MISSION-ESSENTIAL TASK LIST (METL) DEVELOPMENT
METL development is an essential part of the entire Lane Training package. According to AR 350-41, gaining commands will contact new WARTRACE units within 60 days of notification. We all know, in reality, this very seldom happens. What normally happens is lower level units contact their higher headquarters and ask for guidance. This guidance should contain your next higher headquarter's unclassified mission statement and a copy of its METL. This is a minimum requirement. If you don't receive information from your WARTRACE higher, then it is the responsibility of your peacetime higher headquarters to provide the guidance necessary for you to develop a meaningful METL. Once you have the guidance necessary, METL development is accomplished by following these five easy steps. Remember that your Mission Training Plans (MTPs) will have most of the information you will need after your initial guidance.
Step 1. Review your wartime missions.
Step 2. List all specific and implied tasks. Some of these may not be in your specific MTP. There is nothing wrong with using another unit's MTP if it fits your mission. You may have to modify it a little; just ensure you have written conditions and standards for all tasks.
Step 3. Select collective tasks essential to accomplish your wartime mission. At this point, you will send your METL for approval to your next higher headquarters. Your next higher commander, if he approves, should identify those tasks on your METL that are most important to his success on the battlefield. Those tasks become your Battle Tasks, hence, Battle-Focused Training. These battle tasks should be your main area of concentration for the training year. (See Figure 1 for METL approval process.)
Step 4. Develop the individual task list that supports the selected collective tasks.
Step 5. Develop training objectives by establishing supporting conditions and standards for each task.
Introduction
Categorization
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