Crews and Small Teams
Who helps Officers Train Units?
Sergeant Major, NCO’s help Officers Train Units
Who Develops and Conducts Training for their Subordinates that supports the Unit Training Plan, Coaches Junior NCOs, advise Senior Leaders, and helps Develop Junior Officers?
Sergeant Major, NCO’s Develop and Conduct Training for their Subordinates that supports the Unit Training Plan, Coaches Junior NCOs, advise Senior Leaders, and helps Develop Junior Officers
What do Leaders need to Establish and Enforce to ensure their Organizations Meet Mission Requirements?
Sergeant Major, Standards are what Leaders need to Establish and Enforce to ensure their Organizations Meet Mission Requirements
What do Leaders need to ensure their Organization meets Mission Requirements?
Sergeant Major, Leaders need to Know and Enforce Standards
If no Standard Exists, what should happen?
Sergeant Major, The Commander Should Establish One and the next Higher Commander Should Approve it
What does Train as You Will Fight mean?
Sergeant Major, train as you fight Means Training Under an Expected Operational Environment for the Mission
Commanders and other Leaders Should Replicate Cultural Settings as much as possible During Training How can they do that?
Sergeant Major, They should use Role Players or Actual Mission Partners
What Fundamentals must Units at Every Echelon Master in order to Accomplish their Missions?
Sergeant Major, Basic Soldiering, the Warrior Tasks, Battle Drills, Marksmanship, Fitness and MOS Proficiencies are fundamentals Units at Every Echelon must Master in order to Accomplish their Missions
How do Soldiers and Leaders develop Adaptability?
Sergeant Major, Soldiers and Leaders develop Adaptability from Training Under Complex, Changing Conditions, with Minimal Information available to Make Decisions
What Leaders Attribute results from Training Under Complex, Changing Conditions, with Minimal Information Available to Make Decisions?
Sergeant Major, Adaptability is the leader attribute which results from Training Under Complex, Changing Conditions, with Minimal Information Available to Make Decisions
Why must Units Conduct Maintenance?
Sergeant Major, Units conduct maintenance to Ensure Equipment is Serviceable and Available for the Conduct of Training and for Mission Accomplishment
Why should Leaders follow the Principles of Leader Development?
Sergeant Major, Leaders should follow the Principles of Leader Development to Develop Other Leaders
What provides Leaders with enough Fundamental Information to help them Contribute to Unit Collective Capabilities on the Day they Arrive in the Unit?
Sergeant Major, Schools provide Leaders with enough Fundamental Information to help them Contribute to Unit Collective Capabilities on the Day they Arrive in the Unit
When does Most Leader Development Occur?
Sergeant Major, most leader development occurs During Operational Assignments
What happens when a Soldier or Leader makes a Mistake?
Sergeant Major, when a Soldier or Leader makes a Mistake, They Learn from the Mistake
What is considered the Crucible of Leader Development?
Sergeant Major, Operational Assignments is considered the Crucible of Leader Development
What are the Army’s Seven Principles of Leader Development?
Sergeant Major, the Army’s Seven 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
- Train your Leaders to Know their Subordinates and their Families
Which Training Principle prepares Units and Individuals to be Resilient?
Sergeant Major, Train to Sustain is the training principle which prepares Units and Individuals to be Resilient
What is one of the Most Important functions of a Leader?
Sergeant Major, Developing Subordinate Leaders by Training Subordinates to be Successful Tactically and Technically and to be prepared to Assume Positions of Greater Responsibility is one of the most important functions of a leader.
What happens when Leaders in the Unit Create an Environment where Mistakes are Not Tolerated?
Sergeant Major, Soldiers will Not Attempt to Solve Problems on their Own out of Fear of Making Mistakes
How should Mistakes be Handled by Leaders in a Unit?
Sergeant Major, Leaders should Establish an Environment for Subordinates that Allows Subordinate Leaders to make Honest Mistakes Without Prejudice and Remember that they Will Learn more from their Mistakes
Can Soldiers Train on Every Task for Every Condition?
Sergeant Major, No; They Cannot train on Every Task for Every condition, they Should Excel at a Few Tasks and then be able to adapt to New Tasks
What Must Leaders be able to do for Challenging Problems?
Sergeant Major, Leaders Must be able to Analyze Challenging Problems
How many Levels Down should All Leaders Know their Subordinates?
Sergeant Major, leaders must know their subordinates at least Two Levels Down
What should all Leaders Know about their Subordinates Two Levels Down?
Sergeant Major, leaders must know their Strengths, Weaknesses and Capabilities
The Army Trains Leaders to know and help Not only their Subordinates but who else?
Sergeant Major, the Army Trains Leaders to know and help Soldiers’ Families
What is the Primary Focus of a Unit when Not Deployed?
Sergeant Major, Training is the primary focus of a unit, when it’s not deployed.
What Unit Level uses Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) to Develop Unit Training Plans?
Sergeant Major, Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) to Develop Unit Training Plans is used at the Battalion Level and Higher
What does Company Level use to Develop Unit Training Plans?
Sergeant Major, Troop Leading Procedures (TLP’s) are used
What is the Purpose of Unit Training?
Sergeant Major, The Purpose of Unit Training is to Build and Maintain Ready Units to Conduct Unified Land Operations for Combatant Commanders.
What will Good Training do to Soldiers and Leaders Confidence and Abilities?
Sergeant Major, Good Training Gives Soldiers Confidence in their Abilities and the Abilities of their Leaders, Forges Trust, and allows the Unit to Adapt readily to New and Different Missions
What do Leaders use Training Events for?
Sergeant Major, Leaders use training events to Train, Educate, and Give Experience to Subordinates
Who’s Job is it to Coach and Teach, provide Feedback on Performance, Make On-the-Spot Corrections, and Conduct After Action Reviews?
Sergeant Major, its the Leaders Job to Coach and Teach, provide Feedback on Performance, Make On-the-Spot Corrections, and Conduct After Action Reviews
What is the Primary Means for Developing Leaders?
Sergeant Major, Unit Training is the Primary Means for Developing Leaders
What is the definition of a METL?
Sergeant Major, METL is the Doctrinal Framework of Fundamental Tasks for which the Unit was Designed
What does METL stand for?
Sergeant Major, METL stands for Mission Essential Task List
What Unit Level has a Standardized Unit METL?
Sergeant Major, Brigade and Above have standardized METLs
Who Standardized Brigade and Above METL’s?
Sergeant Major, The Department of the Army standardizes METLs for Brigades and Above
What Unit Levels Develop their Own Unit METL’s?
Sergeant Major, Battalions and Companies Develop their Own METL’s to Support their Higher Headquarters
What Drives the Focus of its Training?
Sergeant Major, The Unit’s Mission drives the focus of training.
What type of Approach do Unit Training Plans use that Progressively and Systematically builds on Successful Task performance Before Progressing to More Complex Tasks?
Sergeant Major, the Crawl-Walk-Run Approach for Unit Training Plans that Progressively and Systematically builds on Successful Task performance Before Progressing to More Complex Tasks
How long should Soldiers Train on a Task?
Sergeant Major, Soldiers should train on a task until they Master the Task
What do Subordinates Provide in order to Enable the Commander to Assess the Readiness of a Mission-Essential Task?
Sergeant Major, Subordinates should provide After Actions Reviews (AAR) in order to Enable the Commander to Assess the Readiness of a Mission-Essential Task
What does the Commander use to assess the Unit’s Readiness to conduct its Mission?
Sergeant Major, Commnders us AAR’s, Personal Observations, and Judgment to assess the Unit’s Readiness to conduct its Mission
