Title: Infantrymen develop junior leaders during situational training exercise | Article | The United States Army
Headings: Infantrymen develop junior leaders during situational training exercise
Infantrymen develop junior leaders during situational training exercise
Content: It lets the team leaders develop, become better NCOs," said Roughton. " It lets squad leaders develop and get more comfortable controlling their squad, and it provides an opportunity for our younger Soldiers to see what right looks like, and then for some of them move up to the team leader position and get some time there before they take their team for the first time." Sgt. Jeremy Roach, a team leader with 1-41Inf. Regt., was one of the junior NCOs to benefit from the training. "The exercise really gave me a chance to exercise control and practice directing my team," said Roach. " We have some guys who are really experienced and have done a lot of this stuff but then there's some guys that this is their first time doing it, so it's good for them to see it and for me to do it in real speed." Roughton said the training offered team leaders like Roach, an opportunity to adjust their tactics, techniques and procedures while also identifying weaknesses. "Overall it's their first time and they're a young squad, so they had some hiccups and certainly have some things they are going to go back and improve on, but overall it provided these junior NCOs a really good picture of what they need to improve on," Roughton added. "