Stand-To!- Warrior Tasks and Battle Drills - July 13, 2007

Fri Jul 13 11:17:39 EDT 2007

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SENIOR LEADERS ARE SAYING

"The men and women of the United States military have made enormous
sacrifices for Iraq. They have achieved great things, and the best way we
can bring them home is to make sure our new strategy succeeds." -President
George Bush speaking to reporters, July 12. 

TODAY'S FOCUS

Warrior Tasks and Battle Drills

What is it? Warrior Tasks and Battle Drills (WTBD) are defined as skills
taught in Basic Combat Training (BCT) or One Station Unit Training (OSUT) to
train Soldiers how to survive in the combat environment.

* Warrior Tasks are a collection of individual Soldier skills deemed
critical to Soldier survival. Examples include weapons training, tactical
communications, urban operations, and first aid.
* Battle Drills are group skills designed to teach a unit to react and
survive in common combat situations. Examples include react to ambush, react
to chemical attack, and evacuate injured personnel from a vehicle.

What has the Army done? WTBD increase the relevance of training to current
combat requirements and enhance the rigor in training. The driving force
behind the change was lessons learned from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), and comments from OIF/OEF veterans. The
WTBD continue to evolve to meet the needs of the operational Army. For
example, as resources become available, Combat Life Saver certification will
be conducted in BCT and OSUT.
* In Advanced Individual Training (AIT), selected WTBD (urban operations,
combatives, convoy operations (convoy live-fire for OD, TC, QM, MI, SC),
advanced rifle marksmanship, and rifle qualification if the AIT is longer
than 23 weeks) are reinforced. Additionally, AIT school commandants may
retrain any of the WTBD they deem critical to specific specialties.
* Currently there are 40 Warrior Tasks and 11 Battle Tasks being taught.

What efforts does the Army plan to continue in the future? An annual review
of the WTBD is conducted to maintain relevance to current operations. Army
Warrior Training, the new program that replaced common task testing, focuses
on WTBD training for all military personnel throughout the Army.

Why is this important to the Army? As combat situations can occur anywhere
on the battlefield it is important that all Soldiers possess specific skills
needed to survive. WTBD produce Soldiers who are better prepared to fight on
today's battlefield immediately upon arrival at their first unit of
assignment.

* This topic was taken directly from the 2007 Army Posture Statement.
<http://www.army.mil/aps/07>  To continue reading this topic in its
entirety, click  <http://www.army.mil/aps/07/infopapers/150.html> here.

INFORMATION YOU CAN USE

*  <https://akocomm.us.army.mil/2007scg/> 2007 Strategic Communication Guide
- Be Army Strong, and Army Smart. Read the 2007 Army Strategic Communication
Guide.

NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY

*	Another look at Army recruiting indicates situation is not so grim
(SVH
<http://www.svherald.com/articles/2007/07/12/news/doc4695c9dc3033b349287867.
txt> ) 

*	Army fills 100% of requests for equipment from seven key states and
three territories this hurricane season (ARNews
<http://www.army.mil/-newsreleases/2007/07/12/4022-army-fills-100-of-request
s-for-equipment-from-seven-key-states-and-three-territories-this-hurricane-s
eason/> ) 

*	More entering Army with criminal records (EB
<http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20070713528602.html>  | BST
<http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/07/13/more_enter
ing_army_with_criminal_records/> ) 

*	Transportation Soldiers dismantle world's largest man-made reef
(ARNews
<http://www.army.mil/-news/2007/07/12/4012-transportation-soldiers-dismantle
-worlds-largest-man-made-reef/> )

WAR ON TERROR NEWS

*	Antiterrorism successes continue in Iraq despite foreign-born
resistance (MNF
<http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12827&Ite
mid=1> ) 

*	Gen. Petraeus warns of a hasty U.S. pullout from Iraq (EB
<http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20070713528604.html>  | CSM
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0713/p25s01-woiq.html> ) 

*	Top terrorist leader captured in Mosul (AFIS
<http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=46708> ) 

*	U.S., Shiite fighters clash in Baghdad (EB
<http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20070713528568.html>  | WP
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/12/AR200707120
2357.html> )

OF INTEREST

*	Troops support Tiger Woods throughout inaugural AT&T National
(ARNews
<http://www.army.mil/-news/2007/07/12/4010-troops-support-tiger-woods-throug
hout-inaugural-att-national/> ) 

*	Experts tell Congress: PTSD still has stigma (SAS
<http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=47333> ) 

*	"The Sarge" races toward NHRA title (ARNews
<http://www.army.mil/-news/2007/07/12/4009-the-sarge-races-toward-nhra-title
/> ) 

*	133rd Soldiers will return home as a unit (WCF
<http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2007/07/12/news/top_story/fbd4093a08a832
d586257316004d4114.txt> )

WORLD VIEW

*	President Bush denies Al- Qaeda threat (GDN
<http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/>  | Story
<http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=187719&Sn=WORL&IssueID=301
15> ) 

*	Wanton abuse of civilians revealed by U.S. Soldiers (EJ
<http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/>  | Story
<http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=0197a892-6dfb-4581
-a46e-c61728cacd15> ) 

*	U.S. Soldiers are murdering Iraqi civilians in cold blood (DM
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/>  | Story
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_artic
le_id=468029&in_page_id=1811> ) 

*	U.S. forces kill 6 Iraqi police in Baghdad raid (RT
<http://today.reuters.com>  | Story
<http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-07
-13T085021Z_01_BUL330096_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-USA-POLICE.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-
C1-topNews-8> )

WHAT'S BEING SAID IN BLOGS

*	Intel estimate: Al- Qaeda is coming (AR
<http://www.americanranger.blogspot.com/> ) 

*	Military leadership disorder (IP <http://iraqpictures.blogspot.com/>
) 

*	Wow, that was a close one (ABP
<http://airborneparainf82.blogspot.com/> ) 

*	Combat camera: Yanks training with Aussies (TN
<http://thetension.blogspot.com/> )

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