FM 7-0 Training (2021. 6. 14.)

Description

Foreword

Winning matters! There is no second place or honorable mention in combat. We win by developing cohesive teams that are highly trained, disciplined, and fit. We win by doing the right things the right way. We win through our people. FM 7-0, Training, describes how the Army trains our people to compete, fight, and win, because the best fighting forces in the world ensure their small units and individuals are masters of their craft.

The operational environment has evolved, we must reenergize our training efforts to be able to compete with, and if called upon, defeat near-peer adversaries through large-scale combat operations as part of the Joint Force. Our training must be highly focused and designed to deliver units that are well trained and confident in their abilities to fight and win anywhere, against any enemy.

Our training will develop trust and confidence in our doctrine, our equipment, our leaders, our teammates, and ourselves. Our training programs must generate demonstrated tactical and technical competence, confidence, and initiative in our Soldiers and their leaders.

Commanders are the primary trainers. Commanders set the standard and provide guidance, direction, and purpose. They link unit training to winning in competition, crisis, and conflict. Noncommissioned officers enforce these standards and provide their commanders with timely, accurate, and candid feedback. They do this through direct leadership by linking Soldier and crew training performance to unit collective training. Working together, commanders and NCOs ensure that Soldiers, crews, small teams, and units achieve mastery of their craft.

I expect leaders in all organizations, at every echelon, to know, understand, and apply the concepts in this manual.

People First, Winning Matters, Army Strong!

MICHAEL A. GRINSTON
SERGEANT MAJOR, UNITED STATES ARMY
SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE ARMY

JAMES C. MCCONVILLE
GENERAL, UNITED STATES ARMY
CHIEF OF STAFF

Preface

FM 7-0 prepares the Army to compete, respond to crisis, win in conflict, and consolidate gains during largescale ground combat in a multi-domain environment. It provides the foundational procedures Army leaders use to train Soldiers and units.

The principal audience for FM 7-0 is all members of the profession of arms. Commanders and staffs of Army headquarters serving as joint task force or multinational headquarters should also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine concerning the range of military operations and joint or multinational forces. Trainers and educators throughout the Army will also use this publication.

Commanders, staffs, and subordinates ensure that their decisions and actions comply with applicable United States, international, and in some cases host-nation laws and regulations. Commanders at all levels will ensure that their Soldiers operate in accordance with the law of armed conflict and the rules of engagement. (See FM 6-27.)

FM 7-0 implements the NATO Standardization Agreement 2449, Training in the Law of Armed Conflict. FM 7-0 uses joint terms where applicable. Selected joint and Army terms and definitions appear in both the glossary and the text. The terms for which FM 7-0 is the proponent publication (the authority) is presented in italics and bold font in the text and is marked with an asterisk (*) in the glossary. When first defined in the text, the terms for which FM 7-0 is the proponent publication is boldfaced and italicized, and the definition is boldfaced. When first defining other proponent definitions in the text, the term is italicized and the number of the proponent publication follows the definition.

This publication adds bolding for emphasis. Bolded sentences that lack an italicized term do not imply formal terms or definitions.

FM 7-0 applies to the Active Army, Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States and United States Army Reserve unless otherwise stated.

The proponent of FM 7-0 is the United States Army Combined Arms Center. The preparing agency is the Training Management Directorate, United States Army Combined Arms Center.