The Joint Readiness Training Center

The United States military is downsizing, becoming a more fit and agile military. Due to this action the Army has come up with a program to place Soldiers in a field that they can perform at their maximum capacity physically and mentally. This program is called Soldier 2020, it is in its final testing stages even though parts of this program have already been integrated into TRADOC.

During the latter part of FY16 and the beginning of FY17, the EEOCA cadre successfully conducted three Institutional Army Warfighter Assessments (IAWAs) designed to test the validity of the proposed curriculum. Substantive changes were instituted throughout the IAWA process and the finished version of POI 16.0 is pending approval and validation. Since the IAWA process, there has been a graduate rate of 64% and a total of 270 Soldiers will be trained during FY17. The desired outcome is a course that better meets the needs of all components, reduces resources, and trains the critical tasks to

JROTC Program has changed greatly over the years. The only purpose that was once looked up was the study of ethics, citizenship, communications, and life skills and last but not least leadership. From just having 6 units in 1916 to now having over 1645 units in schools today and having more than 281,000 cadets. The Cadet Command is comprised of eight brigades, each brigade is responsible for a geographical and/or functional area. 1st Brigade, headquartered at Fort Knox, Kentucky, is responsible for Army ROTC battalions at military colleges. The brigade is also responsible for planning and carrying out the Leader's Training Course and Leader Development and Assessment Course. 2nd Brigade, headquartered at Fort

The training not only provides the Troopers to practice perishable skills, but also allows them to develop as individuals.

f. Will additional emphasis be place on joint training events such as Exercise JADE HELM to expand ARSOF capabilities? If so, will more opportunities for this type of training be afforded to SF Groups? g. What new professional military education (PME) initiatives or opportunities are being developed for 180As? h.

The United States military is becoming more diverse. This includes its own ranks. Not only is there joint operations within the U.S. military’s own units and branches, but now it is a globalized world. The military must learn to work with other foreign forces and other government agencies. With this leaders must be able to work with all these entities. One way to do this is the use of Mission Command.

People fill their summers with vacations at all-inclusive resorts, road trips or afternoons at the park. That’s true for many Soldiers as well. However, for nearly 200 Soldiers in the 364th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), they also fit in more than 14 days of tough and realistic annual training at the Combat Support Training Exercise 86-15-03 this year at Ft. McCoy, Wis.

The 201st Regiment (MF) Regional Training Institute (RTI) Staff and Faculty understand that coordination with the facility manager does not constitute a final approval. Coordination assures the RTI Commander that the facility manager can support this request. Further, staff and faculty will not start conducting any use of this facility until the organization receives approval from the G-3 Deputy Commander and Troop Command Commander.

During a major exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment, I was tasked to lead the Joint Task Force Operation Center. The exercise requires the integration of many parties who are not part of the same countries (or even a team). As the facilitator, I knew I had to go about this by wearing my creative worker hat to make this a successful exercises. Therefore, being the person that will bring this all together, I knew I must exercise leadership in a highly ambiguous context. The exercise did not have no clear yardstick for how the mission should perform and there are were no clear rules for who gets to control the output. With that being said, I became that effective leader by creating a share purpose in these ambiguous circumstances

The Phoenix Battalion planned, organized, and conducted a realistic and dynamic Active Shooter exercise that encompassed all facets emergency and first responders on Fort Leonard Wood. The exercise is a semi-annual event geared towards Protecting the Force through improved cooperation and communication between all agencies. HHD and Battalion staff facilitated the event, with the responding MPs coming from the 988th MP CO along with the SRT, EOD, CID and FLW Department of Emergency Services. Also, The 463rd "Solid Warriors" continued to forge the future through their support of NTC 15-10. CPT Michael Howard returned from NTC this week after watching his Soldiers in action performing duties as OPFOR and OC/Ts ISO 984th Military Police Company.

Hoping that everything is going great at your end. I would like to seek guidance in order to facilitate information to our commander. Currently our Battalion Commander is evaluating and reviewing the Task and Performance/METL for each courses, in order to provide an accurate information to improve the facilitation of training. I will appreciate all the guidance that could be provided in this matter and the Task and Performance/ METL that have been developed for 11B10, 11B2,3,4 and 11B30

For the past two years the Training and Doctrine Command has been attempting extended basic combat training, to build a stronger more disciplined soldier. As the Army continues to grow and change with its complex operational environment, our soldiers and training habits have to adapt with them.

During Phase I of the course, leaders are trained on common core skills and leader development, with emphasis on Army Writing leadership, physical fitness, property accountability, NCOER's equal opportunity, train the force, and risk management. As the course progresses, it focuses on training skill level 3 enlisted personnel to supervise shop operations and diagnose wheeled vehicles and material handling equipment. In addition, this course centered on senior wheeled vehicle mechanic and maintenance supervisor skills and duty positions. Training focused on enhanced skills in leadership, communication and logistics management, practical and classroom exercises, discussions, presentations and lectures. Topics include Ordnance history, stress

After the training is complete, that Soldier will be shipped to his Unit (company). The company rank structure is as follows: Company Commander in the rank of a Captain, the Company Commander will have an adviser that is called the Company First Sergeant in the rank of a Master Sergeant (E-8). Along with the two most ranking persons in the company, they will have an Executive Officer in the rank of First Lieutenant (XO for short). The three most ranking persons in the company come up with the standard operating procedures and pass out any directions or tasks that need to be completed. They have a control span of usually three platoons of 40 Soldiers. Sometimes in an Infantry Company, there will be four platoons as outlined in (Morrow, J. (2007). The Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad. (FM 3-21.8 (FM7-8)).

As a Department of the Army Civilian, I work within the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security under the umbrella of the Training Support Center at Ft Campbell, KY. I perform my primary duties as a UH60 Blackhawk A/L/M Helicopter Flight Simulator Training Instructor. As a Training Instructor (in a FORSCOM Regional Training Facility) I instruct and train Army, National Guard, and Reserve Aviators on a regular basis; based on Army Training Principles. I am responsible to independently plan and manage each training period in which I am tasked in a timely and efficient manner as to maximize available training time and resources, while providing the highest quality of instruction and produce measurable quantitative results. For