Training Army Training and Leader Development

1 UNCLASSIFIED army Regulation 350 1 Training army Training and Leader Development Headquarters Department of the army Washington, DC 10 December 2017 SUMMARY of CHANGE AR 350 1 army Training and Leader Development This major revision, dated 10 December 2017 o Establishes Training readiness standards necessary to enable Training readiness reporting; provides new framework for the Training General Officer Steering Committee processes, Senior Leader Readiness Forum and Senior Enlisted Training and Leader Development Conference (chap 1). o Codifies the Deputy Chief of Staff, G 3/5/7 authority ( army Directive 2016 05) concerning Headquarters, Department of the army level approval of all Training requirements; recognizes responsibilities for army Cyber Command/2A, and army War College (chap 2).

2 O Codifies army University; revises sections on student dismissals, deferments, Officer Evaluation System, WOES, and noncommissioned officer evaluation system, direct commissions for medical officers, command team education; and moves Civilian Education from chapter 3 to establish a new chapter 4. Highlights the new Select-Train-Education-Promote enlisted career management process; Renames WOES professional military education course names and requirements; updates army Medical Department Direct Commission Course Training requirements; established new framework for Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development System, to include structure self- Development , Master Leader Course, and Nominative leaders Course; updates throughout Civilian Education System sections (chap 3).

3 O Changes from Training in units to army Civilian education (chap 4). o Changes from Training Support System to Training in units (chap 5). o Changes from army Modernization Training to Training Support Systems (chap 6). o Changes from army Distributed Learning Program to army Modernization Training (chap 7). o Changes from army Modernization Training to the army Distributed Learning Program (chap 8). o Establishes guidance for culture and language (chap 9). o Rewrites and establishes unit Training record in addition to the existing individual Training record (app F). o Rewrites and merges previously constructed tables G 1, G 2, and G 3 together to consolidate Headquarters, Department of the army common mandatory requirements, and established a new table F 2 to set conditions for future Deputy Chief of Staff, G 3/5/7 publications; re-characterizes selected topic to be accomplished as commander responsibilities (app F).

4 O Authorizes army command, army service component command, and direct reporting unit to develop supplemental guidance in order to provide a single source for Training and education requirements across their commands (throughout). o Authorizes army command, army service component command, and direct reporting unit level organizations to supplement AR 350 1 when additional command directed requirements are established in order to provide a single source for Training and education requirements and guidance across the command (throughout). o Eliminates DA Form 5286 (Individual Basic Training (BT), Advanced Individual Training (AIT), One Station Unit Training (OSUT)) and DA Form 5286 1 Continuation sheet (Basic Training , Advanced Individual Training , One Station Unit Training ) (throughout).

5 O Incorporates guidance from AD 2015-30 (Professional Military Education, Leader Development and Talent Management for Warrant Officers), AD 2016-05 (Building Training ), AD 2017-13 (Department of the army Senior Enterprise Talent Management Program and Enterprise Talent Program), and AD 2017-14 (Department of the army Emerging Enterprise Leader Development Program) (throughout). o Supersedes AD 2011 02 (Initial Entry Training for Prior Service Personnel) and AD 2012 21 (Optimization of Intermediate-Level Education) (throughout). *This publication supersedes AR 350 1, dated 19 August 2014; and AD 2011-02 and AD 2012-21.

6 AR 350 1 10 December 2017 UNCLASSIFIED i Headquarters Department of the army Washington, DC * army Regulation 350 1 10 December 2017 Effective 10 January 2018 Training army Training and Leader Development History. This publication is a major revi-sion. Summary. This regulation consolidates policy and guidance for army Training and Leader Development and supports army de-cisive actions in unified land operations. Applicability. This regulation applies to the Regular army , the army National Guard/ army National Guard of the United States, and the army Reserve, unless otherwise stated, and is compliant with army Total Force Policy.

7 It also applies to Department of the army Civilian employ-ees. During mobilization, the proponent may modify the policies and procedures contained in this regulation provided that the modification is coordinated with and concurred with by the Administrative As-sistant to the Secretary of the army and that the modification is disseminated through the Administrative Assistant to the Secre-tary of the army . Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this regulation is the Dep-uty Chief of Staff, G 3/5/7. The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation that are consistent with controlling law and regulations.

8 The proponent may delegate this approval au-thority, in writing, to a division chief within the proponent agency or its direct reporting unit or field operating agency, in the rank of colonel or the civilian equivalent. Activities may request a waiver to this regulation by providing justification that includes a full analysis of the expected benefits and must include formal review by the activity s sen-ior legal officer. All waiver requests will be endorsed by the commander or senior Leader of the requesting activity and for-warded through their higher headquarters to the policy proponent.

9 Refer to AR 25 30 for specific guidance. army internal control process. This regulation contains internal control provi-sions in accordance with AR 11 2 and identifies key internal controls that must be evaluated (see appendix J). Supplementation. Supplementation of this regulation and establishment of com-mand and local forms are prohibited with-out prior approval from the Deputy Chief of Staff, G 3/5/7 (DAMO TR), 450 army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310 0450. Supplementation of this regulation is au-thorized at the army command, army ser-vice component command, and direct re-porting unit level when additional com-mand directed requirements are established in order to provide a single source for train-ing and education requirements and guid-ance across the command.

10 Establishment of command and local forms are prohibited without prior approval from the Deputy Chief of Staff, G 3/5/7 (DAMO TR), Washington, DC 20310 0450. Suggested improvements. Users are invited to send comments or suggested im-provements on DA Form 2028 (Recom-mended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G 3/5/7 (DAMO TR), 450 army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310 0450. Committee continuance approval. AR 15 39 requires the proponent to justify establishing / continuing committee(s), co-ordinate draft publications, and coordinate changes in committee status with the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Sec-retary of the army , Analysis and Integra-tion Cell (AAAI CL), 105 Pentagon, Washington DC 20310 0105.