“Training is the Army’s top priority; it prepares us to fight. As leaders, our sacred responsibility is to ensure that no soldier ever dies in combat because that soldier was not properly trained.” NCODP 1 AR SFC COLEMAN

LEADER BOOKS  What is a Leader Book?  What publications discusses Leader Books?  What is a Leader Book used for?  What is a METL and how do we use it to plan training?  Is the Leader Book inspectable? 2

What is a Leader Book? 3 Leaders are responsible for identifying and training essential soldier tasks that support the unit's mission essential collective tasks. To ensure soldiers are trained on their critical tasks, leaders must fully understand the unit's collective tasks and how soldier tasks are planned, trained, and evaluated to support their accomplishment. Because of limited training resources and time, soldiers normally cannot train on and reasonably sustain every task. Therefore, leaders must use the battle focus process to refine the list to mission-related soldier tasks essential to the soldier's duty position and responsibilities. A tool to aid in this process is the leader book.

Publications 4  FM , Battle Focus Training, Appendix B  AR , NCODP

Uses of Leader Books 5 Leaders record in the leader book information addressing administrative data, common tasks, skill qualification assessment, and specific collective tasks which support the unit's METL. They also record personal information that affects soldiers' training performance and that leaders need to know to provide training which meets their soldiers' personal needs. The information recorded is tailored to meet each unit's specific needs.

Uses of Leader Books 6  TRACK TRAINING STATUS Leaders list in the leader book the common tasks found in the Soldier's Manual of Common Tasks that support the METL. They track soldier proficiency on these selected tasks. They may also record the results of Army soldier training requirements, such as marksmanship and APFT. Leaders should record MOS-specific tasks which support the METL and annotate evaluation results. They can quickly identify weaknesses and plan and conduct training to improve proficiency.

SOLDIER’S RANK/NAME SOLDIER PERSONNAL DATA CHART HHB, 31st BDE PROFILE (T OR P) DATE LAST WEAPON QUAL DATE LAST WEIGH-IN BODY FAT % DATE PUT ON WEIGHT CONTROL PROGRAM DATE LAST PT TEST DATE LAST NBC CONF. WEAPON QUAL (M,S,E) PT SCORE MASK INSERTS REQUIRED PLT/SQUAD _______________ Uses of Leader Books 7

8 The leader book should contain only collective tasks and drills required to support the METL. Section, squad, and crew collective tasks and drills are derived from applicable MTPs. Units without a published MTP will have to examine each company METL task, determine which collective tasks and drills support it, and enter those tasks in the leader book. For each task listed in the leader book, soldiers first need to be trained and then evaluated to determine if they can actually perform the task.

ALERT AND PREPARE FOR FULL OR PARTIAL DEPLOYMENT MOVE PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT BY AIR/SEA/RAIL PLATOON COLLECTIVE TASK PLATOON: PLATOON LEADER: PLATOON SERGEANT: METL TASK COLLECTIVE TASK CDRs RATING  CONDUCT ALERT AND RECALL  ENSURE WEAPONS QUALIFICATION OF ALL PERSONNEL  CONDUCT ALERT AND RECALL  ENSURE WEAPONS QUALIFICATION OF ALL PERSONNEL  ENSURE NBC QUALIFICATION OF ALL PERSONNEL  ENSURE LICENSING OF ALL PERSONNEL  COMPLETE PDP REQUIREMENTS  CONDUCT CTA-50 INVENTORY AND REPORT SHORTAGES  REPORT MTOE SHORTAGES  EMPLOY INFORMATION SECURITY MEASURES  EMPLOY PHYSICAL SECURITY MEASURES  DEVELOP/MAINTAIN MOVEMENT PLANS  UPLOAD EQUIPMENT IAW LOAD PLANS  PROVIDE COMMAND AND CONTROL FOR A PATRIOT BATTERY  SUBMIT REQUIRED TACTICAL REPORTS  PERFORM UNIT LEVEL MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS  COMBAT BATTLEFIELD STRESS  EMPLOY INFORMATION SECURITY MEASURES  UPLOAD EQUIPMENT IAW LOAD PLANS  IDENTIFY BLOCKING, BRACING, AND TIE DOWN EQUIP.  PALLETIZE EQUIPMENT  ESTABLISH MARSHALING AREA  PERFORM MARCH ORDER PLR/PSG RATING Uses of Leader Books 9

10 Leaders may perform either a formal or an informal evaluation; however, they should always adhere to the performance standards contained in the appropriate soldier's manual, the Soldier's Manual for Common Tasks, and applicable MTPs. Once the leader determines the proficiency of a squad, team, crew, or soldier, he should record the date of the evaluation as go/no-go opposite the task.

SHEET _______ OF _______ STATUS GO NO GO TASK NUMBER AND SHORT TITLE SOLDIER’S NAME SOLDIER TRAINING TRACKER (COMMON TASK SKILL LEVEL 1) STATUS GO NO GO HHB, 31st BDE DA FORM 5165-R STATUS GO NO GO STATUS GO NO GO STATUS GO NO GO STATUS GO NO GO STATUS GO NO GO NAME: RANK: MOS: REMARKS: NAME: RANK: MOS: REMARKS: NAME: RANK: MOS: REMARKS: NAME: RANK: MOS: REMARKS: NAME: RANK: MOS: REMARKS: NAME: RANK: MOS: REMARKS: NAME: RANK: MOS: REMARKS: Report Information Of Potential Intelligence Value Perform Voice Communications SEE COMMUNICATE Identify Topographic Symbols On A Military Map NAVIGATE Identify Terrain Features On A Military Map Determine Grid Coord. f A Point On A Military Map Determine A Magnetic. Az Using A Lensatic Compass Uses of Leader Books 11

Uses of Leader Books 12  PROVIDE INPUT TO THE CHAIN OF COMMAND A leader may use information in the leader book to provide input on his unit during daily "huddles" and company training meetings. For example, if three of five squad members cannot perform "Practice Preventive Medicine" to standard, the squad leader may want to train this task during the next available training period. Some units devote blocks of time for soldier training. In such units, the leader book is an excellent tool to determine what tasks to train during those periods.

Uses of Leader Books 13 SGT’S TIME TRAINING PLANNING MATRIX BY SQUAD SQUAD/SECTION: SQUAD LEADER: T-WEEK/ DATE TASK TO BE TRAINED REF TRAINER/ LOCATION SUPPORTS COLLECTIVE TASK / RATING W-

Uses of Leader Books 14  CONDUCT SOLDIER PERFORMANCE COUNSELING Leaders may use the information in the leader book during soldier performance counseling to quickly identify the tasks or group of tasks soldiers are having difficulty mastering. This helps the leader decide what to tell each soldier about how to improve his performance. For example, leaders can use this information in conjunction with DA Form , Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Report (NCO-ER), to provide specific bullet examples for parts III, IV, and V.

Uses of Leader Books 15 Demonstrated performance determines training effectiveness. The leader book is a handy record of how well soldiers and elements have performed tasks. For example, when a platoon leader or platoon sergeant and a squad leader are discussing the training proficiency of the squad or soldiers in the squad, they should have the book available as a reference. The leader book helps them determine which tasks need to be trained.

31 st Brigade’s Leader Book Creed of the Non-commissioned Officer Unit METL/Collective Task Army Values Soldier Training Tracker Code of ConductTraining Schedule Chain of Command/NCO Support ChannelPromotions Privacy ActWeapons/Equipment density List PSG quick reference sheetsRisk Assessment Daily statusUCMJ Soldier Personal Data ChartsPhysical Training Soldier Personal Data SheetLineage and Honors Counseling Packing List Check Ride ProgramRecall Roster Misc. Data 16

Mission Essential Task List 17  Derived from the organization’s wartime mission  Applies to the entire organization  Supports higher headquarters METL  Availability of resources not considered  Involve subordinate commanders and key NCOs in METL development to promote organizational battle focus  CSM and senior NCOs develop individual task lists for each mission essential task  Brigade staffs develop staff METLs which are approved by the brigade commander.

18 When no MTP exists, leaders may develop task lists using the following sources: Table of organization and equipment (TO&E). General defense plan (GDP). Tactical standing operating procedures (TSOPs). Technical manuals (TMs). Readiness standing operating procedures (RSOPs). METL Development

19 The commander assigns primary responsibility to officers for collective training and to noncommissioned officers (NCOs) for soldier training. NCOs also have responsibility to train sections, squads, teams, and crews. Critical to the battle focus concept is understanding the linkage between the collective mission essential tasks and the leader and soldier tasks which support them. The CSM and NCO leaders must select specific soldier tasks that support each collective task to be focused on during training. NCOs are primarily responsible for training soldier tasks. Leaders at every level remain responsible for training to established standards during soldier, leader and unit training. Collective Task

20 High Pay Off Task  When one or more soldier/collective task supports more than one collective/METL task. Collective/Soldier Task

21 METL Flow Chart Battery METL Modernize the Brigade Conduct AMD Ops in a Joint and Combined Environment Conduct Force Protection Operations Conduct Sustainment Operations Platoon Collective Task Provide Digital C2 Execute Strategic Deployment Establish and operate a battery TOC Establish and operate the battery commo net Leader/Soldier Task Perform voice communications Report casualties Use an ANCD Select temporary fighting positions SUPPORTS DETERMINES

22 METL tasks are assessed by the commander using;  “T”trained  “P”needs practice  “U”untrained Collective tasks are assessed by the Platoon Leader and Platoon Sergeant using the same grading method. Leader/Soldier tasks are assessed by the Squad Leader and Platoon Sergeant using the “GO”/”NOGO” grading method. Training Assessment

The leader book should not be inspected. However, the leader book should be reviewed periodically to insure that leaders are tracking soldier performance. Leaders need to refer to it when talking about the proficiency of their soldiers and units. The CSM and lSGs must teach and mentor NCOs on the importance and use of the leader book. This should be done as a part of leader development. Is the Leader Book inspectable? 23

In Conclusion 24 The Army exists to deter war or, if deterrence fails, to fight and win in combat. For deterrence to be effective, our enemies must know that the Army can mobilize, deploy, fight, and sustain combat operations. Effective training molds human and material resources into cohesive, combat-ready units. QUESTIONS?