Increase the number of training cadre. Strengthen selection and assignment process of Active and Reserve candidates, and seek to ensure that trainer assignment policies are enforced as much as possible to place trainers with similar specialties in charge of One Station Unit Training. The Army is addressing the training support personnel shortfall to prevent these diversions. We are also studying the drill sergeant mix in basic and One Station Unit Training. Review initial entry training curricula to shift more training into IET to reduce the training requirements of the operational units.
Operational units provide the best opportunity for soldiers to learn many individual skills.
Our schools routinely review training programs to ensure a proper distribution between Skill Level One tasks taught during initial entry training and those taught in units. We are working to ensure that operational units understand which skills IET graduates possess and those we expect them to learn in the unit. Nevertheless, we have improved IET by lengthening it by a week to emphasize values, teamwork, and discipline, and we have established mandatory graduation requirements and eliminated waivers to certify that soldiers leaving the training base possess critical skills. We are confident that the current program of instruction is optimal. The Army strongly disagrees with this recommendation because it is not in consonance with Army doctrine.