Design of a Small Unit Drill Training System
Abstract
Combat readiness is critically dependent on unit training programs which units have difficulty in constructing and executing in a straight-forward, efficient manner. Cutbacks in TRADOC resources for resident institutional training have placed a heavy individual-soldier-training load on units, whereas units traditionally have concentrated on collective training which builds on those individual skills imparted at the schools and training centers. Furthermore, the collective-training load in units has itself effectively grown through adoption of the relatively unstructured Army Training and Evaluation Program (ARTEP), with its many mission- and task-training requirements, in place of the highly structured step-by-step Army training Programs. And all the while, the time available to prepare for and conduct training in units has effectively shrunk for a variety of reasons. This paper first depicts the major problems confronting combat unit training, and then describes a significant unit training innovation recently designed by ARI.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 18, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA117423
Entities
People
- G. David Hardy Jr.
- Jack H. Hiller
- Larry L. Meliza