Information Support Exchange portal to provide detailed technical procedures, the most recent updates to training materials and technical manuals and community feeds on com- mon trouble shooting approaches. Additionally, PM WIN-T is planning to implement interactive media instruction training materials to assist in train-the-trainer and refresher training.
Before the IOT&E, PM WIN-T provided new equipment training (NET) to the Soldiers supporting the test at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. When T2C2 is ready to officially field, units will receive NET as part of the standard fielding process.
“Te T2C2 training was outstanding; they really teach you the system so you know the ins and outs of it,” said Sgt. Corey Farthing, automation noncommissioned officer for the Head- quarters and Headquarters Company of the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division (4/25 ID).
“It’s not just ‘push the button because I said so’; you understand what happens when you do this and how to fix it because of that. And the technical manual is step by step. Tere are flow charts that talk you through. I don’t think we found one thing yet that we haven’t been able to fix through the manual.”
Both the T2C2 Heavy and Lite variants will support early-entry combat operations. Additionally, T2C2 Heavy will support company-size forward operating bases, and T2C2 Lite will be fielded to special team-size elements, such as combat camera and human intelligence teams, which require high-bandwidth network capability to send large data files like photos, geospa- tial imagery and video. Soldiers from combat camera, Army Alaska public affairs and human intelligence teams with no prior signal experience were among the Soldiers who success- fully operated T2C2 during the IOT&E.
“It’s unbelievable that non-signal Soldiers with only two weeks of training are able to put these systems on the ground, acquire the satellite, put them into operation quickly, make voice and data calls, push products on their military intelligence systems and make mission,” said Chief Warrant Officer 3 Woody Scott, 4/25 ID network operations officer in charge during the opera- tional test. “Tat says something incredible about how these systems are designed in their simplicity and the quality of the training that the Soldiers have received.”
Historically, keeping units well-trained on often complex net- work equipment has been a challenge for the Army. Soldiers often rotate in and out of units because of factors such as service advancements and mission requirements. Part of the solution to
these ongoing training issues is to design new equipment (and modify legacy equipment) to be less complex, easier to oper- ate, train and maintain, as is the case with T2C2. Because of T2C2’s simple design and ease of use, units that have received the initial PM-provided NET will easily be able to train Sol- diers who rotate into the unit.
Te goal of the T2C2 system sustainment package is to enable units to fully support the system, which will achieve significant efficiencies in both time and cost for the Army. Te PM WIN-T T2C2 team worked hand in hand with CECOM LCMC early in the acquisition process to map out the system sustainment package,
including training, to ensure that units could be
accountable for their own T2C2 systems. Te T2C2 training strategy includes an important role for CECOM logistics assis- tance representatives (LARs), who will help train, advise and assist units in lieu of FSR support.
“When things work well for a POR [program of record], you will find that early on there was a partnership between the PM and the LCMC community,” said Bill Flynn, CECOM LCMC trail boss for U.S. Army Alaska Field Support Battalion. Trail bosses are CECOM’s face to the field, serving as a vital link between operational units and the many government and
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Soldiers from the 4/25 ID prepare for the March WIN-T T2C2 operational test at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The satellite communications system connects units at the edge of the battlefield to the Army’s tactical network. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Pedro Garcia Bibian, 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera))
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