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Define Army Leadership ✔✔Process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction and motivation to accomplish the mission and improve the organization (ADP 6 - 22) What are the attributes of army leadership? ✔✔● Character - Army values, empathy, ethos, discipline ● Presence - military and professional bearing, fitness, confidence, resilience ● Intellect - mental agility, sound judgment, innovation, interpersonal tact, expertise Describe the competencies of the Army leadership requirements model ✔✔● Leads - Leads others, builds trust, extends influence beyond the CoC, leads by example, and communicates ● Develops - Creates a positive environment/ fosters Esprit de Corps, prepares self, develops others, and stewards the profession ● Achieves - Gets results Define what it means to be a leader of character ✔✔● Live the Army values (Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal courage) ● Demonstrate Empathy ● Embody the Warrior ethos
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Define what it means to be a leader of presence ✔✔Exemplify military bearing, physical fitness, confidence and resiliency Define what it means to be a leader of intellect ✔✔Exhibit mental agility, sound judgment, innovation, intrapersonal tact and expertise Identify the Army leadership levels ✔✔● Direct - task forces, units team ● Organizational - org systems, processes perspectives, 100s - 1000s, BN - Bde, staff ● Strategic - global, regional national perspective, 100s and up, division and up Define the roles and relationships of leadership ✔✔● Chain of command (Commissioned officers, warrant officers, NCOs, Army Civilian) ● Extend influence beyond the chain of command ○ Joint / multinational ○ Defense contractors ○ Civilian populous ○ Foreign security forces Explain the leader's role in unit climate ✔✔● Being fair and inclusive ● Using open communication ● Creating a learning environment ● Using the command climate survey ● Create a positive command climate
Discuss the three methods of providing developmental feedback ✔✔● Counseling: when a leader who serves as a subordinate's designated rater or immediate supervisor reviews with the subordinate his or her demonstrated performance and potential. ● Coaching: providing guidance of another's development in new or existing skills during the practice of skills. ● Mentoring: a leader with greater experience than the one receiving the mentoring provides guidance and advice; it is a future-oriented developmental activity focused on growth in the chosen profession of the mentee. What is the Personnel Action Center (PAC) and its function? ✔✔● Process personnel actions ● Provide notification of annual records review ● Assist with Survivor Benefit Plan ● Process Finance Actions What is a personnel action request? (form #?) ✔✔DA Form 4187 Examples: ■ Request training (Airborne, Ranger, Special Forces, etc.) ■ Military Occupational Skill (MOS) Reclassification ■ EFMP Assignment ■ Separate Rations ■ Change of Name / SSN / DOB ■ E1-E4 Promotions
Who are the enlisted promotion authorities? ✔✔● Principal officials of Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) or Department of Defense (DOD) organizations are considered commanders for promotion authority purposes ● Company, troop, battery CDR E4 and below ● Field grade commanders that are Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) or higher can promote SGT and SSG ● CDR, Army Human Resources Command promotes Soldiers to the ranks of SFC, MSG, and SGM What are the enlisted promotion types? ✔✔● Decentralized Promotions: advancement from PV to SPC (E1-E4) ● Semi-centralized Promotions: promotion to SGT and SSG (E5-E6) ● Centralized Promotions: promotion to SFC, MSG, and SGM (E7-E9) What are the enlisted promotion eligibility criteria? ✔✔● Time in service (TIS) ● Time in grade (TIG) ● MOS ● Education ● No Flags (APFT, HT/WT, disciplinary) ● Physical qualifications ● Promotions points
personnel actions (i.e., promotions, assignments, awards, appointment, reappointment, reenlistment, extension, or attendance at military schools etc.) for Soldiers not in good standing What are the different types of flags/ reasons for flags? ✔✔Transferable (Can be transferred to another unit) ○ APFT failures ○ Soldiers in Army Body Composition Program ○ Punishment phase of adverse action Non-transferable (Cannot be transferred to another unit) Adverse Actions ○ Involuntary separation or discharge (field initiated) ○ Removal from selection list (field initiated) ○ Referred OER or Relief for Cause NCOER ○ Commander's Investigation ○ Failure to provide and maintain an adequate Family Care Plan ○ Security violation 3 ○ Drug or alcohol related offenses What is Bar to Reenlistment? (form?) ✔✔DA Form 4126 - R ● Denies reenlistment of Soldiers whose immediate separation under administrative procedures is warranted. ● Re Entry into or beyond their Expiration Term of Service (ETS) with the Active Army is not in the best interest of the military service.
Reasons for Bars? ✔✔● Pattern of being late to formation ● Absent Without Leave (AWOL) ● Losses of clothing and equipment ● Overweight (substandard appearance) ● Recurrent Article 15s ● Failure to manage personal affairs ● Failure to pass the APFT ● Inability to adapt to military life Principles of Army Training ✔✔● Commanders and Other Leaders are Responsible for Training ● Noncommissioned Officers Train Individuals, Crews, and Small Teams ● Train as You Will Fight ● Train to Standard ● Train to Sustain ● Conduct Multi Echelon and Concurrent Training ● Train to Develop Agile Leaders and Organizations What are the types of developmental counseling? ✔✔● Event counseling (initial counseling) ● Performance counseling (every 30 days or quarterly counseling's) ● Professional growth counseling
○ Works best to correct simple problems, make on-the-spot corrections, and correct aspects of duty performance Combined Counseling ✔✔○ Leader uses techniques from both approaches, adjusting them to fit what's best for the subordinate ○ Emphasizes the subordinate's planning and decision making responsibilities Advantages/Disadvantages Nondirective Counseling ✔✔Advantages - Encourages maturity Encourages open communication Develops personal responsibility Disadvantages - More time-consuming Requires greatest counselor skills Advantages/Disadvantages Directive Counseling ✔✔Advantages - Good for people who need clear, concise direction Allows counselors to use their experience Quickest method Disadvantages - Discourages subordinates to be part of the solution, Tends to treat symptoms, not problems Discourages free talk Solution is the counselor's Advantages/Disadvantages Combined Counseling ✔✔Advantages - Encourages maturity and open communication Allows counselors to use their experience Moderately quick Disadvantages - May take too much time for some situations What are the four stages counseling process? ✔✔Stage 1: Identify the need for counseling Stage 2: Prepare for counseling Stage 3: Conduct the counseling
Stage 4: Follow up What is the definition of counseling? ✔✔Is the process used by leaders to review with a subordinate the subordinate's demonstrated performance and potential What form is used for counseling and what are the components? ✔✔DA 4856 Part I - Administrative Part II - Background Information Part III - Summary of Counseling, includes Key Points, Plan of Action, Session Closing, and Leader Responsibilities Part IV - Assessment of the Plan of Action What is parallel planning? (IGNORE 2018 ELO?) ✔✔Troop leading procedures extend the military decision-making process (MDMP) to the small-unit level. The MDMP and troop leading procedures (TLP) are similar but not identical (Parallel Planning). What is the definition of TLP? ✔✔Troop leading procedures are a dynamic process used by small-unit leaders to analyze a mission, develop a plan, and prepare for an operation. These procedures enable leaders to maximize available planning time while developing effective plans and preparing their units for an operation. What are the steps of TLP? ✔✔1. Receive the mission
- Issue a WARNO
● Class VII: Major end items, including tanks, helicopters, and radios. ● Class VIII: Medical and components for medical equipment maintenance. ● Class IX: Repair parts and components for equipment maintenance. ● Class X: Nonstandard items to support nonmilitary programs such as agriculture and economic development. What in The Army Authorization Document System (TAADS)? (2018 ELO?) ✔✔● Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE) ● Modification Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE) ● Tables of Distribution and Allowances (TDA) ● Joint Tables of Allowances (JTA) Two types of property? ✔✔1. Real: Any real estate. Land, buildings, structures, utilities
- Personal: Anything else. Capital, consumable and non-consumable supplies. What are the classifications of Property? ✔✔● Nonexpendable - An item of Army property coded with an Accounting Requirements Code (ARC) of "N" in the FEDLOG. Nonexpendable items require property book accountability after issue from the stock record account. ● Expendable - An item of Army property coded with an ARC of "X" in the FEDLOG. No formal accountability required after issue from a stock record account. ● Durable - An item of Army property coded with an ARC of "D" in the FEDLOG. Durable items do not require property book accountability after issue from the stock record account, but requires hand receipt control when issued to user
Two types of property books? ✔✔1. Organization: Property organized by MTOE or TDA (nondeployed)
- Installation: All other property not listed in authorization documents What does the Command Supply Discipline Program (CSDP) address? (2018 ELO?) ✔✔● Responsibilities of the commander/supervisory personnel to instill supply discipline in their operations. ● Guidance for evaluating supply discipline. ● Feedback through command and technical channels for improving supply policy and procedures to monitor supply discipline. ● Follow-up to ensure discipline is maintained. What is used to enforce CSDP? (2018 ELO?) ✔✔● Leadership ● Command emphasis ● Training ● Administrative measures ● Disciplinary measures What are the key property management terms? ✔✔● Accountability -- Accountable Officer (3 types- transportation officer, stock record officer and property book officer) ● Responsibility
- Sub Hand Receipt (SHR) Components are broken down into what 3 areas? (2018 ELO?) ✔✔● Components of the End Item (COEI) ● Basic Issue Items (BII) ● Additional Authorization List (AAL) What is the $5000 threshold mean? (2018 ELO?) ✔✔Accounting records not required for property having a unit cost less thank $5K (same as durable) What are inventories? (2018 ELO?) ✔✔An inventory is the physical count of all supplies and equipment on hand. (Layout) What are the six basic steps of conducting an inventory? (2018 ELO?) ✔✔1) Determine what is to be inventoried
- Set the dates
- Use correct publications
- Notify the hand or sub hand receipt holder
- Conduct the inventory
- Record results and adjust records What are the different types of inventories? (2018 ELO?) ✔✔- Event driven
Event Driven Inventory (2018 ELO?) ✔✔- Change of Command
- Receipt/Turn-in of Property
- Cyclic "10%" (monthly)
- Command Directed
- Change of Armorer
- Task Force/Rear Detachment
- Deployment/Redeployment Commodity Driven Inventory (2018 ELO?) ✔✔- Weapons & Ammunition
- Sensitive Items
- Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI)
- COMSEC
- Unit Basic Loads
- Organization Clothing & Individual Equipment (OCIE)
- Installation Property (IPBO) What form do you use when issuing supplies and equipment? (2018 ELO?) ✔✔DA Form 3161 (Request for issue and turn-in) What method is preferred for accounting lost, damaged, or destroyed property? (2018 ELO?) ✔✔● Statement of Charges/Cash Collection Voucher, DD Form 362
Real Time - Immediate management of hazards as they occur, usually during execution of an operation or performance of a task What is a hazard? ✔✔A hazard is an actual or potential condition, situation, or event that can result in: ● Injury, illness, or death of personnel ● Damage, loss, or destruction of equipment and property ● Degradation of capabilities or mission failure How are hazards identified? ✔✔● Experience ● Historical data ● SOPs ● Intuitive analysis ● Logic diagrams ● Training assessment ● AARs ● METT-TC variables serve as a standard format. What is METT-TC ✔✔Mission - What hazards are associated with the mission we're planning to conduct? Enemy - What can the enemy do to defeat or degrade our mission?
Terrain/weather - What are the unique environmental hazards? (Desert, mountain, jungle, arctic, etc.) Troops + Equiptment - What hazards and risks are associated with the level of training, staffing, and equipment maintenance and condition? Time - Is there enough time to plan and prepare before we have to execute? (2/3 Rule) Civil considerations - Will operations threaten civilian populations or noncombatants? What are the 3 ways of assessing hazards? ✔✔- Probability
- Severity
- Risk Levels (4) Probability (Risk Management) ✔✔Likelihood of an adverse event taking place
- 5 levels of probability - Frequent, Likely, Occasional , Seldom, unlikey Severity (Risk Management) ✔✔The degree to which an incident will impact combat power, mission capability or readiness
- 4 Levels - Catastrophic, Critical , Moderate, Negligible What are the levels of risk? (Risk Management) ✔✔- 4 Levels ■ Extremely high
