How to conduct USJTF Battle Drill Training • Action: learn how to use the USJTF Battle Drills and make them into a training event • Conditions: Online Presentation • Standards: Be able to conduct USJTF Battle Drill Training with Company, Battalion, or Brigade elements in the USJTF.
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The purpose of Battle Drills? • The goal of training is to produce combat ready units that respond to known or suspected enemy activity and defeat the enemy. Drill training is a key factor in achieving that goal. It describes a training method for small units. This method requires training individual tasks, leader tasks, and collective tasks before the conduct of critical Airsoft missions. Leaders should tailor training to realistic, challenging, and attainable goals while increasing the difficulty of conditions as the unit becomes more proficient. A battle drill is a collective action executed by a Company or smaller element without the application of a deliberate decision-making process. The action is vital to success in combat or critical to preserve combat power. The drill is initiated on a cue, such as an enemy action or simply a leader’s order, and is a trained response to the given stimulus. It requires minimum leader orders to accomplish and is standard throughout the USJTF Regardless of location or Unit.
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Advantages Drills have the following advantages (1) They are based on unit missions and the specific tasks, standards, and performance measures required to support mission proficiency. (2) They build from simple to complex and focus on the basics. (3) They link how-to-train and how-to-fight at small unit level (Strike Team). (4) They provide an agenda for continuous coaching and mentoring. (5) They develop leaders and build teamwork and cohesion under stress. (6) They enhance the chance for individual and unit survival on the battlefield.
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Training Guidance
Train battle drills using a talk-through, walk-through, and run-through method. You, of course, must be a master of the drill to be trained. You may wish to periodically talk your Operators through the drill--explaining each Operators’s role and then have them go through it slowly, on open ground, correcting any mistakes as they go.
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USJTF Battle Drills The following drills are available for training effective (6 SEP 11) USJTF Task 1: Move as a Operator of a Strike Team USJTF Task 2: Perform Individual Camouflage USJTF Task 3: Control Movement of a Strike Team USJTF Task 4: React to Contact (Group) USJTF Task 5: Prepare for and conduct a Combat Mission USJTF Task 6: Conduct a Point Ambush USJTF Task 7: Issue a Warning/Operations Order USJTF Task 8: Conduct a Reconnaissance USJTF Task 9: Airsoft Short Range Marksmanship USJTF Task 10: Send in a SALUTE Report USJTF Task 11: Set up a USJTF Command Post
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How to use a USJTF Battle Drill sheet The sheet is broken down into three parts: 1) Task, Conditions, Standards and Admin Data 2) Performance Steps (What needs to be taught) 3) Evaluation Standards (What Operators must do to pass the Training) To use: Brief the members training by reading part one, Train by teaching the information in part two, and evaluate your training with the practical exercise in part three. Super Simple! “Tip of the spear�
Methods of training To use the USJTF Battle Drills in training there are many methods One on one: Training a specific task to a small group of Operators (Example: Teaching one USJTF Battle Drill) Round Robin Training: Training a specific task to a small group of Operators (Example: Teaching one USJTF Battle Drill)
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One on one Training Requirements Manpower: 1 instructor per 10 Students Time: 1 Hour per Battle Drill Trained Classes that can be taught: No more than (3) a Day Set Up: 1 Table, Chairs, Dry Erase Board, Courseware Instructor reads task conditions and standards to students and teaches the courseware based off the performance standards and graphic aids to help learning. Students are evaluated off a practical exercise by GO or NO-GO as stated on the score sheet.
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Round Robin Training Requirements Manpower: 1 instructor per station, 1 senior instructor (To monitor) Station attendance (Students): 5-10 at each station Time: 1 Hour per station on each Battle Drill Trained Classes that can be taught: No more than (5) a Day Set Up: 1 Table, Chairs, Dry Erase Board, Courseware per station Students are split up in equal groups and assigned to “Training Stations” These stations teach for an hour at a time. A flowchart and schedule is provided to show the trainees where they go to next. Instructor reads task conditions and standards to students and teaches the courseware based off the performance standards and graphic aids to help learning. Students are evaluated off a practical exercise by GO or NO-GO as stated on the score sheet. After the Hour is up students move to the next training station in the “Round Robin” until all stations are complete.
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“Example” Round Robin Training Session Group 1: 5-10 Students
Station 2 USJTF Task 2: Perform Individual Camouflage 1 Instructor
Station 1 USJTF Task 1: Move as a member of a Strike Team 1 Instructor
Group 5: 5-10 Students
Station 5 USJTF Task 10: Send a SALUTE Report 1 Instructor
Switch groups Every Hour in a clockwise direction
Group 2: 5-10 Students Group 4: 5-10 Students
Station 3 USJTF Task 4: React to Contact (Group) 1 Instructor
Group 3: 5-10 Students
Station 4 USJTF Task 6: Conduct Point Ambush 1 Instructor
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Summary • A battle drill is a collective action executed by a Company or smaller element without the application of a deliberate decision-making process. • The goal of training is to produce combat ready units that respond to known or suspected enemy activity and defeat the enemy. • Go over all classes with a brief summary explaining the key points of the class
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