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STP 9-94P1-SM-TG Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 General The soldier training publication (STP) identifies the individual military occupational specialty (MOS) training requirements for soldiers in various specialties, for example, another source of STP task data is the Central Army Registry (CAR) at https://www.train.army.mil/. Commanders, trainers, and soldiers should use the STP to plan, conduct, and evaluate individual training in units. The STP is the primary MOS reference to support the self-development and training of every soldier in the unit. It is used with the Soldier’s Manual of Common Tasks, collective training products, and ADRP 7-0, Training Units and Developing Leaders, to establish effective training plans and programs that integrate soldier, leader, and collective tasks. This chapter explains how to use the STP in establishing an effective individual training program. It includes doctrinal principles and implications outlined in ADRP 7-0. Based on these guidelines, commanders and unit trainers must tailor the information to meet the requirements for their specific unit. 1.2 Training Requirement Every soldier, noncommissioned officer (NCO), warrant officer, and officer has one primary mission — to be trained and ready to fight and win our nation's wars. Success in battle does not happen by accident; it is a direct result of tough, realistic, and challenging training. a. Operational Environment. (1) Commanders and leaders at all levels must conduct training with respect to a wide variety of operational missions across the full spectrum of operations. These operations may include combined arms, joint, multinational, and interagency considerations, and span the entire breadth of terrain and environmental possibilities. Commanders must strive to set the daily training conditions as closely as possible to those expected for actual operations. (2) The operational missions of the Army include not only war, but also military operations other than war (MOOTW). Operations may be conducted as major combat operations, a small-scale contingency, or a peacetime military engagement. Offensive and defensive operations normally dominate military operations in war along with some small-scale contingencies. Stability operations and support operations dominate in MOOTW. Commanders at all echelons may combine different types of 1 October 2014 1-1