Army National Guard Leader Development Program

Enhance and support the State's and Territories' capability to develop Army National Guard leader's knowledge, skills, competencies, attributes, and behaviors to produce agile and adaptive leaders at echelon, who are able to operate and succeed in complex and dynamic environments. By Creating and providing leader development resources, opportunities, and content in the experiential and self-development realms of professional development, which deliver broadening experience or increased technical and conceptual competency in order to enable Leader Development across the 54 States and Territories.

Holistic Health & Fitness

H2F is a capabilities-based, task and environment focused, Human Performance Optimization (HPO) program. HQDA EXORD 149-19 directs the Total Army to implement the H2F System. For the Active Component (AC), H2F provides Soldiers direct access to specialized medical and mental health care providers, athletic trainers, and strength coaches at the brigade level. The ARNG model will not mirror the AC model, while still accomplishing the desired end state of improving physical fitness, injury avoidance and recovery, nutritional health, and mental/spiritual resilience.

The ARNG achieves H2F Systems goals of improving Soldier readiness and lethality, optimizing physical/non-physical performance, reducing injury rates, improving rehabilitation after injury, and increasing overall effectiveness through a Directorate enabled and State/Territory led approach which accounts for ARNG unique requirements, opportunities, constraints. The ARNG will accomplish this through a blend of material solutions, subject matter expertise, federal and state resources, and health care professionals.

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B-Roll: US, multinational partners conduct planning exercise during African Lion 2025
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa
May 15, 2025 | 1:27
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 2nd Security Forces Assistance Brigade conduct a planning exercise with members of the Ghana Armed Forces and other multinational partners during African Lion 2025 (AL25), May 12–15, 2025, in Tamale, Ghana. AL25, the largest annual military exercise in Africa, brings together over 50 nations, including seven NATO allies and 10,000 troops to conduct realistic, dynamic and collaborative training in an austere environment that intersects multiple geographic and functional combatant commands. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) on behalf of the U.S. Africa Command, AL25 takes place from April 14 to May 23, 2025, across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia. This large-scale exercise will enhance our ability to work together in complex, multi-domain operations—preparing forces to deploy, fight and win. (U.S. Army Reserve video by Staff Sgt. Jon Cortez)

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(00:00:00) MEDIUM SHOT: GAF soldier writing notes
(00:02:07) MEDIUM SHOT: Soldiers from partner nations discussing operations at laptop
(00:06:07) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. and GAF soldiers discussing planning operations
(00:09:27) CLOSE SHOT: GAF soldier using a protractor on map
(00:12:27) MEDIUM SHOT: GAF soldier giving input during planning discussion
(00:16:14) CLOSE SHOT: Armed Forces of Liberia soldier typing
(00:21:14) MEDIUM SHOT: Armed Forces of Liberia soldier typing with GAF soldiers paying attention
(00:25:1) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. airman giving input with GAF soldiers during discussion
(00:27:23) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. and GAF soldiers discussing planning operations in front of laptop
(00:31:23) MEDIUM SHOT: Forces of the Armées de Côte d’Ivoire soldier talking at podium
(00:35:06) MEDIUM SHOT: GAF soldier talking about planning operations at whiteboard
(00:38:09) MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. soldier talking with multinational partner soldiers
(00:41:09) CLOSE SHOT: Multinational partners discussing planning operations at whiteboard
(00:44:12) MEDIUM SHOT: GAF soldier discussing planning operations at whiteboard with multinational partners
(00:47:12) MEDIUM SHOT: GAF soldier sharing information with U.S. soldier on laptop
(00:50:12) CLOSE SHOT: Multinational partners conducting wargames during training
(00:53:16) CLOSE SHOT: Multinational partners conducting wargames during training
(00:57:05) LONG/MEDIUM SHOT: U.S. soldier discussing rules to wargames training
(01:01:14) LONG SHOT: Multinational partners discussing their movements during wargames
(01:05:04) MEDIUM SHOT: Armed Forces of Liberia soldier makes his teams move during wargame training
(01:10:08) MEDIUM SHOT: Partner forces discuss their best course of action during wargame training
(01:13:13) MEDIUM SHOT: Partner forces make their teams move during wargame training
(01:17:13) MEDIUM SHOT: GAF soldier gives discusses medical information with command team
(01:21:14) MEDIUM SHOT: Command team of wargames listens to multinational teams decisions
(01:24:16) MEDIUM SHOT: Forces of the Armées de Côte d’Ivoire soldier makes his teams move during wargame training
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The ARNG will approach H2F as a three phased operation, including defining requirements, experimentation, and implementation. The ARNG H2F implementation strategy is not a universal “one size fits all” approach, States and Territories are afforded the flexibility to experiment through the planning process. FY21 is a planning year for States/Territories to establish those requirements; ARNG requirements will be determined through collaborative, scientific, evidence based research and experimentation. States/Territories conduct market research, small scale pilots, and analysis IOT determine their specific requirements for H2F implementation. Concurrently, ARNG G3 Training Division (TR) will institute a multi-functional working group of industry experts, collegiate human performance centers, and Army professionals to enable collaboration and requirements development. This targeted and individualized approach ensures the collective ARNG requirement possesses relevance, scalability, ease of implementation, effectiveness, and efficiency across the force. The ARNG will report the requirement findings to the Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA) NLT 30 SEP 2021.

 

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Contact: ngbh2fstaff@army.mil
OIC: LTC William Palmer
NCOIC: MSG David Brooks