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After action reviews
The four steps of an AAR, the four questions it answers, and the difference between a formal and an informal review.
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Building and briefing a training schedule
What has to be on a training schedule, who approves it, and what it means once it is published and locked.
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Mission-essential tasks and proficiency ratings
What a METL is, what a training and evaluation outline gives you, and how the T, P, and U ratings work when the commander reports proficiency.
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Reading an Army publication number
What ADP, FM, ATP, TC, AR, DA PAM, and STP each mean, how the numbers are built, and why the difference between doctrine and policy decides how you cite it.
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Running a range
How a range gets from a request to a closeout, the appointments and controls that have to be in place, and where the actual requirements come from.
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Sergeant's Time Training
Protected time for NCOs to train their Soldiers on individual and small-unit tasks, and what separates real Sergeant's Time from a block of unaccounted hours.
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The company training meeting
The weekly meeting where planned training becomes resourced, executable training, who attends, and what actually gets decided.
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The eight-step training model
The eight steps that take a training event from a line on a calendar to a trained task, and the two steps units skip that guarantee the event fails.
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The training management cycle and the unit training plan
How a unit gets from a mission-essential task list to a training schedule, the three planning horizons, and what a unit training plan actually commits the commander to.