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Weapon strategy support of operational requirements and unit readiness processes

• Current small arms training standards do not include many combat critical engagement tasks and skills.
• Current weapon training strategies do not align with progressive unit manning and training readiness strategies, and better alignment could achieve needed readiness levels more efficiently.

Potential of training technologies to enhance weapon training strategies

• Virtual technologies are already used extensively in weapon training strategies.
• Training strategies could be improved through better use of training technologies, but such improvement will require effort and study.

Weapon training strategy development processes

• Proponents develop weapon training strategies with little Army-level guidance and direction.
• Processes are adequate to support evolutionary improvement but not the major changes that may be needed to support changed operational requirements and unit readiness processes and to exploit the potential of training technologies.
• Processes for integrating weapon training strategies and the resources to support them internally (e.g., ammunition, ranges and targetry, and simulators) and with other training strategy components (e.g., mission command and tactical unit maneuver) are informal rather than systematic.
• A lack of data on unit training practices undercuts the ability to make needed improvements.