Fort Benning

U.S. Army Fort Benning and The Maneuver Center of Excellence

Ready & Resilient (R2) Site

Level 2 Master Resilience Facilitator Course (40 hrs)

R2 Master Resilience Training Course for FY are below all request must go through your Brigade Schools NCO.

Purpose

What is the Level 2 Master Resilience Facilitator Course (MRT-FC)?

The Facilitator Course consists of five days of intense training for students who have done exceptionally well in the Level I Course and displayed excellence in unit resilience training since graduating as a Master Resilience Trainer. During the five days, you will increase your depth of knowledge about the skills, and also gain a thorough understanding of the practical exercises that are conducted in the Level I Course.

Upon graduation, you will be eligible to receive the Additional Skill Identifier (ASI) 8J and will be ready to serve as certified Master Resilience Facilitator Trainer. The Facilitator Course is not a refresher of the Level I Course.

We realize many of you may have attended the Level I Course at different locations and received previous versions of the Course content. USAMRS covers the most updated (version 3.1) of the curriculum. As certified Master Resilience Trainers, you are expected to sharpen your skills by staying abreast of the most updated resilience material. Additionally, the Army Resilience Directorate (ARD) expects you to be proficient to a Level I standard.

R2PC Level 2 (LV2) Recommendation Protocol and Procedure

Upon the advent of the Army-wide "people first initiative", which focused on suicide prevention and sexual harassment prevention; the role of a relevant and passionate Master Resilience Trainer (MRT) is invaluable. This document proposes a way to ensure that the best qualified MRT's can continue in their quest to be a positive "change agent" for resilience implementation within the units/directorates/organizations of which they serve.

Prerequisites for LV2

There are 2 ways to become qualified to attend the LV2 Facilitator Course: (1) Become recommended by the MRT Cadre for "excellence" in content teaching and articulation; and (2) The Home Station Validation process.

1. Be recommended by the MRT Cadre for "excellence" in content teaching and articulation during the course.

During the second week of the MRT-C, students are evaluated (no less than 3 times) on their ability to teach and articulate all 14 skills learned during the previous week. The evaluation criterion for each session is based upon a scale of 1-5.
A rating of 1 means that a student: possessed limited knowledge; was unable to answer any question correctly; could not define any of the concepts of the course; nor give any relevant examples of the concepts or skills of the material they were responsible for.
A rating of 5 means that the student: answered every question correctly; was able to correctly define each of the concepts and provide relevant examples of the concepts and skills.

If the student's accumulative evaluation score is 4 or higher; it is deemed that the student has a thorough content knowledge and is ready to facilitate immediately. A standard name line memorandum for record will be submitted to the Program Manager (PM), Mr. Sam Rhodes immediately upon graduation for all those rated ready to attend the LV2 Facilitator's course. The PM will determine the availability of allocated slots for the next up and coming LV2 Facilitator Course.

2.The Home Station Validation process

A Level 1 MRT who did not receive a recommendation from the MRT cadre training team, and desires attendance to the Level 2 course, must establish a relevant MRT program within their unit/directorate/organization. Relevant means that MRT trainings speak to the mitigation of high-risk behaviors as identified through assessment tools and measures within their unit/directorate/organization. Have completed at least 4 months of experiential teaching within their unit.

Send an e-mail (e-mail address is located at the MRT Resource Center Web site, "We Want Your Feedback" button) with the level 1 MRT's request for selection to level 2 training. Include a personal letter requesting consideration for selection. This letter will include a brief discussion of personal contributions to their unit/directorate/organization in terms of resilience training and the impacts thereof. Endorsement from the company or battalion /directorate/organization leadership recommending approval of the request (ARNG and USAR will route the request through the appropriate program manager for submission).

Once all prerequisites are met and forwarded to the PM. The Soldier/Dependent/DA Civilian will schedule an Assistant Primary Instructor (API) or Primary Instructor (PI) from the R2PC to conduct a QA/QE (quality assurance/quality evaluation) at their next unit training. The API or PI will peruse the contents of their program, then observe the MRT during training, using the previously stated 1-5 based evaluation scale. If the MRT is assessed with a 4 or higher. A letter will be forwarded to the PM recommending that the MRT be sent to the next LV2 course.


LV2 Program Usage

Unit Commander and Soldier understand that IAW AR 350-53 paragraph 3-2.b.(2).(c). Soldier will be tasked by Fort Benning G3 to help instruct follow-on MRT courses for at least three (total 6-8 weeks) MRT training iterations in a 12-month period following graduation. Additionally, the Soldier must have an active Government Credit Card and an active DTS account.

MRT Level 2 Selection Criteria

  • Selection criteria.
  • The Level 2 candidates are graduates of the MRT-C (Level 1 course) and recommended by the training team faculty to attend the follow-on MRT-F Course.
    • (a) Must meet all the selection criteria established in subparagraph 3-2a(2), above, for the MRT Level 1 candidate.
    • (b) Will have a minimum of one year remaining in the Army upon graduation from the Level 2 course.
    • (c) Level 2 MRT graduates will be available for tasking to help instruct follow-on MRT courses for at least three MRT training iterations in a 12-month period following graduation. This requirement is in addition to the MRT's habitual unit R2 Program training responsibilities.
    • (d) A Level 1 MRT who did not receive a recommendation from the training team (see subparagraph e, below), and desires attendance to the Level 2 course, must:
      • Have completed at least 4 months of experiential teaching within their unit.
      • Send an e-mail (e-mail address is located at the MRT Resource Center Web site, "We Want Your Feedback" button) to R2 with the level 1 MRT's request for selection to level 2 training. Include a personal letter requesting consideration for selection. This letter will include a brief discussion of personal contributions to the unit in terms of resilience training, impact of training efforts on the Army Family, and personal reasons for requesting additional MRT development.
  • Include an endorsement from the company or battalion commander, or 1SG or CSM recommending approval of the request

Funding

Upon notification of enrollment into a Level 2 course, a cross-organization will be sent to Soldier in DTS, complete your authorization in DTS under LOA: "R2 MRT Travel." The routing list will be ARD Defense Travel Administrators, not your unit. The funding will come from ARD.


Location of Training

Fort Jackson, SC
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Welcome Letter will be email once you have been selected for attendance with information on In-processing and the Registration Process

Quotas for the MCoE Soldiers will be issued by The R2 Program Manager based on the Need of the Installation through the Brigade S3 R2 Program Manager. will be submitted using the ATRRS quota source code VR/VC based on the allocations from the MCoE DOTD (R2) staff.
Level 2 courses are supported by Military Training Specific Allotment (MTSA) funding for all TRADOC attendees, both Military and DA Civilians.
For additional information contact: R2 Performance Training center support Specialist, phone 706-545-6033

Course Schedule

FY24 Course Schedule

Class Report Date Start Date End Date
302/25/202402/26/202403/01/2024
405/05/202405/06/202405/10/2024
506/02/202406/03/202406/07/2024
609/08/202409/09/202409/13/2024
Example Level II Application
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