MTPs to be phased out: combined arms and tactics directorate, U.S. Army Infantry school

Infantry Magazine, May-June, 2008

The Department of the Army (DA) and Combined Arms Center (CAC) have directed branch proponent schools to no longer develop and publish Mission Training Plans (MTPs) and to place collective tasks and other training products on the Digital Training Management System (DTMS). Infantry proponent MTPs will be removed from the Reimer Digital Library

in June 2008. However, the Infantry unit task lists and collective tasks will be posted to the Warrior University Web site (https:// www.warrioruniversity, army. mil/login.html) and a link to that site will be posted on the U.S. Army Infantry Center home page (https://www.benning.army.mil/infantry).

This site will provide access to the latest, approved Infantry collective tasks that are now also accessible through the web-based Digital Training Management System (DTMS). The DTMS has replaced the old Standard Army Training System and is the only authorized automated system for managing training in Army units, e.g., for developing the unit's mission essential task list (METE), for assessing METL, for developing unit training plans/schedules, for accessing Combined Arms Training Strategies, etc. Additionally, DTMS allows units to track Soldiers' training and readiness, to do roll-up reports on training accomplishment, and to pass Soldiers' training information to gaining units when they receive the Soldiers (Army Physical Fitness Test, profile, height/weight history, licenses, weapons qualification, common task testing, etc.).

The Infantry unit task lists and tasks will remain and be updated on the Warrior University site until DTMS becomes more widely accepted and used in unit training management across the Army. Placing the tasks on a database such a DTMS (which is updated monthly) or the Warrior University site will allow them to be more easily updated and made accessible to the field in a timely manner.

Infantry battle drill books which contain the approved Infantry battle drills will remain on the Reimer Digital Library until revision and updating of drills is completed in the 4th Quarter 08. At that time, the revised drills will be placed on the DTMS and the Warrior University Web site along with the collective tasks and the current Infantry Battle Drill Books will be removed from the Reimer.

For more information, contact Ralph Hammond at ralph.hammond@conus.army.mil or (706) 545-1256/DSN 835-1256.