Basic military skills are sharpened during weapons qualification, tank gunnery, and Expert Infantryman and Expert Field Medical Badge competition. Unit and team training mold individual skills into operational excellence. The Fort Riley training program is geared to the needs of both the unit and the individual. Every unit is ensured uninterrupted weeks during the year when training is the primary mission. Crews, sections and squads find their skills exercised and integrated into platoon, company and battalion training.
Battalions frequently participate in tactical problems with their brigades and the division.
The Staff Sgt. This ultra-modern range challenges crews with a variety of crew, section and platoon tactical gunnery scenarios in a safe, efficient environment. As a self-contained training area, the MPRC has troop billeting, maintenance facilities and mess halls for a battalion size unit. The range is generally acknowledged as the finest in Forces Command. Calif. Deployments to the NTC normally consist of a controlling brigade headquarters, two maneuver battalions, and various support units.