- Acronym
METL
Mission Essential Task List
- Board question
What is a METL and what is a T and EO?
A METL is a mission-essential task list, the tasks a unit must be able to perform to accomplish what it was designed to do. A training and evaluation outline, or T and EO, is the standard for a specific task: the conditions, the standard, and the performance measures a leader uses to evaluate it. The T and EO is the starting point for any honest proficiency assessment.
- ADP 7-0Publication
Training
ADP 7-0 is the Army's doctrine for training Soldiers and units. It carries the principles of training that leaders apply when they build and defend a training plan. The April 2024 edition supersedes the July 2019 version; FM 7-0 carries the procedures.
- FM 7-0Publication
Training
FM 7-0 is the unit training management manual: how leaders plan, prepare, execute, and assess training and how they report proficiency. The June 2021 edition re-established the training management cycle as the framework and supersedes the October 2016 version. It is the working companion to ADP 7-0.
- Reference
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.
- Reference
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.