1. “Training is the Army’s top priority; it prepares us to fight
“Training is the Army’s top priority; it prepares us to fight. As leaders, our sacred responsibility is to ensure that no soldier ever dies in combat because that soldier was not properly trained.”

2. Terminal Learning Objective
Action: Train a team.
Condition: In a simulated situation where you are a team leader
scheduled to deploy to an operational area. You have full access
to reference materials, training aids, training areas, required
equipment, and leader guidance and direction.
Standard: All tasks that support the platoon training plan are
selected and trained IAW prescribed Army’s training doctrine
guidance.

3. Backward Planning
Determine the basics: what, how, and when
Identify tasks you want to accomplish and establish a sequence
for them.
Develop a schedule to accomplish the tasks you have identified. Start
with the last task to be accomplished and work back to present time.

4. Crawl
Describe the task in general, its purpose, and its importance.
Describe the standards of performance; tasks, conditions,
and standards.
Demonstrate the task performance steps by performing the steps in
the proper sequence.
Answer questions.

5. Walk
Have each soldier perform actions required by each step at a slow pace.
Coach and critique performance during each practice iteration.
When the task is performed incorrectly, stop training,
provide correction, and resume training.
Direct the team to practice a the task until the soldier can
perform it to standard without coaching.

6. Run
Allow the task to be performed without interruption until completion.
Have the soldiers repeat the task until it can be performed properly
at full speed.
Revert to the walk phase if the soldiers cannot perform the task
correctly.