White space on the training calendar, how have you got after this in your unit?

Are you saying there should be no white space? If that's the case, I would disagree.

Portray the Troop Leading Procedures and the 8-step training model on your calendar. We TALK about this a LOT...but where is it? Where is the detailed planning on the calendar? Where is the RECON on the calendar? Where is the AAR and the retraining on the calendar? With only 4 significant training events on the calendar per month (~1 per week), your days get crammed with the 8 step training model described in ADRP 7-0. I won't even bring up the pain associated with inputting all this into DTMS, but once it's input as a training event, it's just a matter of using the drop down menus to speed up the process. When you pull the string of that one training event to the left and right a little bit, that white space becomes...black space. That's the term we use. There is no white space...it's black space. There is no free time, only time where we are preparing for or recovering from a training event. Also not going to go into a huge diatribe about last minute taskings, but it's worth mentioning a little. Over the last 6 months, I have had my S3 shop create a chart which tracks how long we have until a tasking is executed (from the date given to us). Low and behold, the majority of them happen within 2-4 weeks (~88% of them). That means the white space you thought you had gets filled quickly at the Corps, Division and Brigade level. Those need to go into a "locked" DTMS training calendar ON TOP OF the other training, which...if someone is paying attention, they should see as a conflict when reviewing DTMS training calendars.