The purpose of this manual, Army Doctrine Publication ADP 7-0 Training August 2018, to provide the Army the framework leaders follow to effectively ready Soldiers and units to execute unified land operations. Readiness is the Army's number one priority, and training represents the most important activity units do every day to achieve readiness. The Army does this by conducting tough, realistic, standards-based, performance-oriented training. ADP 7-0 is founded on the concept that training management is a logical extension of the Army's operations process. The ideas and concepts of planning, preparing, executing, and assessing operations is fundamentally the same whether the unit trains to achieve readiness at home station or trains to operate when deployed. Learning and applying the concepts, ideas, and terminology of the operations process as units train makes the transition from training to operations more seamless for both leaders and their units-and improves the overall readiness of the force. ADP 7-0 contains four chapters: Chapter 1 introduces the Army's overarching concepts of training Soldiers and units to conduct operations. This chapter discusses the links between unit training and the Army's fulfillment of its strategic roles. It explains the foundations of the Army task hierarchy as individual and collective tasks and the mutually supporting relationship between them. The chapter also introduces the concept of multiechelon training as the primary method of simultaneously training several echelons to replicate how units operate when employed for operations. It discusses a commander's responsibility for developing subordinate leaders, ensuring that trained, competent, and certified leaders lead all unit training. Chapter 2 discusses a commander's pivotal role and activity in training the unit. It discusses the activities of understand, visualize, describe, direct, lead, and assess as the mechanisms commanders employ to drive unit training. The chapter reinforces the necessity of the commander as the unit's primary trainer who determines the tasks to train, the methods the unit will use, and the subordinate leaders' understanding of the standards to attain. The chapter emphasizes the shared and mutual understanding that must exist between the commander and subordinate leaders to ensure unit training proficiency is achieved. Chapter 3 introduces a detailed discussion of each of the Army's principles of training. Units employ effective training based on an understanding and application of the Army's principles of training. These principles provide a broad but essential foundation to guide unit commanders and leaders as they plan, prepare, execute, and assess sustained and effective training. The chapter provides leaders with a base understanding of the most effective concepts of training which are elemental to developing the skills necessary to conduct successful operations. Each principle provides an enduring and central tenet to how all leaders think about and conduct unit training. Chapter 4 describes the major actions and procedures units perform as training is conducted. The chapter begins by discussing the measures of training proficiency and transitions into the concept of battle-focused training-training that develops required operational skills and capabilities. Top-down training guidance provided by the higher commander begins the planning process for subordinate units to develop the most effective training plan possible. The chapter covers how units plan, prepare for, execute, and assess each training event in challenging conditions with the highest fidelity of realism. Training performance is objectively evaluated with the results providing the commander the firm basis for an accurate assessment of unit operational skills and capabilities. The commander's training assessments become the basis of training readiness reporting.

Training prepares the Army to conduct prompt and sustained operations across multiple domains. In concert with ADP 3-0, Operations, ADP 7-0 further articulates the Army's foundational training doctrine as leaders and units prepare to conduct unified land operations. The factors in the logic chart on page iv combined with the changing nature of technology and continuously developing asymmetric threats make training challenging. The principal audience for this publication is Army commanders and staffs. Commanders and staffs of Army headquarters serving as joint task force or multinational headquarters should refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine concerning joint or multinational planning.

Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 7-0, Training Units and Developing Leaders, establishes the Army's doctrine for training units and developing leaders for unified land operations. ADP 7-0 presents overarching doctrinal guidance for training modular, expeditionary Army forces and developing leaders to conduct unified land operations. Conducting effective training in units and leader development must be top priorities of senior leaders during ARFORGEN and during deployments. The principal audience for ADP 7-0 is all leaders at all organizational levels. All leaders are trainers. Leaders include officers, warrant officers, noncommissioned officers, and those Army civilians in leadership positions. Trainers and educators throughout the Army will also use this publication. Commanders, staffs, and subordinates ensure their decisions and actions comply with applicable U.S., international, and, in some cases, host-nation laws and regulations. Commanders at all levels ensure their Soldiers operate in accordance with the law of war and the rules of engagement. (See Field Manual [FM] 27-10.) ADP 7-0 uses joint terms where applicable. Terms for which ADP 7-0 is the proponent (the authority) are indicated with an asterisk in the glossary. Definitions for which ADP 7-0 is the proponent are printed in boldface in the text. For other doctrinal terms defined in the text, the term is italicized and the number of the proponent publication follows the definition. ADP 7-0 applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard (ARNG)/Army National Guard of the United States (ARNGUS), and the United States Army Reserve (USAR) unless otherwise stated. The proponent of ADP 7-0 is the United States Combined Arms Center. The preparing agencies are the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate (CADD) and the Training Management Directorate (TMD) within the Combined Arms Center for Training (CAC-T). Both CADD and CAC-T are subordinate to the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center.

ADP 6-22 describes enduring concepts of leadership through the core competencies and attributes required of leaders of all cohorts and all organizations, regardless of mission or setting. These principles reflect decades of experience and validated scientific knowledge.An ideal Army leader serves as a role model through strong intellect, physical presence, professional competence, and moral character. An Army leader is able and willing to act decisively, within superior leaders' intent and purpose, and in the organization's best interests. Army leaders recognize that organizations, built on mutual trust and confidence, accomplish missions. Every member of the Army, military or civilian, is part of a team and functions in the role of leader and subordinate. Being a good subordinate is part of being an effective leader. Leaders do not just lead subordinates--they also lead other leaders. Leaders are not limited to just those designated by position, rank, or authority.

Army Doctrine Reference Publication (ADRP) 7-0, Training Units and Developing Leaders, augments fundamental principles discussed in Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 7-0, Training Units and Developing Leaders. Both ADP 7-0 and ADRP 7-0 support the doctrine established in ADP 3-0 and ADRP 3-0. Army units will face a complex operational environment shaped by a wide range of threats, allies, and populations. Rapid advances in communications, weapons, transportation, information technologies, and space-based capabilities make it a challenge to just stay even with the pace of change. Because Army units face a wide mix of challenges—from strategic to tactical—they must develop leaders to conduct unified land operations anywhere in the world in any operation across the conflict continuum. Army training prepares units and leaders to be successful through challenging, realistic, and relevant unit training and leader development at home station, at the combat training centers, and in the schoolhouses.ADRP 7-0 applies to all Army leaders, including Army civilians in leadership positions. ADP 7-0 supports the implementation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (known as NATO) standardization agreements for training.ADRP 7-0 applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard (ARNG)/Army National Guard of the United States (ARNGUS), and the United States Army Reserve (USAR) unless otherwise stated.Terms for which ADRP 7-0 is the proponent (the authority) are indicated with an asterisk in the glossary. Definitions for which ADRP 7-0 is the proponent are printed in boldface in the text.The proponent of ADRP 7-0 is the United States Army Combined Arms Center (CAC). The preparing agencies are the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate (CADD) and the Training Management Directorate (TMD) within CAC–Training (CAC-T). Both CADD and CAC–T are subordinate to the United States Army Combined Arms Center.

This text explains and synthesizes the functioning and relationships of numerous Defense, Joint, and Army organizations, systems, and processes involved in the development and sustainment of trained and ready forces for the Combatant Commanders. It is designed to be used by the faculty and students at the U.S. Army War College (as well as other training and educational institutions) as they improve their knowledge and understanding of "How the Army Runs." We are proud of the value that senior commanders and staffs place in this text and are pleased to continue to provide this reference.

ADP 3-0, Operations, constitutes the Army's view of how to conduct prompt and sustained operations across multiple domains, and it sets the foundation for developing other principles, tactics, techniques, and procedures detailed in subordinate doctrine publications. It articulates the Army's operational doctrine for unified land operations. ADP 3-0 accounts for the uncertainty of operations and recognizes that a military operation is a human undertaking. Additionally, this publication is the foundation for training and Army education system curricula related to unified land operations. The principal audience for ADP 3-0 is all members of the profession of arms. Commanders and staffs of Army headquarters serving as joint task force (JTF) or multinational headquarters should also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine concerning the range of military operations and joint or multinational forces. Trainers and educators throughout the Army will use this publication as well.