#WARRIOR TASKS AND BATTLE DRILLS HOW TO# Army Reserve, talks to a Soldier who fell out of his PRT formation. 1st Class Alex Montero of the 98th Training Division, U.S. Croslin is competing against Montero to be named Army Reserve Drill Sergeant of the Year. Christopher Croslin of the 95th Training Division, U.S. Being able to instruct the Warrior Tasks and Battle Drills is critical for drill sergeants, because it is those skills that will keep Soldiers alive in combat, said Staff Sgt. You empower them with the choices in order to get that positive outcome.”Īfter a morning of instructing in PRT, the competitors spent the afternoon both performing and instructing Warrior Tasks and Battle Drills.  “When I was a recruiter, I learned to not force them to do anything they don’t want to do, but guide them on the right path of making the decision on their own. “The one thing that helps me with that is having been a recruiter,” Russell said. Russell is competing to be AIT Platoon Sergeant of the Year. 1st Class Thomas Russell of B Battery, 1st Battalion, 78th Field Artillery Regiment, at Fort Sill, Okla., said being an Army recruiter in the past helps him influence Soldiers to do the right thing and get back in formation. Croslin is competing to be Army Reserve Drill Sergeant of the Year. Army Reserve, Norman, Okla., instructs Soldiers in team formations Tuesday. “So, using your experience as a leader, as an NCO, you come in, try to identify the problem, see if you can find a solution to the problem as soon as possible.” “You have to attack the problem real quick, because if you don’t it starts spreading to other Soldiers,” he said. We want to take care of that problem so they can focus on the training. When they are in BCT or the training environment and they come up with a problem back home, it takes their concentration from their training. “They are not used to the long days, not being able to call back home. “In a environment, Soldiers come up with a lot of issues,” Montero said. He agreed that helping Soldiers find a way through their problems so they can train is a common and important duty. Army Reserve, is one of two competitors from the 108th Training Command fighting for the title of Army Reserve Drill Sergeant of the Year. Miller is competing to be Drill Sergeant of the Year. Jonathan Miller (right) of the 787th Military Police Battalion, 14th MP Brigade, at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., instructs Soldiers in Physical Readiness Training on Tuesday. You just have to take that time to be open minded and understand where they are coming from.” “It’s a fairly common situation, but it’s actually fairly easy to fix, too. “It does come up at least once a day,” he said. Soldiers dropping out of PRT is a situation Dunham said he deals with daily as an AIT platoon sergeant. The competitors were expected to quickly handle the situation in their own way. Part of the competition was testing how the drill sergeants and AIT platoon sergeants handled Soldiers falling out of their PRT formations. If you are not ready to do that, what’s the point of training on anything else?” It prevents injuries and it makes us completely physically fit and ready to go into combat. “It trains our bodies to be able to adapt to any situation. “PRT is the most important thing we do as Soldiers,” he said. Dunham is also competing to be AIT Platoon Sergeant of the Year. 1st Class Andrew Dunham of B Company, 187th Ordnance Battalion, at Fort Jackson. The competition tests NCOs on how they train PRT because of its importance to the Army, said Sgt. It’s really important not only for us to know what right is, but also be able to correct it so that the Soldiers can go out to the units and affect the rest of the Army as well.” It’s really important to set that standard right at the beginning so all these privates - the trainees that are coming into the force - they know what right looks like. A lot of the more veteran and seasoned NCOs, they remember the old-style of PT, and a lot of them have had a hard time implementing PRT into the unit because they don’t get trained to the proper standards. “PRT is fairly new to the Army it’s only been around a few years. Leonhardt was being tested on Warrior Tasks and Battle Drills as he strives to be the Drill Sergeant of the Year.  #WARRIOR TASKS AND BATTLE DRILLS HOW TO# Derek Leonhardt (right) of A Troop, 5th Squadron, 15th Cavalry Regiment, 194th Armored Brigade, at Fort Benning, Ga., trains a group of Soldiers on how to clear a room Tuesday.

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