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FORT RILEY, Kan. – A team of four instructors from Fort
Leavenworth Combined Arms Center for Training came to teach 35
senior noncommissioned officers and officers the Army's Digital
Training Management System at the Unit Training Management course,
which outlines the way the Army manages its training, Feb 18-20,
2014.
William H. Riester, Army Training Network Team,
Northrop Grumman, Training Management Directorate, in 2012 the chief
of staff of the Army, directed the Training Management Directorate
to form a Mobile Transition Team and visit various Army
installations.
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Capt. Andre Williams, S-3 assistant officer in charge, STB, 1st
Sustainment Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, at Fort Riley, Feb.
18-20, 2014 (bottom left) listens at the Unit Training Management course.
Williams is going to be a training OIC one day, so he is getting
up-to-date training on the Army's Digital Training Management
System. (Photo by Staff Sgt. John H. Johnson III, public affairs,
1st Infantry Division)
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“The 2012 versions of Army Doctrine Publications 7-0,
Army Doctrine Reference Publications 7-0 and the Leader's
Guide to UTM have several new key doctrinal concepts,”
Riester said. “The new doctrine makes the unit commander the
primary training manager. It has key collective tasks as the
focus for unit training. The doctrine also makes Military
Decision Making Process and Troop Leading Procedures the
processes for units to plan their training.”
The
course solidifies a foundation of doctrine and tools the in
the course so students can become teachers in order to train
their units on managing training as it applies to the
individual units.
“The
course is designed as a train-the-trainer course,” Lt. Col.
Damon Pfaltzgraff, Training Management MTT team chief, said.
“The intent is to provide the doctrine, tools and references
to training management coupled with a professional
discussion on how these apply units like the ‘Big Red One'
and the challenges every unit faces.”
During the
period of heighten deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan units
were given a list of required training, today the Army is
moving towards a different approach.
“Our leaders
need to develop their own training plans based on their
understanding of their units,” Pfaltzgraff said.
The
Combined Arms Center for Training provides training services
with an Army Training Network team that provides tailored
training events for company through brigade level leaders
and staff.
Training and readiness is the core of the
Army's readiness for Brig. Gen. Sean P. Swindell, 1st Inf.
Div. deputy commanding general of maneuver.
“Training
management is the center of gravity for everything we are
trying to do with the Big Red One,” Swindell said. “We got
to become experts at training management. That's why we are
bringing the MTT here to refocus on our training management
skills; some of it has collapsed since we've gone to Iraq
and Afghanistan but we are back and we need to regroup on
all those skills sets.”
Swindell spoke about areas
where DTMS could be improved.
“I know that DTMS has
its setbacks but I know as we get more familiar with it, it
will get easier,” Swindell said. “Plus, we get feedback from
our partners at Fort Leavenworth to fix it.”
Swindell
talked about ways the Army is looking at improving DTMS in
the future making it an even more effective training tool.
One day, soldiers may be able to use smart phone
apps to input mass amounts of data wirelessly while still at
a range, Swindell said.
Capt. Andre Williams, S-3
assistant officer in charge, Special Troops Battalion, 1st
Sustainment Brigade, 1st Inf. Div., a student of the class,
said he was surprised at the new path the Army is moving
towards.
He also said this course made him a more
effective trainer.
“I feel training management is
significantly important because everything in the Army is
driven by combat readiness, which is driven by training,”
Williams said. “This course is teaching us all the
techniques to proficiently execute training.”
By U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John H. Johnson III
Provided
through DVIDS
Copyright 2014
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