Who most commonly has a standard METL?

• A. Company and above
• B. Platoon
• C. Squad
• D. Battalion

Answer: (A)

METL, or Mission Essential Task List, defines the tasks a unit must perform to accomplish its mission and guides training and readiness. These lists are formalized for units that have a stable, defined mission set, which primarily includes company-sized units and larger. Smaller elements—the squad and platoon—don’t usually publish their own standalone METLs; their tasks are encompassed within the higher-level unit’s METL. So, the standard METL is most commonly found at company level and above, making that the best choice. A battalion may have its own METL as well, but the broad, regularly standardized METL you’ll see across units is at the company level and above.