Extended training here to stay for infantry and armor soldiers
Todd South
Twenty-two week One Station Unit Training will be made permanent as the second year in the pilot program showed big improvements. (Army)
Despite COVID-19 challenges, the Army continued to put out extended training for its infantry and armor soldiers this past year. Those pilot programs have now been made permanent.
In fiscal 2020, the Army Infantry School either ran or is running a total of 84 classes, producing 7,320 Infantry One Station Unit Training graduates, said Ben Garrett, Maneuver Center of Excellence chief of public affairs.
The pilot program will be used to build permanent extended training for all incoming armor crewmen and scouts.
Todd South
The pilot training program began in July 2018, extending infantry OSUT from 14 weeks to 22 weeks. Primarily, the program focused on more weapons training, but it also added more physical training, drill and combatives training.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/10/15/extended-training-here-to-stay-for-infantry-and-armor-soldiers/
