FMI 3-34.119 - Soldier Support Institute - U.S. Army

Chapter 8have confidence in the ability of his unit to meet expectations on arrival in-theater. The training strategyoutlined in Tables 8-1 and 8-2, pages 8-4 through 8-7, show key skills, activities, and tasks that the leaderand commander must see subordinates perform to standard. Demonstration of those skills requiresprioritizing requirements for subordinates, allocating and providing the right resources, and the timing ofthe specific training exercises to cause subordinates to execute their responsibilities under relevantconditions.8-5. Leaders need to apply tactical lessons learned to predeployment training and resource this trainingwith personnel and equipment not organic to current modified tables of organization and equipment(MTOEs).TRAINING EXPECTATIONS FROM THE FIELD8-6. Paragraphs 8-7 through 8-11 refer to Table 8-1.TACTICAL EXPECTATIONS8-7. The column “Tactical Expectations” describes the tactical capabilities that theater missions,conditions, and threats demand of all units regardless of the type, function, or prewar doctrine. This doesnot replace unit functional requirements. For some combat arms, Soldiers, Marines, and unit expectationsdiffer little from prewar doctrinal requirements. For many units, particularly CS, CSS, and units assignednonstandard missions, these expectations are different from prewar doctrinal assumptions and trainingconditions. At the collective levels, expectations include shifting of tactical responsibilities, which underprewar doctrine belonged to the corps or division levels, down to lower levels of command for planningand execution.TACTICAL TECHNIQUES REQUIRED8-8. The column “Tactical Techniques” describes the skills that subordinates must train on in order toeffectively meet the tactical expectations. For example, the conditions in-theater will require all Soldiersand Marines to participate in patrols. It does not matter whether this is an infantry Soldier or Marineparticipating in a reconnaissance patrol, an artilleryman participating in a combat patrol, or a CSS Soldieror Marine participating in a base security patrol. To meet the tactical expectation for Soldiers and Marinesto be able to patrol, they must have been trained in these skills before deployment.CAPABILITIES REQUIRED8-9. The column “Required Capabilities” describes the required minimum personnel or materielcapabilities necessary for effective training, to include predeployment training. In many cases, thesespecialized personnel or additional equipment are part of a prewar MTOE of the unit or doctrinalexpectations. Based on prewar doctrinal assumptions for many CS, CSS, and ARNG units, these items areeither low-density items, not yet fielded, or not available for predeployment training. However, executionof operations, techniques, and threats may require these additional capabilities.TRAINING CONDITIONS8-10. The column “Training Conditions” requires leaders to assess readiness to meet tactical expectations.Realistic training conditions are essential to closing the gap between predeployment training and theaterexpectations. Conditions and standards that are published in doctrinal manuals and mission training plans(MTPs) may not be relevant to the expectations in-theater. For example, units experienced and conditionedby peacekeeping operations must be trained and conditioned for counterinsurgency operations because theyare not the same. For most organizations, developing relevant, realistic training conditions requiresreviewing and revising training resource allocations, peacetime range operations, and traditional branch orunit training strategies.8-2 FMI 3-34.119/MCIP 3-17.01 21 September 2005