Deck 2

Question 1

What is a Mission-Essential Task (MET)?

Answer 1

MET is a collective task on which an organization trains to be proficient in its designed capabilities or assigned mission.

Question 2

What is a Mission-Essential Task List (METL)?

Answer 2

METL is a tailored group of mission essential tasks.

Question 3

What is a Battle Task?

Answer 3

A Battle Task is a platoon or lower echelon collective task that is crucial to the successful accomplishment of a Company, Battalion, or Group mission essential task.

Question 4

What inputs are used to create an ODAs Battle Task List? HHOTGWEM

Answer 4

Higher Echelon METL / AMETL
Higher CDR’s Training Guidance
ODB METL
Training Requirements
GCC OPLANS & CONPLANS
War Plans
External Directives
Mission Planning & Analysis

Question 5

What are the Three Task Proficiencies?

Answer 5

T (Fully Trained): Complete Task Proficiency
P (Practiced): Basic Task Proficiency
U (Untrained): Cannot Perform the Task

Question 6

What is the Training and Evaluation Outline (T&EO)?

Answer 6

Summary document that provides performance and proficiency standards for individuals and collective tasks.
Describes the performance required of a unit under the conditions of the training environment
T&EO consists of the major procedures (steps or actions) an individual or unit must accomplish to perform a task to standard

Question 7

Who uses the Objective Task Evaluation Criteria Matrix and for what?

Answer 7

Trainers use it to prepare and practice task execution

Evaluators use it to observe and evaluate task performance

Commanders use it to assess collective task proficiency as part of the feedback

Question 8

What are the three parts of the Objective Task Evaluation Criteria Matrix?

Answer 8

Plan and Prepare, Execute, and Evaluate.

Question 9

What is Command Training Guidance? (FM 7-0)

Answer 9

Commanders provide clear and concise guidance on what is trained, when it is trained, who is trained, and why – task and purpose. Prioritizing training acknowledges that units cannot achieve or sustain trained proficiency on every task simultaneously.

Question 10

What are the three phases of the ARSOF Readiness Model (ARM)?

Answer 10

Phase I Reset: Individual Readiness / Taskings
Phase II Trained / Ready: Collective Training
Phase III Available: Employment