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Originally Posted by TheLion03
Just recently I have picked up a team leader spot in my unit so now i run a team of Marine forward observers. The question I am asking is about training, our unit is a reserve unit and we do not train to the best of our abilitys.
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Sit down with your boss, define your mission requirements, develop a task list, the conditions under which you will have to perform them (don't forget variables like weather, potential enemy capabilities, day-night, season, terrain, theater of operation) and determine the standards to which you are going to have to perform them. Next determine where you all are in meeting them and lay out a plan to make up your shortfalls. The hard part is getting the time, resouces and support to carry them out. You will need to evaluate, re-evaluate, and adjust your program as your team meets your initial requirements. You are going to have to set the example for your troops, but in the process make sure that you involve them in the training and cross training so that you all know each others strengths and weaknesses. Develop your folks to be able to not only do their jobs but those tasks required for your team as a whole in case you lose folks. This is a dynamic process and as the variables change for your mission you need to change your program. You are never fully trained but you are always project in progress.