INTEGRATION IMPERATIVE


an imperative to “replicate the com- plexity of the operational environment in the classroom and at home station.” GEN Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Army Chief of Staff, has stated that one of the important initiatives underway to ensure that we address this impera- tive is the Army Training Concept.


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In his article “Driving Change Through a Campaign of Learning” in the October 2010 issue of Army Magazine, Dempsey,


ADVANCED TRAINING


Fort Jackson, SC drill sergeants line up to fire from 300 meters during Asymmetric Warfare Group training. The course reinforces Basic Rifle Marksmanship skills and is intended to give drill sergeants tools they apply to training their Soldiers. The LT2 program reduces the burdens on live-fire ranges by eliminating the unique training and maintenance associated with having multiple control systems. (U.S. Army photo by Chris Rasmussen, Fort Jackson Leader.)


he Army “Leader Develop- ment Strategy for a 21st Century Army,” released in November 2009, puts forth


then Commanding General (CG) of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), stated, “The concept of our concurrent integrated training environ- ment is designed to make our training more rigorous and relevant in the schoolhouse, at home station and at the combat training centers.” Dempsey went on to explain that the “Army Learning Concept addresses the learning environment we envision in 2015. Its objective is to improve our learning models by employing technology without sacrificing standards.”


TRADOC expands on this objective in the U.S. Army Training Concept 2012- 2020. LTG Michael A. Vane, now retired


and then Deputy CG, Futures and Direc- tor of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, stated that the Army Training Concept identifies the training require- ments and capabilities necessary to build and sustain an Army that is adaptable in full-spectrum operations.


The Program Executive Office Simula- tion, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), through its Project Manager Training Devices (PM TRADE), has the mission to transform live training to meet the objectives outlined by Dempsey. PEO STRI is in the business of training Soldiers and growing leaders by providing respon- sive, interoperable simulation, training and testing solutions, and acquisition services. Within these capabilities is a dynamic set of live, virtual and constructive, embed- ded and interoperable products that are used throughout the world, including the Live Training Transformation (LT2) prod- uct line (see Figure 1).


The LT2 product line consists of open archi- tectures, common components, standards, processes, policies, governance, documen- tation, and other core assets reflecting common standards that promote industry innovation and competition and establish frameworks for developing live training systems in support of the Army’s objectives.


The Common Training Instrumentation Architecture (CTIA), the foundation architecture of the LT2 product line, expands on current capabilities by elimi- nating gaps between current and future weapon systems and the live training sys- tems available to support them. The LT2 product line strategy synergizes training instrumentation, targets, and tactical engagement simulation systems to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of training during peacetime, mobilization, mission rehearsal, and in theater during deployed military operations.


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