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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U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers train with simulators during WAREX 86-21-03 at Fort McCoy, WI - Total Force Training Center
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July 13, 2021 | 2:52
U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 773rd Transportation Company and 915th Transportation Company participate in Virtual Battlespace 3 (VBS3) simulator training July 13, 2021, and U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 693rd Quartermaster Company participate in GlobalSim All Terrain Lifter Army System (ATLAS) and Rough Terrain Container Handler (RTCH) simulator training July 15, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis., during the Warrior Exercise (WAREX) 86-21-03 faciliated by the 86th Training Division.

VBS3 is a comprehensive training application that provides a high-fidelity 3D virtual environment for land, air, and sea collective training and mission rehearsal while the GlobalSim ATLAS and RTCH simulators provide real, transferable skills with custom training scenarios enhanced by the control and monitoring ability of an advanced instructor station.

These simulator facilities are just another example of Fort McCoy's ability as a Total Force Training Center.
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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.

 

Application Information

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