{"id":59354,"date":"2018-10-09T14:49:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T14:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/09\/big-training-changes-are-here-and-more-are-coming-for-combat-arms-soldiers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:53:10","slug":"big-training-changes-are-here-and-more-are-coming-for-combat-arms-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/skillz\/2018\/10\/09\/big-training-changes-are-here-and-more-are-coming-for-combat-arms-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Big training changes are here \u2014 and more are coming for combat arms soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ready or not, new soldiers entering the Army will face \u201ctransformational\u201d training in the combat arms<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Maneuver Center of Excellence<\/a> started a pilot program with two infantry companies this past summer, extending their one-station unit training to 22 weeks. The soldiers are scheduled to graduate in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those new soldiers will give the Army a gauge for how to improve the development of an infantryman<\/a> so that when he or she reaches their first unit, they can be combat ready in the formation from day one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But infantry soldiers aren\u2019t the only ones who get to have all the fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting next year, a similar pilot will begin for both armor and engineer soldiers and spread to the rest of combat arms in the years to come, said Maj. Gen. Gary Brito, commander of the Maneuver Center of Excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recent pilot started with two companies of 200 soldiers-in-training each. They\u2019ve already seen an increased focus on nutrition and exercise to keep students healthy during the now 22-week training cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new one-station unit training pilot extends training by eight weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey told Army Times in June that with all of the soldiering lessons taught in basic training, building in the extra time would ensure that the Army can \u201cmake a better product.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t