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Paul Norwood, email to the authors, 16 October 2014. commanding general for training, for his valuable comments 50. Army Regulation (AR) 350-1, Army Training and Leader Deand suggestions on earlier drafts of this article. velopment (Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, August 2014). 34. “Maneuver Captains Career Course Student InformaAR 350-1 standardizes and governs mandatory training across all units tion,” United States Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, onin the Army regardless of their specific mission-essential tasks. line at http://www.benning.army.mil/mcoe/dot/mc3/ (accessed 51. The eight-step training model provides a guide for leaders 12 October 2014). at the brigade-level or lower to align resources to requirements as 35. Joseph Martin, email to the authors, 5 November well as to sequence and synchronize training. The steps consist 2014. of plan the training, train/certify leaders, conduct a reconnais36. ADRP 7-0, sance, issue an order, 3-3. rehearse, execute, 37. 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