C. AGENDA (continued): TIME
b. Provide guidance and focus.
c. Receive input from subordinates.
Develop plans to improve training proficiency.
d. Discuss calendars in general.
e. Clarify questions.
7. Review of low-density training by section/MOS.
8. Review of schools and testing. 5 min
a. Identify school allocations, testing dates, soldiers
slotted, and effects on training.
b. Identify future school allocations needed.
9. Questions and issues not previously discussed.
10. Commander's closing remarks.
TOTAL: 60 min
*Training meetings are conducted at company and battalion
level. The agenda, sequence of events, and assets needed are
similar. TC 25-30, Training Meetings, is a helpful manual in the
planning and execution of training.
**Battalion Attendees: Battalion commanders, battalion XOs,
CSMs, coordinating and special staffs, company commanders,
and TF slice leaders as needed.
***Battalion resource training meetings are held weekly to
support this requirement. The battalion XO usually leads this
meeting. Resource lock-in is imperative in the execution of a
unit's training plan.
C. AGENDA (continued): TIME
c. Review resources (transportation, ammunition,
chow, communications, medics, and so on).
d. Minimize changes and training distractions.
e. Apply new guidelines from higher echelon and
make changes as necessary.
5. Review Week T+I through Week T+6 Schedules.
a. Confirm tasks, conditions, and standards to be
trained or rehearsed. Confirm duties/responsibilities.
b. Confirm time schedules and priorities.
c. Ensure subordinates backbrief training evaluation
plans.
d. Confirm all resources (land, ranges, ammunition,
chow, medics, and so on). Goal: four- to six-week
training resource lock-in.***
e. Conduct/coordinate reconnaissance.
f. Plan for/conduct leader training.
g. Plan retraining/concurrent training.
h. Identify training distractors and resolve.
i. Ensure commander approves training and
provides guidance.
6. Phase III. Future Planning 10 min
Review of long-range calendar.
a. Discuss commander's intent
C. AGENDA (time-line based): TIME
1. Roll call. 5 min
2. Commander's opening remarks
(set the stage for the meeting).
3. Phase I. Assessment. 20 min
a. Review of last week's training
(platoon assessment) briefed by platoon
leader/sergeant/section sergeant.
(1) What went good/bad?
(2) What can be done differently?
(3) What training needs to be rescheduled?
Why?
(4) Why scheduled training was not
conducted? Training shortfall.
b. Review of preexecution checks.
c. Assessment of METL-focused training
conducted (leader, individual, collective) on
a T-P-U basis. Performed by commander.
4. Phase II. CoordinationT-week 20 min
(execution week) changes and update.
a. Review tasks to be trained/rehearsed. Confirm
duties/responsibilities (who, what, when, where,
and why).
b. Confirm time schedules and priorities.
3. Platoons hold training meetings to provide
bottom-up feedback at the company training meeting.
4. Company commander conducts a training
meeting.
5. Battalion commander conducts a training
meeting.
6. Battalion XO conducts a training resource
meeting.
B. ATTENDEES:
• Company commanders.
• Executive officers.
• First sergeants, platoon leaders, and platoon
sergeants.
• Antitank section sergeants.
• Mortar section sergeants.
• NBC NCOs.
• Maintenance NCOs.
• Master gunners.
• Armorers.
• Supply sergeants.
• Other key leaders as needed.**
GTA 07-04-007
TRAINING MEETING*
TASK: To prepare your soldiers for success with the
best training possible.
CONDITIONS: Given a suitable environment for
meetings with the following references and materials:
• Unit assessments (AARs) from last training
(leader, soldier, collectively from the squad to
the platoon).
• Resource requirements for planned training.
• Leader books.
• Training assessment work sheet.
• Preexecution checklist.
• Unit METL.
• Unit MTPs.
• Published training schedules.
• Long-range training calendar.
• Higher echelon guidance
(additional/quarteriy/annually).
STANDARDS: The training meeting is conducted
IAW FM 25-100, FM 25-101, and TC 25-30.
A. WEEKLY SEQUENCE OF EVENTS:
1. AARs are conducted after each training event.
2. Before the training meeting, the commander gives
guidance on what leaders must be prepared to discuss at
the next training meeting. Done as SOP during week or
previous training meeting
.
GTA 07-04-007
TRAINING MEETING
DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public
release; distribution is unlimited.
DISTRIBUTION: US Army Training Support Centers
(TSCs).
HEADQUARTERS
DEPARTMENT OF THE
ARMY
May 2000
