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UTM Tutorial:

Training Resources in CATS

Purpose: Assist commanders and planners to determine the resources required for a training event by demonstrating where to find training resources in the Combined Arms Training Strategies (CATS) viewer. This tutorial is not a replacement for the content in the UTM manual. For a full, unabridged understanding read Chapter 4 of the UTM.

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Training Resources in CATS

What are CATS

Where to find CATS

Training resources available in CATS

Training resources available CATS Combined Report

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What are Combined Arms Training Strategies (CATS)

CATS provide task-based, event driven strategies for training units. They are derived from the unit TOE and are developed to train the unit on its designed function. Three key concepts in Unit CATS are:

• Task Selections (tasks that are logically trained together)

• Progressive Methodology (crawl, walk, run)

• ARFORGEN & METL Based

For each Task Selection, CATS recommends several events that can train the Task Selection and the associated collective tasks.

CATS provides a list of resources required to plan and execute each recommended training event.

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First, find the CATS Viewer

Select the CATS Viewer either from the persistent navigation bar or by selecting the linked CATS icon.

https://atn.army.mil/

Open the CATS Viewer on ATN

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Where to find the Combined Arms Training Strategies (CATS)Once in the viewer, select the proponent and then select the desired unit CATS. The viewer displays the Tasks Selections with events and the reports links.

Task Selections

Events

Units by TOE

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Selecting an event will give you a quick abbreviated/incomplete view of the resources required. For a complete list access the Combined Report on the next page

Events

Resources available in this view:TADSSFacilitiesTraining AudienceVehiclesWeaponsAmmunition Types

Resources available in the events view

Events View

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• Event Frequency

• Event duration

• TADSS

• Facilities

• Vehicles

• Weapons

• Ammunition types and quantities

• Projected fuel consumption

• Observer Controller/OPFOR recommendations

Resource Information in Combined Report

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CATS Combined Report Resource InformationEvent frequency

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CATS Combined Report

Event duration

TADSS

Facilities

OC/OPFOR suggestions

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CATS Combined Report

Fuel estimate

Ammunition

Vehicles and Weapons

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The CATS Combined Report contains:

• Event Frequency

• Event duration

• TADSS

• Facilities

• Vehicles

• Weapons

• Ammunition types and quantities

• Projected fuel consumption

• Observer Controller/OPFOR recommendations

The CATS Combined Report is a good place to start to determine resource requirements for a training event

Summary