army dlc 2
DLC II study topics for Sergeants and Staff Sergeant selects, answered from the public doctrine the course teaches: Army leadership and the profession (ADP 6-22), the counseling process (ATP 6-22.1, 2024), risk management (ATP 5-19), and training management (ADP 7-0, 2024).
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01Per ADP 6-22, how is leadership defined?
Influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission and improve the organization.
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“Leadership is the activity of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to accomplish the mission and improve the organization”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 29 ↗02Per ADP 6-22, who is an Army leader?
Anyone who, by assumed role or assigned responsibility, inspires and influences people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation.
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“An Army leader is anyone who by virtue of assumed role or assigned responsibility inspires and influences people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 29 ↗03ADP 6-22 defines the Army profession as a trusted vocation whose collective expertise is what?
The ethical design, generation, support, and application of landpower, serving under civilian authority.
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“A trusted vocation of Soldiers and Army civilians whose collective expertise is the ethical design, generation, support, and application of landpower; serving under civilian authority”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 15 ↗04What is the Army Ethic?
The set of enduring moral principles, values, beliefs, and laws that guide the Army profession and create the culture of trust.
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“The Army ethic is the set of enduring moral principles, values, beliefs, and laws that guide the Army profession and create the culture of trust essential to Army professionals”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 22 ↗05Which three leader attributes enable leaders to perform the core leader competencies with greater effect?
Character, presence, and intellect.
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“Strong character, solid presence, and keen intellect enable individuals to perform the core leader competencies with greater effect”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 32 ↗06What are the three core leader competencies the Army expects leaders to do?
Lead, develop, and achieve.
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“The core leader competencies are actions that the Army expects leaders to do: lead, develop, and achieve”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 32 ↗07Which level of leadership is face-to-face or first-line, as in teams, squads, sections, and platoons?
Direct leadership.
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“Direct leadership is face- to-face or first-line leadership that generally occurs in organizations where subordinates see their leaders all the time”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 38 ↗08Organizational leaders exercise leadership mainly through whom?
Through subordinate leaders responsible for the organizations that make up the larger organization.
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“Organizational leaders exercise leadership through subordinate leaders responsible for leading the various organizations that make up the larger organization”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 39 ↗09Which level of leadership guides and integrates multiple organizational-level units?
Strategic leadership.
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“Strategic leadership guides and integrates multiple organizational level units that perform a wide range”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 39 ↗10Per ADP 6-22, trust has a direct relationship on what?
The time and resources required to accomplish the mission.
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“Trust has a direct relationship on the time and resources required to accomplish the mission”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 19 ↗11In the leadership requirements model, what does character consist of?
The moral and ethical qualities of an individual, revealed through their decisions and actions.
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“Character consists of the moral and ethical qualities of an individual revealed through their decisions and actions”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 41 ↗12How does ADP 6-22 define the attribute of presence?
Characteristics open to display by the leader and open to viewing by others.
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“Presence: characteristics open to display by the leader and open to viewing by others”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 32 ↗13How does ADP 6-22 define the attribute of intellect?
The mental and social abilities the leader applies while leading.
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“Intellect: the mental and social abilities the leader applies while leading”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 32 ↗14What is counterproductive leadership?
Leader behavior that violates one or more core leader competencies or Army Values, preventing a climate conducive to mission accomplishment.
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“Counterproductive leadership is the demonstration of leader behaviors that violate one or more of the Army's core leader competencies or Army Values”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 105 ↗15Which influence technique uses explicit demands, such as deadlines and stated negative consequences, to get compliance?
Pressure.
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“Pressure occurs when leaders use explicit demands to achieve compliance, such as establishing deadlines for the completion of tasks and communicating negative consequences for those not met”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 65 ↗16As cited in ADP 6-22, what is mission command?
The Army's approach to command and control that empowers subordinate decision making and decentralized execution appropriate to the situation.
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“Mission command is the Army's approach to command and control that empowers subordinate decision making and decentralized execution appropriate to the situation”
— ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession (31 July 2019, incl. Change 2, 6 February 2025), PDF p. 30 ↗17Per ATP 6-22.1, what is counseling?
The process leaders use to guide subordinates to improve performance and develop potential.
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“Counseling is the process leaders use to guide subordinates to improve performance and develop potential”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 27 ↗18What are the three major categories of developmental counseling?
Performance counseling, professional growth counseling, and event counseling.
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“The three major categories of developmental counseling are: •Performance counseling. •Professional growth counseling. •Event counseling”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 29 ↗19Which type of counseling reviews a subordinate's duty performance during a specified period?
Performance counseling.
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“Performance counseling is the review of a subordinate's duty performance during a specified period”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 29 ↗20In performance counseling, who establishes the objectives and standards for the next period?
The leader and the subordinate, jointly.
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“The leader and the subordinate jointly establish performance objectives and clear standards for the next counseling period”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 30 ↗21Which type of counseling includes planning for individual and professional goals?
Professional growth counseling.
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“Professional growth counseling includes planning for the accomplishment of individual and professional goals”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 30 ↗22In professional growth counseling, what may leader and subordinate develop together?
A pathway to success with short- and long-term goals and objectives.
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“the leader and subordinate may choose to develop a pathway to success with short - and long -term goals and objectives”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 30 ↗23Counseling a Soldier before a promotion board, a course, parenthood, or deployment is which type?
Event-oriented counseling, which involves a specific event or situation.
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“It may precede events such as participating in promotion boards, attending training courses, preparing for parenthood, or preparing for deployment or redeployment”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 30 ↗24Per ATP 6-22.1, which Army counseling approach is preferred for most sessions?
The nondirective approach, where leaders use experience, insight, and judgment to help subordinates develop solutions.
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“The nondirective approach is preferred for most counseling sessions. Leaders use their experiences, insight, and judgment to help subordinates develop solutions”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 35 ↗25Which counseling approach works best for on-the-spot corrections and simple problems?
The directive approach; the leader directs a course of action for the subordinate.
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“The directive approach works best to make on -the-spot corrections, correct simple problems, or correct aspects of duty performance. The leader using this approach directs a course of action for the subordinate”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 35 ↗26Which counseling approach uses techniques from both directive and nondirective approaches?
The combined approach.
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“In the combined approach, the leader uses techniques from both the directive and nondirective approaches”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 36 ↗27What are the four stages of the counseling process?
Identify the need for counseling, prepare for counseling, conduct the counseling session, and follow up.
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“Effective Army leaders use a four -stage counseling process: •Identify the need for counseling. •Prepare for counseling.•Conduct the counseling session. •Follow -up”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 33 ↗28What is active listening?
A communication skill in which the listener engages fully with the speaker.
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“Active listening is a communication skill in which the listener engages fully with the speaker”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 16 ↗29What do a counselor's verbal responses include?
Questioning, summarizing, interpreting, and clarifying the subordinate's message.
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“Verbal responses include questioning, summarizing, interpreting, and clarifying the subordinate's message”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 18 ↗30What kind of questions should leaders ask to get a subordinate to think deeper about a situation?
Open-ended questions.
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“Leaders should ask open -ended questions to obtain information or to get the subordinate to think deeper about a particular situation”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 18 ↗31Which form is typically used to document a counseling session?
DA Form 4856.
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“DA Form 4856 is typically used to document a counseling session”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 40 ↗32Name counseling errors competent leaders avoid.
Rash judgments, stereotyping, losing emotional control, inflexible counseling methods, and improper follow-up.
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“Competent leaders avoid rash judgments, stereotyping, losing emotional control, inflexible counseling methods, or improper follow -up”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 33 ↗33Which counselor behaviors interfere with effective counseling?
Talking too much, giving unnecessary or inappropriate advice, not truly listening, and projecting biases and prejudices.
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“Dominating the session by talking too much, giving unnecessary or inappropriate advice, not truly listening, and projecting biases and prejudices all interfere with effective counseling”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 33 ↗34When does referral counseling occur?
When the issues are beyond the leader's capability or expertise.
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“Referral counseling occurs when issues are beyond the subordinate's leader's capability or expertise”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 31 ↗35How does ATP 6-22.1 define mentorship?
A voluntary developmental relationship between a person of greater experience and one of lesser experience, built on mutual trust and respect.
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“Mentorship is the voluntary developmental relationship that exists between a person of greater experience and a person of lesser experience that is characterized by mutual trust and respect”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 27 ↗36Per ATP 6-22.1, coaching is a development technique used for what?
A skill, task, or specific behavior.
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“Coaching is development technique used for a skill, task or specific behavior”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 27 ↗37What is the individual development plan (IDP) form designed to record?
Development goals, objectives, and outcomes, and strengths to build upon.
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“The IDP form is a document designed to record development goals, objectives, and outcomes, clarify the leader's development opportunity, and identify strengths to build upon”
— ATP 6-22.1, The Counseling Process (13 February 2024), PDF p. 64 ↗38What is risk management?
The process to identify, assess, and control risks and make decisions that balance risk cost with mission benefits.
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“Risk management is the process to identify, assess, and control risks and make decisions that balance risk cost with mission benefits”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 11 ↗39Per ATP 5-19, what is a hazard?
A condition with the potential to cause injury, illness, or death, damage to or loss of equipment or property, or mission degradation.
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“A hazard is a condition with the potential to cause injury, illness , or death of personnel; damage to or loss of equipment or property; or mission degradation”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 14 ↗40Per ATP 5-19 (2021), what are the five steps of the RM process?
Identify the hazards, assess the hazards, develop controls and make risk decisions, implement controls, and supervise and evaluate.
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“The five steps of RM—identify the hazards, assess the hazards, develop controls and make risk decisions, implement controls, and supervise and evaluate”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 7 ↗41Name the four principles of risk management.
Integrate RM into all phases, make risk decisions at the appropriate level, accept no unnecessary risk, and apply RM cyclically and continuously.
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“Accept no unnecessary risk. Apply RM cyclically and continuously”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 11 ↗42Which risk level means expected loss of ability to accomplish the mission if exposure occurs?
Extremely high risk.
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“Extremely high risk refers to expected loss of ability to accomplis h the mission if exposure occurs during operations”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 19 ↗43Which risk level means significant degradation of mission capabilities or inability to complete the mission to standard?
High risk.
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“High risk refers to significant degradation of mission capabilit ies in terms of the necessary standard”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 20 ↗44Which risk level means expected degraded mission capabilities and reduced mission capability?
Medium risk.
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“Medium risk refers to the expectation of degraded mission capabilities in terms of the necessary standard and reduced mission capability”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 20 ↗45Which risk level means expected losses with little or no impact on accomplishing the mission?
Low risk.
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“Low risk refers to expected losses that would have little or no impact on accomplishing the mission”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 20 ↗46What are the five probability categories used in risk management?
Frequent, likely, occasional, seldom, and unlikely.
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“probability is the likelihood an event will occur; it is assessed as frequent, likely, occasional, seldom, or unlikely”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 16 ↗47What are the four severity categories used in risk management?
Catastrophic, critical, moderate, and negligible.
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“it is assessed as catastrophic, critical, moderate, or negligible”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 16 ↗48A harmful occurrence known to happen continuously, regularly, or inevitably is assessed at what probability?
Frequent.
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“Probability is assessed as frequent if a harmful occurrence is known to happen continuously, regularly, or inevitably because of exposure”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 17 ↗49Barriers, guards, and warning signs are which type of risk control?
Physical controls.
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“Physical controls take the form of barriers and guards or signs to warn individuals, units, or organizations that a hazard exists”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 21 ↗50Which type of risk control is based on the knowledge and skills of units or individuals?
Educational controls.
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“Educational controls are based on the knowledge and skills of units, organizations, or individuals”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 21 ↗51Who is the risk acceptance authority and has overall responsibility for RM integration?
The commander.
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“The commander has overall responsibility for RM integration and is the risk acceptance authority”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 8 ↗52What is the Army's standard form for a deliberate risk assessment?
DD Form 2977.
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“DD Form 2977 is the Army's standard form for deliberate risk assessment”
— ATP 5-19, Risk Management (9 November 2021, supersedes 14 April 2014), PDF p. 61 ↗53Per ADP 7-0, how many principles of training does the Army have?
Nine.
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“The Army 's nine principles of training guide how Army leaders implement ef fective and disciplined training”
— ADP 7-0, Training (April 2024), PDF p. 17 ↗54Per ADP 7-0, who is responsible and accountable for the training and performance of units?
Commanders at every echelon.
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“Commanders at every echelon are responsible and accountable for the training and performance of their units”
— ADP 7-0, Training (April 2024), PDF p. 17 ↗55Per ADP 7-0, who ensures Soldiers meet and sustain individual proficiency standards?
Unit noncommissioned officers (NCOs).
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“Unit noncommissioned officers (NCOs) ensure Soldiers meet and sustain individual proficiency standards”
— ADP 7-0, Training (April 2024), PDF p. 10 ↗56What is training management?
The process commanders use to prioritize, plan, and identify the resources needed to conduct training.
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“Training management is the process commanders us e to prioritize, plan, and identify the resources needed to conduct training”
— ADP 7-0, Training (April 2024), PDF p. 21 ↗57What are the steps of the training management cycle?
Prioritizing, assessing, planning and preparing, executing, and evaluating training.
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“The training management cycle is a continuous pr ocess of prioritizing, assessing, planning and preparing, executing, and evaluati ng training”
— ADP 7-0, Training (April 2024), PDF p. 21 ↗58Per ADP 7-0 (2024), what are the collective task proficiency ratings?
Trained (T), Practiced (P), and Untrained (U).
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“xPracticed: P . xUntrained: U”
— ADP 7-0, Training (April 2024), PDF p. 10 ↗59How is individual task proficiency measured?
GO/NO-GO, as specified by the task's training and evaluation outline (T&EO).
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“Individual task proficiency is measur ed as GO/NO-GO as specified by i ndividual task training and evaluation outlines”
— ADP 7-0, Training (April 2024), PDF p. 10 ↗60What training technique trains more than one echelon at the same time on different or complementary tasks?
Multiechelon training.
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“Multiechelon training is a training technique that allows for th e simultaneous training of more than one echelon on different or complementary tasks”
— ADP 7-0, Training (April 2024), PDF p. 10 ↗61What is a battle task?
A platoon or lower collective task crucial to accomplishing a company, battery, or troop mission-essential task.
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“A battle task is a platoon or lower echelon collective task that is crucial to the successful accomplishment of a company, battery, or troop mission-essential task”
— ADP 7-0, Training (April 2024), PDF p. 11 ↗62How often do companies conduct training meetings?
Weekly.
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“At the company level, units conduct training meetings weekly”
— ADP 7-0, Training (April 2024), PDF p. 23 ↗63How often are training briefings conducted to review subordinate unit training progress?
Quarterly and semi-annually.
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“Training briefings are conducted quarterly and semi-annually to review subordinate unit training progress”
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