{"id":50551,"date":"2023-09-20T19:17:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T19:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/20\/leadership-begins-at-basic-says-armys-top-training-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:17:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:17:48","slug":"leadership-begins-at-basic-says-armys-top-training-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2023\/09\/20\/leadership-begins-at-basic-says-armys-top-training-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership begins at basic, says Army\u2019s top training officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARLINGTON, Virginia \u2013 The top general for Army training and doctrine sees discipline and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/10\/10\/infantry-ratchets-up-training-for-enlisted-and-officer-alike\/\" target=\"_blank\">skill mastery<\/a> as crucial to building trust, which in turn improves combat effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best way to build trust? Work in teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At today\u2019s Association of the U.S. Army Coffee Series, Gen. Gary Brito, head of Training and Doctrine Command, told attendees that work from basic training to the combat training centers is intended to develop soldiers\u2019 individual expertise and further hone those skills as they work as a team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Association President retired Gen. 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It was part of changes to training to encourage problem-solving among recruits and to add leadership opportunities at even the earliest points in a soldier\u2019s training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/09\/21\/draft-era-shark-attacks-on-army-infantry-recruits-are-over\/\" target=\"_blank\">Army Times reported<\/a> in 2020 about the end of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2020\/10\/12\/with-shark-attacks-a-thing-of-the-past-soldiers-recall-these-classic-drill-sergeant-one-liners\/\" target=\"_blank\">shark attacks<\/a>\u201d for infantry recruits. The practice, long standard in Army and Marine Corps training, involved drill sergeants rushing recruits and overloading them with stressful commands, yelling and chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal, originating in the draft military, was to establish \u201cpsychological dominance\u201d over trainees so they would submit to instruction and follow orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, the Army instituted the \u201cFirst 100 yards\u201d for new infantry recruits, a nod to the common \u201cLast 100 yards\u201d of close-in combat that the services expect from their infantry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, infantry recruits conduct the first 100 yards as a five-phase event, which was developed by senior non-commissioned officers at the Infantry School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its early development, Army Times reported that training required soldiers to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022\tMemorize information about their unit histories and chains of command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022\tConduct a simplified resupply mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022\tPerform events from the Army Combat Fitness Test, including leg tucks, standing power throws and push-ups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022\tObserve an infantry squad and weapons demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The template for decades, Brito said, has been a \u201cround robin\u201d style of training. That style has a soldier work through their individual tasks until they become experts. That\u2019s not gone away, in fact, it\u2019s crucial to the next step, which is solving problems as a team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brito said a current pilot program at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, called Forge 2.5, is expanding the chances for a new soldier to serve in a leadership role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one example, Brito told Army Times, a drill sergeant might take on the squad or platoon leader role in an event while a junior soldier serves as a team leader. Or the group may act as a simulated platoon for a particular training event and various recruits would serve in different leadership roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo, let me fast forward and come out at 10 weeks great at my individual skill, but I also know the value of my battle buddy, my teammate, my squad,\u201d Brito said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That helps build team cohesion through peer leadership both in early exposure to Army culture and in warfighting proficiency, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two prongs fall within two of the acting Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. 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