Fort Benning

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

Ready & Resilient (R2) Site

R2 Master Resilience Trainer Course
(80 hrs)

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

Purpose

What is the Master Resilience Training Course?

The Master Resilience Training Course is a course that will produce junior leaders with the capability to teach proven resilience skills to the Soldiers in their teams, squads, and platoons in order to enhance their performance and increase their resiliency, both individually and collectively. The Master Resilience Training Course is an established training program that has demonstrated efficacy in reducing behavioral health problems.

Soldiers will review the myths about resilience and why resilience is critical for success and well-being, and they learn about the scientific literature of the core factors that predict resilience, with a specific focus on the factors that are amenable to change. Ideally, Soldiers taking this course will return to the force as Drill Sergeants, Squad Leaders, Platoon Sergeants and Platoon Leaders, First Sergeants and Company Commanders, and they will be expected to train these skills to those Soldiers in their unit. Additionally, they will serve as subject matter experts for their commanders.

Soldiers will learn resiliency and performance enhancing skills and how to teach them. These skills have proven efficacy in contributing to the success of teams and leaders, families, students, executives and military personnel. Skills learned include goal setting, energy management, emotion awareness and regulation, impulse control, de-catastrophizing, putting it in perspective, effective communication, challenging negative beliefs, problem solving, and real time resilience. Additionally, several techniques proven successful by elite sports figures and athletes will be introduced, such as imagining success, goal setting, and energy management.

Course Description

The MRT Course is dynamic and interactive, with large and small group training. Students will be taught resilience skills, how to apply them and how to instill these skills in others. They will complete this course with a deeper sense of self-awareness and optimism. As a Soldier, you will also gain the ability to recognize and capitalize on your strengths and the strengths of others while being resilient in all areas of life.

Scope


Course Outcome

The Master Resilience Training Course is a course that will produce junior leaders with the capability to teach proven resilience skills to the Soldiers in their teams, squads, and platoons in order to enhance their performance and increase their resiliency, both individually and collectively. The Master Resilience Training Course is an established training program that has demonstrated efficacy in reducing behavioral health problems.

Length

10 day (80 hours)

Course Prerequisites

MRT Selection Criteria. Candidates must be in grades E6-E7, O1-O4, or GS07-GS12. Those in grades E5 may attend provided the first O5 in the Soldiers chain of command requests an exception to policy and it is submitted to the MCoE (R2 Program Manager). Candidates will possess excellent communication and presentation skills; present a healthy and fit appearance; meet the standards of AR 600-9; have a valid APFT within the last six months; exercise effective coping mechanisms; and display the traits of resilience. Candidates will possess the qualities of an informal leader; have good rapport with others; be extroverted; have mental agility; and be an optimistic thinker. Current or prior experience in trainer-type positions is recommended. Soldiers with medical profiles will be permitted to attend IAW new draft AR 350-1 TPB, paragraph 3-13. Candidates must not be flagged or under any pending investigations. Contractor personnel are not permitted to attend.

Quotas for the MCoE will be submitted using the ATRRS quota source code VR/VC based on the allocations from the MCoE DOTD (R2) staff.

MRT courses are supported by Military Training Specific Allotment (MTSA) funding for all TRADOC attendees, both Military and DA Civilians.

Request for attendance to Master Resilience Course:

All allocations for this course for FY 24 was published in FRAGO 38 Quotas for the MCoE will be submitted through the Brigade Schools NCO for Permanent Party Units and directly to the R2 Program Manager from Tenant Units. FRAGO 38 (MCoE Weekly FRAGO, TW 38) to OPORD 23-040 (MCoE Campaign Plan 2030)

For additional information contact: Brigade Units contact your Local Battalion School NCO for allocations given to each Brigade IAW the designated FRAGO

For more information Contact the Interim R2 Program Manager Sgt. 1st Class Byron Dumolt bryon.k.dumolt.mil@army.mil or by phone 706-545-6033.

Additional Course reporting instruction will be provided once enrolled for a FY 2024 Course

Master Resilience Trainer Course is offered only in ATRRS, Fort Benning will begin conducting Local MRT courses. Units will also be given opportunity to send 1 Spouse per company to this course in the coming months. To request allocations for these slots please contact your Brigade schools NCO.

Course Schedule

FY24 Course Schedule

Class Date
003-2406-17 May 2024
004-2409-20 September 2024

FY25 Course Schedule

Class Date
001-2521 October - 1 November 2024
002-2527 January - 7 February 2025
003-259-20 June 2025
004-258-19 September 2025