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07/10/2008

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Army Field Manual is called "Training The Force"?
Definition
FM 7-0
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What is meant by performance oriented training?
Definition
The soldiers learn best by hands on
Term
What is the Army’s number one priority?
Definition
Training
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The Army Time Management System is composed of what three phases?
Definition
Green - Training focus primarily on collective tasks with individual and leader tasks integrated during multi-echelon training.
Amber - Small unit, crew, leader and individual soldier training emphasized.
Red - Sub-organizations take advantage of all training opportunities to conduct individual, leader, and crew training.
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Training is ______ we do, not ___________ we do.
Definition
What, Something
Term
What is training?
Definition
Training is the instruction of personnel to increase their capacity to perform specific military functions and associated individual collective tasks.
Term
What is the OPTEMPO of an organization?
Definition
The annual operating miles or hours for the major equipment system in a battalion-level or equivalent organization. Commanders use OPTEMPO to forecast and allocate funds for fuel and repair parts for training events and programs.
Term
What are the types of evaluations and their differences?
Definition
Informal – when a leader conducts training with his unit or when a leader visits ongoing training. This type provides real time feedback on the training environment and the proficiency resulting from training.
Formal – are resourced with dedicated evaluators and are generally scheduled in the long-range or short-range training plans. To the maximum extent, headquarters two echelons higher conduct formal external evaluations.
Internal – are planned, resourced, and conducted by the organization undergoing the evaluation.
External – are planned, resourced , and conducted by a headquarters at an echelon higher in the chain of command than the organization undergoing the evaluation or a headquarters outside the chain of command.
Any Combination of the above listed evaluation types.
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What does realistic training inspire?
Definition
It builds competence and confidence by developing and honing skills, and inspires excellence by fostering initiative, enthusiasm, and eagerness to learn.
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An AAR is not called what?
Definition
Critique
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What is the goal of combat level training?
Definition
To achieve combat level standards
Term
What are the three types of training plans?
Definition
Long-range
Short-range
Near-term
Term
Who is responsible for maintaining all assigned equipment in a high state of readiness in support of training or combat employment?
Definition
Soldiers and leaders.
Term
What does evaluation of training measure?
Definition
It measures the demonstrated ability of soldiers, commanders, leaders, battle staffs, and units against the Army standard.
Term
What is battle focus and what does it do?
Definition
Battle focus is a concept used to derive peacetime training requirements assigned and anticipated missions. Battle focus guides the planning, preparation, execution and assessment of each organization’s training program to ensure its members train as they are going to fight.
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What does realistic training require?
Definition
It requires organizations to train the way they will fight or support within all dimensions of the battlefield/space.
Term
What does AAR stand for and what does it provide?
Definition
After Action Review. An AAR provides feedback to units by involving participants in the training diagnostic process in order to increase and reinforce learning. The AAR leader guides participants in identifying deficiencies and seeking solutions.
Term
What does the term METL stand for?
Definition
Mission Essential Task List
Term
What are the codes used to rate task proficiency?
Definition
"T" = trained
"P" = needs practice
"U" = untrained
Term
What does MILES stand for?
Definition
Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System
Term
In regards to preparation for training, what do pre-execution checks cover?
Definition
Pre-execution checks are preliminary actions commanders and trainers use to identify responsibility for selecting tasks to be trained, planning the conduct of the training, training the trainers, reconnaissance of the training site, issuing the training execution plan, and conducting rehearsals along other training support tasks.
Term
What are the four parts that the AAR consists of?
Definition
Review what was supposed to happen. (Training Plans)
Establish what happened.
Determine what was right or wrong with what happened.
Determine how the task should be done differently the next time.
Term
Evaluation can be done in what ways?
Definition
Informal
Formal
Internal
External
A Combination of the above
Term
What does well-structured training contain?
Definition
It contains a mixture of initial and sustainment training.
Term
What is ITEP?
Definition
Individual Training Evaluation Program
Term
What is the one purpose of Army Training?
Definition
To produce competent, confident, and adaptive soldiers, leaders and units, trained and ready to fight and win our nation’s battles. Training is the Army’s number one priority. Training is WHAT we do, not SOMETHING we do.
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What is the definition of METL?
Definition
A compilation of collective mission essential tasks an organization must perform successfully to accomplish its wartime mission(s).
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