text: Appendix E
  Notional Training Resource
  Charlie Company, 3d Transportation Battalion is two months out (T-8) from its next
  company field training exercise (FTX). At the company’s weekly training meeting, CPT
  Janet Sprague wants to ensure resource planning and coordination is on track. She
  asks the company executive officer, 1LT Brian Jones, to provide a T-Week breakdown
  of the coordination that has been done and what still needs to be accomplished. CPT
  Sprague wants to make sure there are no gaps in planning and preparation. She knows
  from experience that if resources have not been correctly requested then the company
  may not be able to execute the FTX as planned.
  CPT Sprague goes over the company’s training objectives for the FTX. She highlights
  the two company mission-essential tasks that are prioritized for training. She also
  confirms that her platoon leaders understand that their platoon battle tasks for the FTX
  need to be nested with these company mission-essential tasks (METs). She reiterates
  the responsibility for her platoon leaders to thoroughly review their platoon-level task
  training and evaluation outlines (T&EOs) for their prioritized platoon battle tasks.
  The company first sergeant, 1SG Alex Rodriguez, reminds the platoon leaders and
  platoon sergeants that the T&EOs contain the standards their platoons will be
  evaluated on during the company FTX. 1SG Rodriguez also reminds the platoon
  sergeants to ensure their squad leaders’ battle tasks are correctly prioritized and
  nested with the platoon battle tasks and that the individual tasks prioritized for training
  during the FTX are also properly nested to the squad battle tasks. CPT Sprague then
  reminds the group that in accordance with their company’s standard operating
  procedure (SOP), she will review the platoon leaders’ recommended platoon and
  squad battle tasks as well as the nested individual tasks at their Week T-6 training
  meeting. CPT Sprague then asks 1LT Drew Jones to provide an overview of the FTX
  resource status beginning with T-8. 1LT Jones reports:
  T-8: Training area reconnaissance is scheduled for Thursday of this week. These
  recons ensure leaders have physically been to the training areas and facilities
  supporting the FTX. These reconnaissance visits also help identify any previously
  overlooked resources and other issues including security issues, traffic control, and
  possible convoy route concerns. 1LT Jones runs down a few key questions leaders
  must be able to answer at the conclusion of their training area reconnaissance:
   Does the terrain support the company’s training objectives?
   Are there safety-related environmental factors (flash flood area, electric hazards, or
  wildlife)?
   Are there any local policy restrictions on transporting personnel and equipment to
  or from the training site that would affect training?
   Medical evacuation considerations?
  1LT Jones then hands out a consolidated list of training area reconnaissance questions
  for company leaders to consider while conducting the training area reconnaissance.
  This list is used as a template for each company-level training event and is updated
  after each FTX. It was most recently refined during the after action review (AAR) of the
  company’s last FTX.
  1LT Jones then reviews the status of the resources that have been identified and
  requested through the battalion (BN) logistics staff officer (S-4) for the FTX.