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ven before organizations across the Army and DOD were asked to “do more without more,” the U.S. Army Program Executive


Office Simulation, Training, and Instru- mentation (PEO STRI) was realizing savings through a simple yet multifaceted concept: teamwork.


“As you know, the Army is a ‘we’ organiza- tion, not a ‘me’ organization. PEO STRI is one element of the Army team working to ensure that our military is the best- trained fighting force in the world,” said Dr. James Blake, the Program Executive Officer.


Working with other Army elements and with other military services toward a common goal has produced fiscal effi- ciencies through reduced manpower, elimination of duplicative efforts, and sub- sequent lower costs, Blake said. Different approaches to teamwork yield different benefits, yet all can lead to high-quality products for warfighters at demonstrably lower costs than if the products had been undertaken by PEO STRI alone.


ONE DESIGN, MANY USES PEO STRI’s Egress Assistance Trainer programs are key examples.


When PEO STRI received an Opera- tional Needs Statement in July 2006 to procure a training device that could


limit injuries sustained during vehicular rollovers, a joint effort was launched to rapidly develop the High-Mobility Mul- tipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Egress Assistance Trainer (HEAT), which instructs Soldiers in how to get out safely from an overturned vehicle. PEO STRI worked with PEO Combat Support and Combat Service Support, with engi- neering assistance from the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command’s Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Cen- ter, and manufacturing capability at Red River Army Depot, TX. As a result, the HEAT was developed in five months. It was deployed around the globe, including locations in the theaters of operation, by September 2007.


Using the construct and design premise for the HEAT, PEO STRI soon thereaf- ter developed the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Egress Assistance Trainer (MET) to teach Soldiers how to properly exit a rolled-over MRAP vehicle.


“By adding the design capabilities of the eight different MRAP vehicle cabs to the already proven HEAT system, the team provided a training capability in nine short months from concept development to the first fielding location at Camp Buehring, Kuwait,” said Frank Schlem- mer, Project Director for the HEAT and MET devices.


The HMMWV and MRAP egress train- ers, both of which are Army solutions for Army problems, train not only Soldiers, but also warfighters from the other ser- vices who are getting ready to deploy to the combat zone.


“A U.S. Central Command message from April 17, 2010, requires all troops, civil- ians, contractors, and foreign nationals that are required to ride in an MRAP vehicle to go through the training drills on the MET,” Schlemmer noted. In Novem- ber, the trainers at Camp Buehring alone trained 100,000 service members before they deployed to Iraq. To date, each of the military services has MET devices. The Army has 47; the Air Force, 20; the Marine Corps, 18; and the Navy, 10.


“We know we are not in this alone. Just like our Soldiers are working hand in hand with their fellow Marines, Sailors, and Airmen in Iraq and Afghanistan, we in the simulation and training com- munity—military, contractors, and academia alike—are one force supporting the strongest armed forces in the world,” Blake said.


INDUSTRY PARTNERS PEO STRI also works closely with those in the modeling and simulation industry to provide warfighters with the best possible training, in this era of budgetary con- straints. Although government-industry


WORKING WITH OTHER ARMY ELEMENTS AND WITH OTHER MILITARY SERVICES TOWARD A COMMON GOAL HAS PRODUCED FISCAL EFFICIENCIES THROUGH REDUCED MANPOWER,


ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE EFFORTS, AND SUBSEQUENT LOWER COSTS.


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