Chapter 1 How the Army Trains Every day in the Army we try to do two things well—train soldiers and grow them into leaders. General Eric K. Shinseki TRAINING OVERVIEW 1-1. Field manual (FM) 7-0 establishes Army training doctrine. FM 7-1 applies this doctrine to help unit leaders develop and execute training programs. It provides practical "how to" guidelines for officers and noncommissioned officers (NCO), including techniques and procedures for planning, preparing, executing, and assessing training. Above all, FM 7-1 builds on and emphasizes the importance of battle focused training described in FM 7-0. 1-2. FM 7-1 defines the roles, responsibilities, and linkages of the institutional, operational, and selfdevelopment domains within the Army Training and Leader Development Model (ATLDM). It provides training doctrine for current and future operating environments.
DesignationFM 7-1
EditionSep 2003
StatusSuperseded
Pages376
FunctionLeadership Training
CollectionRecent Archive