1-31. The unit commander is respons

1-31. The unit commander is responsible for the wartime readiness of all elements in the formation. The commander is, therefore, the primary trainer of the organization, responsible for ensuring that all training is conducted in accordance with the unit’s mission essential task list (METL) to the Army standard. This is the commander's number one priority. The command climate must reflect this priority. The commander analyzes the unit's wartime mission and develops the unit's METL. Using appropriate doctrine and mission training plans (MTPs), the commander plans training and briefs the training plan to the senior commander. The senior commander is responsible for resourcing, ensuring stability and predictability, protecting training from interference, and executing and assessing training. Commanders ensure MTP standards are met during all training. If they are not, the unit must retrain until the tasks are performed to standard. Train to standard, not to time.