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Adapt and overcome: MTTs meet demands of operational units.

Publication: Infantry Magazine
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Adapt and overcome: MTTs meet demands of operational units.(U.S. Army Infantry School Training Update--197th Infantry Brigade)

Article Excerpt
More than 2,500 years ago in the Grecian city-state of Sparta, military training was viewed with such seriousness that 12-year-old boys were taken from their mothers and entered into military service where they remained until after their 40th birthday. The Spartans also had a unique way of supporting their allies in a time of war. The Spartans sent leaders and trainers. If an ally required aid, they did not send their entire army; they sent one or a small group of soldiers to train and lead their ally's army. How effective was this method? The results speak for themselves as the most powerful military force of the time, Athens, was soundly defeated by the smaller, less experienced city-state of Syracuse with the help of the Spartan commander Gylippus. The U.S. Army has a similar method for training units preparing to deploy who may not have the time or funds to send all of their Soldiers to Fort Benning, Georgia, for training: the mobile training team (MTT). The MTT offers a time and cost efficient alternative to resident training at Fort Benning. The current operations tempo of the global war on terrorism creates an environment where training time, family time, and refit time are constantly competing. With only...

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