1. You are a member of Special Troop Battalion, 3d BCT, 10th Mountain Division. Your battalion will deploy to Iraq within six months. The battalion commander approved your unit’s METL. The METL identifies critical tasks for each platoon and now it is time for squad leaders to select tasks to train that support the platoon’s critical tasks.
2. The platoon’s critical tasks are as follows:
a. Conduct unit operations.
b. Guard detained prisoners of war.
c. Treat casualties.
d. Perform in a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) environment.
e. Implement combat survival techniques in area of operation.