2003 US Army BRADLEY GUNNERY 503p.pdf - Survival Books

FM 3-22.1Section III. DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING PROGRAMThe Bradley crew's strength comes from the skill, courage, and discipline of theindividual soldiers. Teamwork and cohesion enhance individual capabilities. To succeedin close combat, the Bradley crew must have this cohesion. The crew-training programfocuses on developing tough, combat-ready platoons. Bradley crew members must havethe skill and the will--not just to participate in the close fight, but to dominate it.3-8. BATTLE FOCUSBattle focus is a concept for deriving peacetime training requirements from wartimemissions. Battle focus guides the planning, execution, and assessment of each unit'straining program. This is to ensure that its members train as they fight. The battle-focusprocess is about the same for AC and RC units (both MTOE and TDA). FM 7-0 andFM 7-1 explain how to plan, resource, and execute training events. This manual providesthe tactics, techniques, procedures, and standards to evaluate Bradley platoon and sectiontraining. A complete training program emphasizes physical fitness, rifle marksmanship,and precision gunnery skills. Frequent night training, especially with live fire, helpsplatoons hone their skills.3-9. MISSION-ESSENTIAL TASK LISTA unit's training program must support the METL. Therefore, time, resources, andcommand emphasis must all focus on training tasks that support the METL. Commandersand platoon leaders use these collective tasks. Platoon sergeants and squad leaders shoulduse the appropriate MTP to identify the individual tasks that support the collective tasks.To develop the METL, the commander must know and understand the war plans andexternal directives handed down from higher.a. War Plans. The most critical parts of METL development are the unit's wartimeoperations and contingency plans. The missions and related information in these plansprovide the keys to determining essential training tasks. From each war plan, thecommander selects each mission that his unit is expected to execute in combat.b. External Directives. Additional training tasks relevant to the unit's wartimemission derive from external directives. Such directives could include--• Mobilization plans.• Installation wartime transition and development plans.• Force-integration plans.c. Task List. Once he lists all possible tasks, the commander identifies those thatare most critical to success on the battlefield. This refined list becomes the METL.3-10. COMMANDER'S ASSESSMENTBefore developing a training program, the commander must determine his unit'sproficiency on each METL task.a. Training. The commander assesses training with input from the XO, S3,subordinate leaders, and master gunners (FM 7-0 and FM 7-1). He can use individual andcrew training to determine the unit's proficiency.3-4