

The remaining groups will do corrective training exercises before being quizzed on the information they learned in phase one. The combined total in the fastest time will decide a group winner. Each member will do as many reps as possible. By phase three they will compete in Army Combat Fitness Test events, the leg tuck, pushups and standing power throw. In phase two, they’ll conduct a resupply mission, each platoon getting a mission order and conducting the tasks.

To do that, Hodne said, the cadre is using a phased approach, early in the training process, that develops teamwork, identifies informal leadership, establishes trust and builds esprit de corps.Īs Fortenberry explained in his presentation, the five-phase approach begins with a series of questions and answers for the new soldiers, the battalion and company mottos, the unit chain of command and unit history. Through training, the fighting instinct of the individual soldier is developed to the highest point.” “It springs from the fighter’s confidence, courage and grim determination, and is the result of vigorous training. “The will to meet and destroy the enemy in hand-to-hand combat is the spirit of the bayonet," Marshall wrote.
