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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.

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.

Training Aids

Training management from the eight-step model through the training meeting, plus ranges, risk management, and after action reviews.

Army Training and Leader Development

AR 350-1 is the policy behind Army training: mandatory training requirements, institutional training, and leader development programs. The 1 June 2025 major revision superseded the 10 December 2017 edition, folding in years of Army directives and trimming the common mandatory training list. If you build a training calendar, this is the regulation that constrains it.

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.

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.

The company training meeting

The weekly meeting where planned training becomes resourced, executable training, who attends, and what actually gets decided.

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.

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.

What are the steps of the eight-step training model?

Plan the training, train and certify the trainers, reconnoiter the site, issue the order, rehearse, execute, evaluate the training, and retrain. Skipping steps is how training events fail before they start.

What are the three components of a physical readiness training session?

Preparation, activities, and recovery. Preparation readies the body for the session, activities are the training itself, and recovery brings the Soldier back to a resting state and reduces injury risk.

What are the three principles of physical readiness training?

Precision, progression, and integration. Precision means exercises are performed to standard. Progression means the workload increases in a deliberate, systematic way. Integration means multiple training components are combined in a balanced program.

What are the training proficiency ratings under objective task evaluation?

T for trained, T-minus, P for practiced, P-minus, and U for untrained. The commander assesses the unit against the training and evaluation outline for the task rather than against a subjective impression.

What is the company training meeting and why does it matter?

It is the weekly meeting where the company commander plans and prepares near-term training. It is held on the same day and time each week as part of the unit battle rhythm and attended by the leaders who run the training: the executive officer, first sergeant, platoon leaders, platoon sergeants, and supporting section leaders. It is the center of gravity for unit training management because it is where planned training becomes resourced, executable training.

What publication is the Army's physical readiness training doctrine, and what system does it describe?

FM 7-22, Holistic Health and Fitness. It describes the H2F system and the five readiness domains: physical, nutritional, mental, spiritual, and sleep. FM 7-22 is the training system. ATP 7-22.01 carries the testing procedures.

Doctrine

Every ADP, FM, ATP, and TC that matters, indexed by number and summarized in plain language, with a link to the official file.

Holistic Health and Fitness

FM 7-22 replaced the old physical readiness training manual with the Holistic Health and Fitness system. It covers physical, nutritional, mental, spiritual, and sleep readiness, plus how to build and run a unit physical readiness program. Changes have been issued against it since publication, so download the current file rather than a saved copy.

Holistic Health and Fitness Testing

ATP 7-22.01 carries the administration and evaluation procedures for the Army's fitness tests, including the Army Fitness Test, the Occupational Physical Assessment Test, and the Combat Water Survival Test. The March 2026 edition replaced the October 2020 version. Use it for test administration questions; FM 7-22 remains the training system.

Rifle and Carbine

TC 3-22.9 is the marksmanship publication for the M4- and M16-series weapons: how the weapon works, the functional elements of the shot process, and the training and qualification strategy. The posted file is the May 2016 basic publication incorporating changes 1 through 3, so work from the current file rather than a saved copy.

Risk Management

ATP 5-19 is the Army's risk management techniques publication. It carries the five-step process leaders use to identify hazards, apply controls, and make an informed risk decision. The November 2021 edition supersedes the April 2014 version and is the reference behind every deliberate risk assessment worksheet.

Soldier's Manual of Common Tasks, Warrior Skills, Level 1

STP 21-1-SMCT holds the task summaries for skill level 1 common tasks -- the conditions, standards, and performance steps trainers use to certify a Soldier. It is what a squad leader trains and evaluates against. Higher skill levels are covered in the STP 21-24 series.

Standards of Medical Fitness

AR 40-501 sets the medical fitness standards for accession, retention, and separation, and it is the basis for physical profiles. Leaders use it to understand what a profile means and what it does not. Medical providers own the determinations; leaders own the accommodation and the training plan.

The Noncommissioned Officer Guide

TC 7-22.7 is the NCO guide: the duties, responsibilities, and authority of noncommissioned officers, the NCO support channel, and the expectations at each grade. The August 2025 edition supersedes the January 2020 guide. It is required reading for anyone going before a promotion board.

The Warrior Ethos and Soldier Combat Skills

TC 3-21.75 is the individual Soldier combat skills manual: movement, cover and concealment, individual defensive positions, and the basic field skills every Soldier is expected to have. It pairs naturally with the common task manual for skill level 1 training. It is one of the older publications still carried as active on APD.

Equipment Operator's Qualification Record (Except Aircraft)

The operator qualification record behind a Soldier's military driver license, showing which equipment the operator is trained and licensed on.

Malpractice History and Clinical Privileges Questionnaire

A credentialing form for Army health care providers, not a training or range product; it is listed here because the number is often confused with unit-level forms.

After action reviews

The four steps of an AAR, the four questions it answers, and the difference between a formal and an informal review.

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.

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.

The PRT session and the H2F approach to injury prevention

The three components of a physical readiness training session, the three principles behind it, and why most Army fitness injuries are training design failures.

AAR

After Action Review

AIT

Advanced Individual Training

BCT

Brigade Combat Team

CATS

Combined Arms Training Strategy

CRM

Composite Risk Management

CTC

Combat Training Center

DTMS

Digital Training Management System

FTX

Field Training Exercise

H2F

Holistic Health and Fitness

JRTC

Joint Readiness Training Center

LFX

Live Fire Exercise

MET

Mission Essential Task

METL

Mission Essential Task List

NTC

National Training Center

OC/T

Observer Coach/Trainer

OIC

Officer in Charge

PRT

Physical Readiness Training

PT

Physical Training

RM

Risk Management

SMCT

Soldier's Manual of Common Tasks

STP

Soldier Training Publication

STX

Situational Training Exercise

T&EO

Training and Evaluation Outline

TRADOC

United States Army Training and Doctrine Command

WTBD

Warrior Tasks and Battle Drills

YTB

Yearly Training Brief

Is composite risk management still the correct term, and what worksheet is used today?

No. The Army dropped composite risk management and returned to risk management with the publication of ATP 5-19. The deliberate risk assessment worksheet is DD Form 2977. DA Form 7566, the old composite risk management worksheet, is obsolete.

What are the five steps of risk management?

Identify the hazards, assess the hazards, develop controls and make risk decisions, implement controls, and supervise and evaluate. It is a continuous cycle applied to operations, training, and day-to-day activity.

What are the risk levels used in a risk assessment?

Extremely high, high, moderate, and low. The level determines who has the authority to accept the residual risk, which is why the assessment goes to the right approval level before execution.

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.