STRATEGIC MISSILE BULLETIN: THE PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION OF COMBAT TRAINING IN STAFFS AND SUBUNITS OF MISSILE TROOPS DURING THE TRAINING PERIOD

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• Publication Date: May 10, 1962
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The Planning and Organization of Combat Training in Staffs
and Subunits of Missile Troops During the Training Period
The Missile Troops have been set large and responsible
tasks. The principal of these are: increasing the constant
combat readiness of units and large units for immediate
operations in any situation, improving methods of control,
a flawless knowledge of equipment, and of the rules of
operation and maintenance of missile equipment coming into
service, reducing the time to prepare missiles for launching
from different degrees of readiness, working for interchange-
ability of the leading members (nomer) of combat crews,
training of qualified (klassnyy) specialists, NCOs, and
enlisted men able to carry out the duties of technicians,
improving tactical-special training of units and subunits,
and raising the level of combined-arms training.
The most important conditions for carrying out these
tasks are the following: purposeful planning of combat
and political training by staffs and commanding officers
of all levels, efficient organization and a high standard
in training and in conducting the drills and exercises,
and also giving daily specific leadership and 'constant
assistance to commanding officers of units and subunits.
The basis of the activity of all commanding officers
must be raising further the state of organization and
exactingness in carrying out the tasks that have been set,
timely and correct planning of combat training, and
timely checking on the fulfilment of plans.
Personal conducting of the drills and exercises with
subunits and units by senior commanding officers, staff
officers, and chiefs of services of large units and units, and
also their giving assistance in planning and organizing
combat training, should be considered the main method of
leadership and supervision.
It is necessary to conduct more frequent training in
methods of instruction and demonstrations in the most
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important and complicated combat training subjects and to
introduce more widely the latest experience in the practice
of personnel training and education.
1. General Considerations in Planning and Organizing
Combat Training
The training year is divided into the winter and summer
training periods. Between the training periods, 10 to 15
days are set aside to prepare for summer training and to
convert equipment for summer operation. Training is not
planned for this period and is not included in calculating
the training hours. However, it is necessary to make use
of the work of converting the equipment to summer operation
for learning about the equipment and the rules of operation
and maintenance.
Each month, 18 training days are allotted to combat
subunits for combat and political training, and 55 training
hours to rear and engineer service subunits (administrative
subunits, sections operating stationary complexes, etc.).
The length of the training day is fixed at 7 hours.
On days preceding days off and holidays, work ends two
hours early. When conducting tactical-special exercises,
comprehensive studies, and combat launchings, the length
of the training day is not limited; but it is recorded in
planning documents as a 7-hour training day.
Besides the time provided for by the daily schedule,
four maintenance days are allotted each month (one day a
week) for the servicing and technical inspection of special
equipment and of motor and tractor equipment.
With the authorization of the large unit commanding
officer, scheduled preventive inspections and work on ser-
vicing equipment can also be done in the hours allotted for
learning the equipment. The time assigned for this work is
included in the plan of combat training and in the training
schedule for subunits.
Before the beginning of the training year, for those
young soldiers who join subunits in October and November
after quarantine, individual initial training is conducted
in accordance with the combat training programs for en-
listed men and subunits of missile troops. But if
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the young replacement arrives in December, then the individual
initial training is conducted in the first month of the
winter training period. Separate training is planned during
this period for young enlisted men and for veteran (staroslu-
zhashchiy) soldiers.
The purpose of individual training is to give young
soldiers sufficient preliminary knowledge and practical
skills in combined-arms training subjects and in special
training to ensure high quality replacements for soldiers
being released to the reserve. Training in missile
equipment can be given only after the young soldiers have
taken the military oath.
At the end of the individual initial training, the
unit commanding officer organizes a test of the knowledge
acquired by the young soldiers in tactical, fire, drill,
antichemical and special training. After the test, the
young soldiers are sent to established subunits where
from the beginning of the training year they undergo further
training together with veteran soldiers. With this organization
of training, the combat readiness of units is not weakened
during the time enlisted men and NCOs, who have finished
their period of service, are released to the reserve.
To ensure a constant combat readiness of subunits and the
interchangeability of crew members in sections and batteries
during the period the young soldiers are undergoing their
initial special training, the veteran soldiers are trained
in preparing missiles for launching with reduced complements.
During joint training, second and third year soldiers
undergo training in associated and more complicated specialist
duties, improving their knowledge and skills in those regular
duties requiring a higher qualification.
To improve their knowledge and training in associated
specialist duties, it is advisable for the veteran soldiers
to undergo instruction in groups, according to years of
service or specialist duties, in subjects not requiring the
coordination of subunits (equipment, motor and tractor
training, engineer training, antichemical training, and
military topography). By the end of their period of service,
trained men must have the knowledge and practical skills of
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the same scope as that envisaged for students of NCO schools.
Three days a month are allocated for command instruction
methods and demonstration drills for NCOs. Their content
and the way they are conducted are decided by unit commanding
officers. The drills must be conducted by commanding offi-
cers of batteries and battalions in training time when the
NCOs are not occupied with the enlisted men. All drills
for NCOs are included in the battery study schedule.
Command drills with NCOs must be conducted mainly in
combined-arms training and must assist in increasing their
skill in methods of training subordinates.
NCOs undergo specialist training in their own subunits
or at refresher courses organized on a regimental or
battalion level. Special instruction may be recommended
for increasing the technical training of NCOs who are
specialists in the same category (PShS mechanics, engine
mechanics of technical batteries, senior mechanics of
central compressor stations, NCOs of electrical firing
sections ((elektroognevoye otdeleniye)) of launch batteries
and horizontal check crews of technical batteries, etc.).
When planning and organizing combat training of NCOs
and veteran soldiers, it is necessary to develop more widely
and popularize the patriotic undertakings that have arisen
in certain large units and units of Missile Troops, with
the object of raising the constant combat readiness of the
unit - the movement for decreasing the time for training
combat crews (military unit 43195); for the best trained
enlisted men and NCOs to master the specialist duties of
the technicians and for all men and sergeants to acquire
competence (klassnost) (military unit 43291); for excellent
mastery of special equipment, for conserving resources in
working it, and for mastering associated specialist duties
(military units 41203 and 87753).
It is essential to pay special attention to command
drills with battery first sergeants, deputy commanding
officers of platoons, and NCOs on extended service, while
daily improving their role and authority. It is more
advisable to conduct these drills monthly by means of
refresher courses on a regimental level. Specific problems
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must be set at the refresher courses, depending on the
state of the subunits (internal procedure, supply of per-
sonnel, daily details, etc.) and the demands made upon them.
Command training for generals and officers is con-
ducted at refresher courses, at training exercises, and at
command, demonstration and instruction methods drills, as
well as by means of systematic independent work. Four to
five days are allocated for refresher courses in training
methods before the beginning of the training period for
the following:
with commanding officers of battalions (divizion)
(battalions ((batalon)) groups) under the direction of
large unit commanding officers;
-- with commanding officers of batteries (companies,
teams ((komanda)) under the direction of unit commanding
officers.
Deputy commanding officers and chiefs of staff must
participate in the refresher courses along with the com-
manding officers.
It is advisable to have one two-day refresher course
of special training for chiefs of services in each training
period.
In organizational instructions, three days a month are
provided for the command training of officers during the
training period. An approximate allocation of training
time in the basic disciplines for command training for
officers is given in an appendix to the organizational
instructions on combat training of Missile Troops. The
proposed allocation is the minimum and may be increased,
depending on the specific conditions of the unit.
It is advisable to conduct the drills in training
groups formed on a unit level. The following groups may
be recommended for command training of officers of a medium-
range missile regiment:
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regimental commanding officer's group: deputy
regimental command ng officers; battalion commanding
officers; deputy battalion commanding officers for political
matters; and the secretary of the regimental Party organization;
-- chief of staff's group: deputies and assistants
of the chie of staff ; chiefs o services of regimental
staff; and chiefs of staff of battalions and their assistants;
the chief engineer's group: officers of the missile
armament service; deputy commanding officers of battalions
for missile armament; and heads of the checking and measuring
point (kontrolno-izmeritelnyy punkt), of the missile
armament workshop, of the inspection and maintenance vehicle
station (!CRAB), of the missile armament specialist training
section, and of special fuel rdepo;
the group of the chief of the technical s rvice;,
the assistant chief of the technical sere ce; senior moor
technicians of battalions; the chief of the motor and
tractor repair workshop;the.:Chiefs of transportation
sections of the transportation battalion; the commanding
officer of the motor transport platoon;and the chief of the
scaffolding section;
-- the group of the deput commanding officer for supply:
the chiefs of clothing and ration supply, of fuel oil and
lubricants supply, and of financial allowances;
-- the regimental doctor's group: the chief of the
medical post; the chief of the medic-al stores (apteka);
and other medical personnel;
-- the group of the chief of the data computing section
(OPD): geo etic engineers; chiefs of data computing sections
and engineer-computers of battalions; and the chief of the
mobile air weather station (PAMS);
-- the group of the chief of communications: the
assistant chief of radio communications; the chiefs of battalion
communications; the battery communications commanding officer
and his deputy; platoon commanding officers;
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-- the group of the chief of the section operating
stationary installations: chiefs and technicians o sections
operating installations of the complexes; the commanding
officer of the engineer platoon;
-- the battalion commanding officer's group: battery
commanding officers and their deputies for missile armament;
-- groups of officers of launch and technical batteries,
according to specialist duties: launch personnel startovi ),
propulsion personnel dvigate ist), electric firing personnel
(elektroognevik) and fueling personnel (zapravchik). These
groups may be formed at either the regimental or battalion
level. As leaders of these groups it is necessary to appoint
battery commanding officers who have good training in one of
these specializations. In units where the officers possess
a sufficiently high level of training in specialist duties,
a study of the prescribed armament in the specialties of the
engine and electric firing sections may be recommended.
Drills in combined-arms subjects for battery officers
is conducted by the commanding officers of the appropriate
batteries.
In regiments armed with intercontinental missiles it
is advisable to form command training groups on the same
principle, depending on the T/O structure, the tasks facing
the regiment, and the specific conditions of its location.
In launch battalions of such regiments, for the instruction
of officers in special training, the formation of the fol-
lowing groups may be recommended: launch personnel, pro-
pulsion personnel, electricians for self-contained equipment
(elektrik-avtonomshchik), all-round electricians (elektrik-
kompleksnik), radiotelemetrists, specialists for the nitrogen
supply points (azotdobyvayushchaya stantsiya), and fueling
personnel.
In newly formed units, before the receipt of the organic
(transitional) equipment, additional drills in technical
training must be organized for officers of subunits to the
extent of four hours a day (of which two hours are to be
allocated to individual study). The programs of additional
drills are worked out by staffs of formations (individual
large units), depending on the degree of training of the
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officers. Apart from drills on technical documentation
and their regular duties, it is advisable to-plan
instruction in the fundamentals of electrical engineering,
thermodynamics, and mechaxiics to the level of secondary
technical schools and to use their textbooks for officers
lacking technical education.
It is advisable to use officers who have taken
advanced courses at military educational institutions as
instructors. On special training exercises, conditions
should approximate combat ones, and various problems
should be put to the trainees, which would require them
to make decisions to eliminate various defects. This
allows officers to master their own duties better, while
working at the launch site or the maintenance position.
It is desirable that during drills the leader should
not only listen to the students' decision on particular
faults but also to their opinion of the causes, and the
measures needed to prevent these faults from arising.
2. Planning Combat Training in Staffs of Formations,
Large Units, Units and Subunits
The planning of combat and political training must be
conducted in,accordance with the tasks, time available,
and the sequence of training for enlisted men and NCOs
and for subunits and units, and it'also depends on the
degree of training of the personnel, . special` features of
their location, climate, and other local conditions.
After the organizational instructions for the training
year have'been:received, instructions for large. unit
commanding officers are worked out in the headquarters
of the formation on combat training for tie ra ning
period. ese make specific the organizational instructions
according to'thp degree of combat readiness attained by the
units and large units of the formation.
Accompanying these instructions are the following:
a calendar plan of the main arrangements for
combat and political training;
an extract from the plan of combat launchings by
units and subunits on ranges;
-- a list of the subjects of staff and command-staff
exercises for large units;
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-- a plan of supervision and assistance for large units
In addition, a plan is worked out at formation staff
for advanced training for officers of large units and for
the formation directorate, and a plan and program of command
training for officers of the formation directorate.
The planning of combat and political training for
the training period is done in large unit "staff.
The large unit commanding officer gives his subordinate
units instructions on organizing combat and political
training. The large unit staff works out the
following:
-- the calendar plan of the main arrangements for
combat and political training of the large unit;
-- the plan of command training for officers of the
large unit, containing a list of the groups for command
training and their complement, and a calculation of the
hours and the subjects planned for their instruction;
-- the plan of training for the large unit staff
and for the staffs of regiments and battalions;
a list of battery, battalion and regimental special-
tactical exercises, with an indication of the men and
equipment involved, and their duration;
-- charts for using training facilities (obekt) of the
large units;
-- the plan of supervision and assistance for units
of the large unit;
-- the plan of inspections of subunits which the units
must'conduct. .
plan.
The following arrangements are contained in the calendar
Officer training. Command refresher courses: commanding
officers of units and battalions, commanding officers of
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batteries (on a regimental level), section and crew chiefs;
commanding officers of platoons, section technicians (on
a battalion level), officers of the large unit headquarters,
and staffs of units and battalions.
Special refresher courses are organized for the groups
of the following: the chief engineer of the large unit,
the deputy commanding officer for technical matters, the
commanding officer of the rear, the large unit engineer,
the chief of the chemical service, the chief of geodetic
preparation and data computing, the communications chief,
and the large unit doctor.
Additional instruction on special training for officers
coming from other arms of troops.
Demonstration and methods of instruction exercises on
special training, and on organizing and running the
maintenance day.
Lectures on operational-tactical and technical problems,
and studying foreign armies. Technical training and
other ?? :dri.l-Xs with. ~6f fic:ers.
Marxist-Leninist training.
The collection of tests from officers on knowledge
of special equipment and combined-arms regula?ibnsrr.'
The collection of records from commanding officers of
units, battalions and staff officers on the preparation
of data, instructions (direction) on planning and
evaluating the results of launching missiles and on
special training.
Staff training. Regimental command-staff exercises.
Staff tra ning. Participation in operational exercises.
Training of NCOs. Command exercises. Demonstration
and methods 6T-ins ruction exercises. Drill exercises.
Training soldiers.-,and subunits. The training of
young soldiers and second and third year soldiers.
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Improving individual combined-arms training.
Training technical and launch batteries, technical-
repair base (RTB) assembly teamsiand transportation batteries
to prepare the missiles for launching from various degrees
of readiness.
Comprehensive exercises. Tactical-drill exercises
and tactical-special training for batteries. Training in
railway loading (unloading) of equipment and entraining
and detraining of personnel.
Political instructions. Instruction in physical training.
Drill inspections of batteries, battalions, and regiments.
General battalion and general regimental evening roll calls.
Inspections for the best platoon(battery)in a battalion,
regiment, and large unit, in drill and rendering of marching
songs; for the best training equipment. Maintenance days.
Party-political work and mass-cultural work. Party and
Komsomol conferences. Meetings o Party and Komsomol active
members. Study groups of political workers, secretaries
of Party and Komsomol organizations in units, leaders of
Marxist-Leninist training groups for officers. Conferences
of the leaders of political instruction groups. Inspections
of amateur art activities.
Mass sports activity. Mass competitions in military
applied-sports and attaining norms for a GTO grade 2 badge.
Competitions for a challenge cup for physical training
anda ports in the unit (garrison); winter (summer) athletic
games. Team and mixed individual and team competitions
between platoons k.sections) in units for all-roynd'ability, rifle
firing, etc.
Participation in district, regional, and area sports
competitions. Competitive inspections of sports work within
units.
In a regiment (RTB independent battalion), the planning
of tom at an po litical training is done by months for the
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training period.
An order for the training period is worked out on the
organization of combat and political training, which must
contain the following:
brief results of combat and political training for
the preceding training period (training year);
main shortcomings in combat and political training;
a unit's main task in the training period, and the
tasks of subunits.
~- the tasks of tactical-special training (a number
of tactical-special and tactical-drill exercises, their
duration, times of conducting them, subjects, and main
problems);
the tasks of special training for launch and
technical batteries, transportation batteries and RTB
assembly teams (the amount and method of conducting
comprehensive training are indicate#);
-- the tasks of special training for combat support
subunits,(communications, data computing sections (OPD),
mobile air weather station (PAMS) and RMSif-1, chemical
defense, geodetic and technical troops);
the tasks
the tasks
the tasks
of training drivers and
of drill training;
of physical training;
driver-mechanics;
the tasks of rifle firing training;
--. the tasks of command training (what refresher
courses are being conducted, when they are being conducted,
and the subjects of command-staff exercises and staff
training);
:.: the tasks of military-science work, efficiency and
invention work, and improving training equipment;
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the tasks of maintenance, storage, care, and operation
of special equipment;
--, the times for summing up the results of socialist
competition.
Accompanying the order on combat-and political training
are the following:
the calendar plan of the main arrangements for the
combat and political training of a unit; the calendar plan
is compiled for the training period by days, all arrangements
are divided into two sections; the first-arrangements of
the large unit (from the plan of the main arrangements of
the large unit and the second-arrangements of the unit.
Besides the designation of the arrangements, those carrying
them out are given in the plan and, in the monthly plans,
the times of these arrangements also;
the plans of command training for officers and
NCOs of the unit (they contain a calculation of the hours
and subjects for instruction, and also the composition of
command training groups);
a list, subject matter, and calendar dates for
conducting battery, battalion, and regimental tactical-
special exercises and tactical drill training conducted
as preparation for tactical-special exercises, staff and
command-staff training;
the subject plan of combat and political training
for subunits;
-- a calculation of the expenditure of the technical
resources of special equipment assemblies (compiled in
accordance with expenditure norms for technical resources
which are given in organizational instructions on combat
training) and motor transportation potential of motor
and tractor equipment;
-- a schedule for conducting comprehensive exercises
with subunits.
In addition to the documents enumerated above, the
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following are compiled monthly in large unit and unit staffs:
a detailed calendar plan of the main arrangements
for combat and political training;
work plans of the commanding officer, his deputies,
chiefs of services, and staff officers in units and subunits
(designation of arrangements, times of implementation, and
those who are to execute them);
schedules of training with officers and NCOs;
schedules for the use of training facilities of combat
training launch sites, the motor and tractor parks (avtot-
raktorodrom),, rifle ranges, and others;
a plan of supervision and assistance for subunits.
A special plan of combat and political training must
be worked out for the period subunits go away for combat
launchings.
The plan provides for tactical-special training,
comprehensive exercises, combat launchings, and other
problems of combat training which cannot be worked out with
the training equipment available at their permanent locations.
Tactical-drill training with subunits and also instruction
on firing, drill, physical training, and other subjects
must precede the exercises and combat launchings.
In a battalion the planning of combat and political
training is done for a month.by weeks.
The calendar plan for combat and political training is
the main planning document.
The calendar plan includes the following:
a list of the main arrangements on combat and
political training for the battalion;
demonstration and methods of instruction training
for officers and NCOs of the battalion and the times for
conducting them;
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tactical-special training and tactical-drill exercises
for batteries and the battalion and the times for conducting
them.
In addition, at the battalion staff the following are
compiled:
a schedule of command instruction - methods and
demonstration training for NCOs;
-- a subject plan of combat and political training
containing a calculation of the hours and a list of the
training subjects for soldiers and subunits for each webk;
a diagram for the use of combat training launch
sites, military camps, classrooms, and other battalion and
regimental training ,facilities;
-r a plan of supervision and assistance for the
battalion subunits.
In a battery combat and political training are planned
by the week.
The main planning document in a battery is the
battery schedule of training for enlisted men and NCOsA
which includes the following: command instruction-
methods, and demonstration training for NCOslconducted
both in specially allocated time and on the days when NCOs
are not called upon to conduct training with the enlisted
men; instruction in all training subjects with enlisted
men and subunits of the battery; arrangements for political-
educational work and mass sports activity. It is advisable
to plan motor vehicle driving by the battery drivers not
by the week but by the month.
When planning combat training, it is necessary to have
a sequence in working through the program so that work on
the appropriate subjects should be completed by the subunits
before the start of battery (battalion, regimental) tactical-
special training and comprehensive exercises.
It is necessary to make use of the time spent by subunits
at the complex (when doing combat duty), mainly to conduct
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special training and comprehensive exercises. This may be
achieved by curtailing the training time of subunits located
in the main camp and detailing them in turn to do guard
duties on the sites for a period of 5 to 7 days. In this
case, an opportunity will be presented to the duty subunits
to carry out to the full their combat duty and to engage
profitably in combat training.
The planning of combat and political training must be
concluded:
-- in a large unit, by not later than three weeks before
the beginning of the training period;
in a regiment, by two weeks before the beginning
of the training period;
-- in a battalion, not later than the 25th of the
current month;
-- in a battery, not later than Friday of the current
3. Recording Combat and Political Training in a Unit
and in Subunits
Combat and political training of the personnel of units
and subunits is recorded in class (group) journals which
are kept in training groups or subunits, units and large
units. An evaluation of how far the material studied has
been assimilated is made by the leader during the drills
(exercises) and is shown in the journal.
A record of comprehensive exercises, tactical-special
exercises, staff, and command-staff instruction, combat
launchings, and other arrangements is kept at unit head-
quarters for each subunit.
A standardized documentation for recording combat and
political training has been worked out and issued by the
Directorate for Combat Training of Missile Troops. Record
journals are used to record combat and political training
in units and subunits.
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In a regiment (RTB, independent battalion)there are
the following:
the record journal for the main combat training
arrangements which contains combat launchings and comprehensive
exercises of the subunits, tactical-special training,
staff and command-staff training, drill reviews, results of
rifle firing, outstanding soldiers in combat and political
training, qualified specialists, and rated sportsmen;
-- the record journal for command training of the
officers of the regimental directorate(individual tasks
for officers are also entered in the journal);
- record journals of command training for officers,
NCOs, and first sergeants, organized on a regimental level.
In a battalion there are the following:
-r a record journal of the combat training of the
subunits, containing a record of command training for
NCOs of the battalion groups, of training subjects worked
through by the subunits, results of rifle firing, out-
standing soldiers in combat and political training and
outstanding subunits, qualified specialists, GTO badge
holders, and rated sportsmen;
a record journal of command training and individual
tasks for officers of the battalion commanding officer's
group;
a record journal of combat launchings and comprehensive
exercises for each battery.
In a battery there are the following:
a record journal of training containing the command
training for NCOs, training subjects worked through by
subunits, results of firing hand arms, outstanding soldiers
in combat and political training, qualified specialists,
GTO badge holders, and rated sportsmen;
a record journal of command training and individual
tasks for officers of the battery commanding officer's group.
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In a section (crew, platoon) a record journal is kept
of the combat training of sergeants and the soldiers of a
section (crew, platoon).
A record of political studies is kept in separate
journals by study groups.
In formations it is advisable to keep a record of
combat and political training in the journals indicated
above (a record journal of the main arrangements for a
formation, record journals by command training groups, etc.).
4. Control of the Course of Combat and Political Training
The Commander-in-Chief of Missile Troops is paying great
attention to establishing an effective daily supervision
by commanding officers and staffs over planning and executing
combat training programs by all units and subunits of the
Missile Troops, to organizing an efficient use of service
time by officers, and to improving daily the quality of
combat training and operational efficiency in work.
Supervision of the course of combat and political training
must be effected with the aim of immediately eliminating
weaknesses that are exposed and further improving the quality
of the training and education of personnel. Staffs should
give greater attention to the systematic supervision of
subunits and units on combat duty and to assisting in
organizing combat training and creating training material
in subordinate units and subunits.
To increase the responsibility of officers for the
quality of the training of their subordinate units and also
to check how far the combat training tasks have been carried
out, test drills and exercises both on the whole content
of the program and on individual problems of training subjects
should be held periodically during the planned training and
also out of reserve time (in the winter training period -
14 hours, and in the summer period - 35 hours). Test
drills for a platoon (section) must be conducted by the
battery commanding officer, for a battery by the battalion
commanding officer, and for a battalion by the regimental
commanding officer.
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To check the practical skills that have been acquired
in work, and the extent to which the material has been
assimilated, leaders of drills should set test questions
and give marks.
It is advisable to put into practice a regular summing
up of combat and.political training: in a battery - weekly;
in a battalion - at the end of etch month; and in a regiment -
at the end of the training period, using the data received
to sum up the socialist obligations that have been undertaken
and to check the quality of training of outstanding soldiers
and qualified specialists. At least once during the training
period the staff of a unit must conduct a check on the pro-
gress of combat and political training in each battalion.
When supervising comprehensive drills and instruction in spec-
ial training it is necessary to pay attention to correctness
in expending and recording the resources of special equip-
ment assemblies.
When conducting comprehensive drills, tactical-special
training, learning about explosive and toxic substances,
when servicing equipment, and when preparing for and carrying
out combat launching of missiles, special attention must
be given to safety measures, and the careful fulfilment of
the requirements of regulations, direction of services,,
instructions, technological schedules of work, launching
courses, and the driving course (kurs vozhdeniya).
Practicality and clarity of purpose in organizing
combat training, successful and well-timed planning, and
daily supervision and assistance for subunits by staffs will
exert a positive influence on the progress and quality of
combat training and on fulfilling the tasks that have been
given to the Missile Troops.
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