1BN - Company Operation/FTX Policy

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Article Number:	7CAV-BATT1-005
Scope:	Company Operation/FTX Policy
Version:	Version 1.0
Effective Date:	20APR20
Last Modified Date:	DDMMMYYYY
Approving Authority:	1BN Commanding Officer
Point of Contact:	1BN Executive Officer

THIS DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE EDITED WITHOUT 1-7 COMMANDER APPROVAL.

Company Operation/FTX Policy

Policy Overview

• At the discretion of the Company Commander, a company's monthly required FTX can be run as an official operation.
  • MILPAC credit to attendees
  • Eligibility for combat awards
  • Require an official operation announcement posting prior to the op
  • require After Action Reports (AAR) to be submitted by those in a squad leader or higher billet per AAR SOP

• Platoon Field Training Exercise (FTX) cannot be run as an official operation.
• At discretion of the Company Commander, other Company wide events, such as running company-wide weapon re-qualification ranges, can also count as a Company FTX, but not as an official operation.
• At discretion of the Company Commander, Platoon FTX's can be run in place of a Company FTX for a month, but will not count as official operations.
• Platoons must stick to the same FTX schedule and run them on the same week their company FTX would have otherwise run. This is to minimize scheduling conflicts and maximize attendance at any FTX throughout the Battalion.
• The goal of this policy is to be an incentive to troopers to attend, as well as to provide MILPACs credit and award eligibility to events that are already run in extremely similar formats to official operations.

Scheduling

• Scheduling Arma 3 events:
  • 1BN reserves Saturdays for S3 Ops
  • 1BN reserves Sundays for SP and FTX's
  • Scheduling for Company & Platoon FTX's:
    • 1st Sunday of the month - Open
    • 2nd Sunday of the month - Alpha Company
    • 3rd Sunday of the month - Bravo Troop
    • 4th Sunday of the month - Charlie Company
      • If a month happens to have 5 Sundays, you can just drop down 1 Sunday accordingly.

Company operations must be posted in the Operations Forum at a minimum of 7 days in advance of the scheduled date. The post must be made by a member of Company Staff, using the S3 Events Tool. Guidelines for the body of the post are outlined HERE. It is required to provide an Operation Order (OPORD) prior to the operation.

Attendance

• Attendance at an FTX will count as SP.
  • Enough slots should be included to encompass all of the normal compositions of each Platoon within the company as determined by the Company Commander.
  • All members of the relevant company have their slots reserved per their billet, but sign-ups are still encouraged to gauge potential attendance.
  • At the discretion of Company Staff as to how many additional slots will be present for the operation, if any.
    • For example, Alpha Company Staff may include slots for infantry support, and both Bravo and Charlie Company staff may include slots for air transport and/or air support as needed.

All slot restrictions present for official operations are in effect for company operations. Pilot slots are restricted to winged personnel. Squad Leader position priority is given to those in a squad leader billet or higher, etc.

After Action Reports and Award Eligibility

• After Action Reports (AAR) must be created by the Company Commander, or a member of Company Staff in their absence, following the standard operating procedures outline by S3 AAR.
  • Those in a squad leader or higher billet must submit their AAR as they would for a standard operation.
• All attendees are eligible for operational awards. Medal recommendations must be sent to the Company Commander, or a member of Company Staff in their absence. The medal package for the operation can be posted in the Medal Recommendations forum by the Company Staff and follow all combat medal SOP's.