TRADOC This WeekA publication of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command

Victory Starts Here...FORT EUSTIS, Va. ■ Issue 6, Vol. 1, Sept. 23, 2011 ■ http://www.facebook.com/USArmyTRADOC

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CSM Bruner bids farewell to TRADOC, Army by Amy Robinson, TRADOC Public Affairs

At the age of 17, a young Dave Bruner set out from Evans-ville, Ind., to make a difference in the U.S. Army. After 36 years of service, he retired Sept. 21 after his final assignment as the command sergeant major for the U.S. Army’s Training and Doc-trine Command. Throughout his distinguished career, Command Sgt. Maj. David M. Bruner held numerous leadership positions, spanning various locations across the globe, including the 101st Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd Infantry Division. His long list of awards and distinctions include two Legions of Merit, three Bronze Stars, a Purple Heart, Ranger and Special Forces Tabs, and Foreign parachutist’s badges from nine countries. But perhaps one of his most notable achievements was how he reconstructed the noncommissioned officer education system. He created the Institute for Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development and implemented an all-enlisted staff at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, to include the first command sergeant major to serve as a commandant – all in the Army’s Year of the Noncommissioned Officer. (See TRADOC CSM retires, on page 2)

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- Nearly 100 leaders from U.S. and international military train-ing groups met Aug. 30-31 at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for the Combat Training Center, or CTC, Conference. Hosted by Combined Arms Center’s com-manding general in his role as the CTC program’s responsible official, the twice-yearly event fo-cused on combat training center priorities, oppor-tunities and challenges for the coming year. The CTC Conference included key Army train-ing leaders from U.S. Army Forces Command, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, U.S. Army Europe, the Department of the Army Head-quarters G3 and G2, the Combat Training Centers and the Combined Arms Center. Attendees and presenters also included training representatives from the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps, as well as officers from the British, Canadian and Australian armies. At the beginning of the conference, Brig. Gen. Charles A. Flynn said the event would focus on identifying “how CTCs will fit into Army training as we develop and attempt to create CTC-like experiences at home station.” Flynn is acting commanding general for the Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth. The August CTC Conference agenda was tailored to fit attendee interests and preferences, including updates on current/future CTC rotation design and future initiatives to ensure the CTCs provide the training Soldiers and leaders need to accomplish their mission and support the force and the fight. Additionally, Canadian and Australian repre-sentatives shared details about what their national training centers are doing. Attendees also met in

Combined Arms Center hosts Combat Training Center Conferenceby Diane Walker, CAC-T

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General Robert W. Cone, commanding general for the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, congratulates the Command Sgt. Maj. of TRADOC, Command Sgt. Maj. David M. Bruner in the Morelli Auditorium at Fort Eusti, Va. for his 36 years of mili-tary service.

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closed-door sessions to discuss how to keep the CTC rel-evant as the U.S. Army revitalizes home-station training. The next CTC Conference is expected to be in March 2012. Col. Pat White, deputy commander of the Combined Arms Center-Training, called the event a “great conference with participants from across the Army, sister services and the international community.” Part of the U.S. Army’s TRADOC, the Combined Arms Center-Training delivers training programs, products and services to leaders and units in support of Army readi-ness. Wherever Army training occurs, the Combined Arms Center-Training helps make it happen. To learn more about the Combined Arms Center-Training, visit http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cac-t/, www.facebook.com/usacactraining or www.twitter.com/usacactraining.

“Command Sgt. Major Bruner’s legacy to our Army and to America is remarkable,” said Gen. Robert W. Cone, commanding general of TRADOC. “Without question, he leaves behind the stron-gest, most capable noncommissioned officer corps we have ever met - the backbone of the Army.” Before his departure, Bruner sat down and shared some memories about his past and thoughts on the future of TRADOC and the Army. What follows are Command Sgt. Maj. Bruner’s personal thoughts on TRADOC and his career. “It was really an honor to serve this command for three-and-a-half years. You know, I avoided TRADOC my whole career because that was ‘the teaching side of the house,’ and I just wanted to move forward with the spear. But when I got here, I realized – real quick – that this is about rolling up your sleeve every day and giving blood. To share that experience with the young troopers that are moving forward and taking the fight to the enemy –that’s pretty special. I’m real proud of our noncommissioned of-ficers and officers that are out there, working and teaching and giving something back every single day. And actually, victory does start here – it really does.” Click here, to read more.

TRADOC Commanding General Robert W. Cone also awarded Nam U. K. Bruner the outstanding civilian service medal for her contributions to TRADOC from January 2008 to September 2011. Mrs. Bruner made significant contributions in hosting community, state, federal and foreign dignitaries at Free-dom’s Fortress and Fort Monroe, Va.

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Col. Tory Scott (left), CAC G-3/5/7 assistant chief of staff, with Brig. Gen. Peter Utley, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command G-3/5/7 deputy chief of staff, during the Combat Training Center Conference in Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

Soldiers assigned to Company C, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Special Troops Battalion, inspect the XM-7 Spider Networked Munition during the Network Integration Evaluation test event in White Sands Mis-sile Range, NM., June 14, 2011. The Brigade Mod-ernization Command, under which 2/1 AR is aligned, provides evaluation feedback that allows TRADOC to assess modernization concepts and their implications.

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Brigade Modernization Command tests XM-7 Spider Networked Munition

DCG-IMT considers changes to physical fitness testClub Industry.com

The U.S. Army is considering further changes to the revised physical fitness tests it has been trialing for the last six months following feedback from Army leaders and soldiers. The Army started piloting two new tests—the Army Physical Readiness Test (APRT) and the Army Combat Readiness Test (ACRT)—in March, with the hope that both could be introduced by October. However, officials charged with implementing the new testing procedures are consider-ing some key changes to the tests based on statistical data and feedback they received during trials of the new tests at eight bases across the country, the Army Times website reports. Potential changes to the APRT, intended to replace the Army’s 30-year-old physical fitness test (PT), include add-ing dead-hang pull-ups, increasing the length of the rower portion of the test from one minute to two minutes and keeping the two-mile run required by the old PT, rather than the shorter 1.5-mile run previously proposed for the APRT. The ACRT, which includes tasks designed to simulate those that soldiers could perform in the field, may be re-vised to include full body armor in some testing modules. Maj. Gen. Richard Longo, deputy commanding general of Initial Military Training at Training and Doctrine Com-mand (TRADOC), told the Army Times that the proposed changes to the APRT were being considered in response

to initial test scores and suggestions from the rank and file. In addition to designing a test that accurately gauges a Soldier’s ability to perform in the field, TRADOC officials must consider the cost of conducting the test, whether it is fair for both male and female soldiers, and environmental factors, such as terrain at the test sites, Longo said. TRADOC officials now aim to finish trials of the new tests, analyze the results and agree on standards by April 2012 and implement the APRT and ACRT by October 2012.

A U.S. Army officer performs the rower during a test of the proposed Army Physical Readiness Test (APRT). Photo by Sgt. TJ Moller, courtesy of U.S. Army.

Photo by 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division (BMC)

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ARCIC’s Brigade Modernization Command assists with Industry Day

FORT BLISS, Texas, Sept. 13, 2011 -- Representatives from both large defense corporations and smaller business entities came to Fort Bliss, Texas, and White Sands Mis-sile Range, N.M. Sept. 8 to learn about the Army’s network strategy, Network Integrated Evaluations, or NIEs, and its new agile acquisition process. Industry day, hosted by Program Executive Office In-tegration, known as PEO I, and other organizations para-mount to the success of the NIEs -- including the Brigade Modernization Command, or BMC, and the Army Test and Evaluation Command, or ATEC -- demonstrated to the nearly 180 attendees the pivotal role NIEs play in the Army’s emerging network strategy, and the critical role industry plays in this process. The NIEs are a series of semi-annual evaluations de-signed to integrate and mature the Army’s tactical network. By combining these events at White Sands/Fort Bliss, the Army is able to synchronize formal testing using one com-posite Brigade Combat Team -- 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division -- the unit dedicated to performing operationally relevant tests and evaluations. The Army no longer has to tap into many different units for the tests -- it has a single test brigade dedicated to the effort. During Industry Day, representatives from the 60 plus companies who will support future NIEs got a first-hand look at how industry involvement in the development of networked technology is critical to this strategy, designed to leverage industry innovation and standards. Engineers and project managers learned more about the Army’s acquisi-tion process, fostering a greater understanding of the role their technologies will play in the NIEs and what they will undergo during testing. PEO I represents a major Army stakeholder in the acqui-sition of new technology as it continues the management of the Agile Process/NIE Process. The network, which underwent six weeks of rigorous testing and evaluation at WSMR during the first NIE this June and July, is expected to become a kind of mobile, wireless Army internet. It will allow unit commanders, dismounted Soldiers and vehicles on-the-move to share information, navigate and control battlefield systems -- while providing enhanced communi-cations between all echelons of a Brigade Combat Team.streamline the evaluation and feedback approach -- allow-ing for more usable test data and direct user feedback to the acquisition community. For more information on this story, click here.

CAC’s Center for Army Leadership helps launch MSAF

Beginning Oct. 1, the Army Officer Evaluation Report Form (DA Form 67-9) policy changes to better align with current Army leadership doctrine and more accurately evaluate performance and po-tential of Army officers, and increase accountability and better inform a transparent Talent Management process. The OER enhancement and changes apply to all OERs with a ―thru date of Nov. 1, 2011 and later. The changes include: reinstating senior rater box check for company grade officers, senior rater suc-cessive assignments recommendations, incorporat-ing a statement on the OER if the rated officer has completed or initiated a Multi-Source Assessment and Feedback/360 (MSAF) within the last three years, and a reduction in short-term evaluations. The Combined Arms Center’s Center for Army Leadership helped develop the MSAF concept, building it from the eight leaders core competencies in FM 6-22, Army Leadership.

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By Drew Hamilton, army.mil