Service manual

STP 11-25R13-SM-TG
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CHAPTER 2
TRAINER'S GUIDE (TG)
2-1. GENERAL
a. The TG identifies the essential components of a unit training plan for individual training. Units
have different training needs and requirements based on differences in environment, location, equipment,
dispersion (actual manning of graphic shops), and similar factors. Therefore, the TG is a guide used for
conducting unit training and not as a rigid standard.
b. The TG provides information necessary for planning training requirements for this MOS.
(1) Identifies subject areas in which to train soldiers.
(2) Identifies the critical tasks for each subject area.
(3) Specifies where soldiers are trained.
(4) Recommends how often each task should be trained to sustain proficiency.
(5) Recommends a strategy for training soldiers to perform higher level tasks.
2-2. BATTLE FOCUSED TRAINING
As described in FM 25-100, Training the Force, and FM 25-101, Battle Focused Training, the
commander must first define the METL as the basis for unit training. Unit leaders use the METL to
identify the collective, leader, and soldier tasks that support accomplishment of the METL. Unit leaders
then assess the status of training and lay out the training objective and the plan for accomplishing needed
training. After preparing the long- and short-range plans, leaders then execute and evaluate training.
Finally, the unit’s training preparedness is reassessed and the training management cycle begins again.
This process ensures the unit has identified what is important for the wartime mission, the training focus is
applied to the necessary training, and training meets established objectives and standards.
2-3. RELATIONSHIP OF SOLDIER TRAINING PUBLICATIONS TO BATTLE FOCUSED TRAINING
a. The two key components of enlisted STPs are the TG and SM. The TG and SM give leaders
important information to help in the battle focused training process. The TG relates soldier and leader
tasks in the MOS and SL to duty positions and equipment. It provides information on where the task is
trained, how often training should occur to sustain proficiency, and who in the unit should be trained. As
leaders go through the assessment and planning stages, they should use the TG as an important tool in
identifying what
needs to be trained.
b. The execution and evaluation of soldier and leader training should rely on the Armywide training
objective and standards in the SM task summaries. The task summaries ensure that soldiers in any unit
or location have the same definition of task performance, and that trainers evaluate the soldiers to the
same standard.
c. The following diagram shows the relationship between battle-focused training and the use of the
TG and SM. The left-hand side of the diagram (taken from FM 25-101) shows the soldier training
process, while the right side of the diagram shows how the STP supports each step of this process.