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he product director for Defense Wide Transmission Systems (PD DWTS) is using interactive multi- media instruction (IMI) to enhance sustainment training for key battlefield communication systems.
IMI employs computer-based technology integrating a host of components, including text, graphics, animation, sound and video. IMI training applications can take many forms, includ- ing tutorials, simulations, virtual reality and expert systems, as well as “just-in-time” training embedded in performance support systems.
PD DWTS, assigned to the Program Executive Office for Enter- prise Information Systems, recently launched a training support package using distributed learning to support new equipment training and unit sustainment training for the Combat Ser- vice Support (CSS) Automated Information Systems Interface (CAISI) and CSS Very Small Aperture Terminal (CSS VSAT) systems.
CAISI allows current and emerging battlefield CSS automation devices to exchange information electronically through tactical networks, interfaces with other battlefield and sustaining-base automated systems. It provides unit commanders and logistics managers an interface device to support CSS doctrine for full- spectrum operations. Tis capability supports geographically separated groups of users and the transfer of real-time informa- tion in both fixed and mobile operating environments.
CSS VSAT provides a highly effective, satellite communications- based solution to CSS nodes, and supports information
exchange up to the sensitive information level. Te system is easy to use and transport, can be deployed rapidly anywhere in the world and is fully integrated into the Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNet) segment of the Global Information Grid.
Both systems have concluded total package fielding. Te need for the IMI materialized when it became clear that fielding would end and personnel would rotate out of the units, taking with them the knowledge they had gained in training. Incoming Sol- diers needed this critical training for sustainment and to prepare for upcoming deployments, future conflicts and contingencies.
LIFELONG LEARNING FOCUS IMI provides virtual learning and simulation products that eliminate training gaps while reducing hands-on training time, creating a safe, realistic yet forgiving environment in which to exercise challenging scenarios and learn from mistakes. Tus operators can understand how their roles and functions fit into the mission scope.
Te IMI for CAISI-CSS VSAT aims to support and sustain the skills of Army personnel using these systems so that they can perform their jobs to competence standards set forth by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).
PD DWTS used the U.S. Army Learning Model for 2015 (ALM 2015), TRADOC regulations, and Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) specifications from the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative to develop its IMI sustainment training package. ALM 2015 is a continuous adaptive learning
NET BENEFIT Students at Fort Carson, CO, connect the antenna feed boom cable to the antenna pedestal cable on a CSS-VSAT during new equipment training. Virtual learning reduces hands-on training time with actual equipment, and creates a safe, realistic yet forgiving environment in which to exercise challenging scenarios and learn from mistakes. (Photo by Kelly McCoy)
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