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developers allow the group to produce focused training products for the Army’s
legacy, Stryker, and digital units. They also conduct observations and analyses,
both in classroom and field settings, for multiple Land Warrior training programs
and products. In addition, the Training and
TS provides realistic training
environments, helping our nation’s
warfighters prepare for success on
the battlefield.
Simulation LOB supports the Army Research
Institute (ARI), and they have developed 223
Combined Arms Training Strategies (CATS).
The LOB also performs exercise design,
exercise control, training development and
analysis for Special Operations Forces (SOR),
as well as provides Observer/Controller
Evaluators (OCEs), opposing forces (OPFOR), guerilla chiefs, and experts in logistics
and exercise control to support Special Forces qualification courses.
In simulations support, the group is inventing ways to use new tools like the Touch
Table prototype, which replicates the complex demands of crisis management and
Homeland Security training. The system’s flexibility makes it useful for training at
every level – from Joint staffs to Homeland Security teams – and for mission planning
in crises. Their development of the Joint Integrated Mission Model (JIMM) allows for
detailed, realistic simulations of platforms, weapon systems, command structures, and
operational environments.
In another area of operation, the group contributes management, administrative,
engineering, and technical support services to the U.S. Central Command Deployable
Headquarters (CDHQ). They recently completed renovating the forward HQ in Qatar
and installing a rear HQ in Tampa.
Additionally, the Training and Simulation LOB facilitates U.S. peacekeeping operations
in the Balkans with more than 650 linguists. Their work in stability operations
also includes technical functional support for the Army and the development of
tailored mission readiness exercises for Balkans forces.
The group’s distributed and distance-learning products aid in the military’s training
effort for soldiers around the world; for example, self-study programs are keeping
soldiers and leaders professionally current while they are deployed. These courses
also help alleviate the backlog of students needing instruction at Army schools.
Supplying training support to an Army at war is
demanding and important work. The LOB’s reputation
for quality innovative work has earned
the trust of service trainers. TS welcomes Phil
Coose’s Training and Simulation LOB, whose
work ensures new business growth in support
of sector objectives.
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TS provides exercise support for
USCENTCOM.
Technical Services military trainers
at Fort Lewis, Washington,
developed “Leader Engagement
Training” for Army units deploying
to Iraq. Training was designed to
help soldiers, from squad leaders to
general officers, communicate more
effectively with Iraqis. Pictured is
Army Brig. Gen. Al Gayhardt, commander
of the 116th Brigade Combat
Team, Idaho National Guard, with
two Iraqi role-players at a training
exercise held at Fort Bliss, Texas.
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Technical Services Magazine • Fall 2006