Required for all Army personnel as outlined in AR 385-10. The paragraph below is an excerpt from Army Regulation 385-10, Rapid Action Revision dated 4 October 2011.
11–7. Driver education (HSPG Number 4)
a. Army Traffic Safety Training Program. The Army Traffic Safety Training Program is required training for all Army personnel. The training is established to reinforce a positive attitude toward driving, individual responsibility, and correct response to routine and emergency driving situations. Each progressive traffic safety training course builds on the previous module to reinforce the Army’s expectations for a safe Army driver.
- Introductory Training Course I. During initial entry training, all Soldiers shall be given traffic safety training at advanced individual training. The course will establish and reinforce a positive attitude toward driving, individual responsibility, and correct response to routine and emergency driving situations.
- Local Area Hazard Training Course II. All Army personnel who are newly assigned to an Army installation/theater will receive a briefing on the local driving hazards they may encounter while serving at that installation.
- Intermediate Traffic Safety Training Course IIIA. All newly assigned Soldiers less than 26 years of age will receive intermediate traffic safety training that reinforces the initial traffic safety training course. Other personnel may be required to attend the training as deemed necessary by the local command.
- Accident Avoidance Training Course. Anyone operating an AMV will have first completed the online accident avoidance course as part of licensing procedures. The training includes mishap risk management component of CRM, personal responsibility, driving hazard awareness, defensive driving techniques, accident avoidance, and motorcycle safety.
- (a) Tactical vehicle drivers are required to complete additional vehicle specific training as required by AR 600–55.
- (b) The online accident avoidance training will be repeated every 4 years as part of the license renewal procedure.
- Mandatory motorcycle training. Under the Progressive Motorcycle Program, all Soldiers who operate a motorcycle are required to take the following motorcycle training:
- (a) Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) basic rider course (BRC) or Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment) DUSD(I&E)) endorsed, State-approved, curriculum for motorcycle operator’s safety training.
- (b) Experienced rider course (ERC) or the MSF BRC II.
- (c) Military sportbike riders course (MSRC).
- (d) Motorcycle refresher training (MRT) for Soldiers deployed for more than 180 days.
- Motorcycle sustainment training. Based on the type of motorcycle owned or operated, Soldiers are required to complete motorcycle sustainment training every 3 years, which consists of, at a minimum, retaking an ERC or the MSRC. A Soldier can meet the sustainment training requirement, at no expense to the government, by taking an Army approved advanced level motorcycle course. A list of courses meeting the criteria is located on the U.S. Army Combat Readiness and Safety Center Web site, https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130218220436/https://safety.army.mil
b. Driver improvement/remedial drivers training. To reinforce positive driving behaviors—
- (a) Commanders will provide Army-approved driver improvement courses to military or civilian personnel who, while operating a Government motor vehicle, have been convicted of a moving traffic violation or have been determined to have been at fault in a traffic mishap.
- (b) Require individuals, inside or outside normal duty hours, to attend the courses or lose installation driving privileges. State-approved driver improvement programs may be used to fulfill the requirement where an Army standardized course is not provided.