United States Army Combined Arms Center FM 7-0 Training for Full Spectrum Operations Combined Arms Center for Training BG Abe Abrams

United States Army Combined Arms Center

FM 7-0 Training for Full Spectrum Operations

Combined Arms Center for Training

BG Abe Abrams


FM 7-0 Staffing

May 06Issue Paper #1

Revision Concept

2006 2007 2008

May 06Issue Paper #2

Principles of Training

Sep 06Issue Paper #3

(Training & Leader Development)

Dec 06Issue Paper #4

(Training toConduct FSO)

Feb 071st Draft Staffed

June 072nd Draft Staffed

May - Dec Jan - June July - Dec Jan - June July - Dec

Nov 074-star review

Dec 07 – Jan 08PME Student Survey

Mar 08CSA Focus Group(AWC & ILE/SAMS)

Feb 08 - 4-star conf.(FM 7-0 review)

May 08CSA Final Review

June 08Army-wide staffing

April 083-star conference

Joint GO conference

RoadshowMay - August

Mar 07TDCC IV

June 07TLGOSC

CADD edit

APD edit

July 08ATLDC

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Dec 07CSA update FM 7-0

Published

TRAINING forFULL SPECTRUMOPERATIONS

FM 7-0

TRAINING forFULL SPECTRUMOPERATIONS

FM 7-0

Blue = future events

Aug 07VCSA

Update

Sep 07CSA

Update

Rewrite Process

Similar toFM 3-0

Rewrite Process

Similar toFM 3-0


122 pages

The ‘How To’ of Training

Tactics,Techniques

& Procedures

The ‘What’ of Training

Consolidated

243 pages

Army Training Army Training Network (TKN)Network (TKN)

60 pages

Development Guidance . . .

• Ensure it applies to the entire Army

• Reduce the size• Focus on the principles

• Move Tactics, Techniques, & Procedures to FM 7-1

• Make FM 7-1 web-based• Address generating force support to operating force

Concept

• Doctrine• Examples

• Best practices• Easily updated• Collaboratively

Reviewed, as needed•Solutions to

training challenges

TRAINING FOR FULL

SPECTRUM OPERATIONS

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Principles: Train as You Will Fight “Fight” includes lethal/nonlethal Develop agile leaders, comfortable with ambiguity

Change The Army’s Training Mindset (Training is Different) Driven by FM 3-0 Operations No return to a strict focus on major combat operations – offense and defense Train an expeditionary Army; develop agile leaders Train for full spectrum operations as depicted by the Aim Point Training must focus on most important tasks

Core Mission Essential Task List CMETL establishes training focus

before a unit trains for a directed mission

CMETL constant, but training conditions and supporting tasks to be trained based on single operational theme

SPECTRUM OF CONFLICTIncreasing Violence

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DefenseDefenseStabilityStabilityStabilityDefenseDefense

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DefenseDefense


StabilityStabilityStability

OffenseOffense

DefenseDefense

FULL SPECTRUM OPERATIONS

OPERATIONAL THEMES

Stable Peace

GeneralWar

InsurgencyUnstablePeace



OffenseOffense



DefenseDefense



OffenseOffense

DefenseDefense


OPERATIONAL THEMES

OffenseOffense



DefenseDefense



OffenseOffense

DefenseDefense


OffenseOffense

DefenseDefenseStabilityStabilityStability

OffenseOffense



DefenseDefense


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DefenseDefense



OffenseOffense

DefenseDefenseStabilityStabilityStability

OffenseOffense

DefenseDefense


OPERATIONAL THEMES

Stable Peace

GeneralWar

InsurgencyUnstablePeace

The BIG Ideas


Directed METL DMETL establishes training focus for a unit’s directed mission DMETL conditions and supporting tasks to be trained based on the conditions for the directed mission Core METL is a start point for developing DMETL

Commanders’ Dialogue Between commanders before conducting the training briefing and

finalizing the contract Clarify expectations and requirements

– Specific collective tasks to train

– Conditions for training tasks

– Resources required for training

– Higher assumes risk on those tasks not to be trained

Flexibility for Commanders Commanders determine the time & frequency

of training management events

The BIG Ideas

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NEW concepts:• Training the Modular Force

Design may require outside expertise Training relationships

• ARFORGEN concept

• Gaming & Live-Virtual-Constructive Training Environment

• CTCs as a “bridge” between Generating Force and Operating Force

• Generating force support to units

CHANGED concepts:• Principles of training; added tenets

• Training management model

• More discussion of training domains, leader development, and Civilian Education System

• Battle Command training

• Crawl-walk-run

Other Changes


Questions

Documents

United States Army Combined Arms Center FM 7-0 Training for Full Spectrum Operations Combined Arms Center for Training BG Abe Abrams