ENABLING MODERNIZATION
COLORADO CONVOY
Soldiers conducted convoy operations training in February 2020 at the Virtual Battlespace 3 (VBS3) simulators on Fort Carson, Colorado. VBS3 provides a visually rich gaming environment with flexible scenarios and multiple terrain options. The VBS3 is a three-dimensional, first-person tactical training simulation program. (Photo by Sgt. James Geelen, 4th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs Office)
computing and graphics rendering. Te GFT suites will continue to use VBS3 until the STE software is available, at which point the new capability will be installed across the force.
Te GFT hardware upgrade strategy will facilitate two important outcomes. First, replacing and upgrading aging GFT hardware now allows the current VBS3 gaming application to continue to provide critical training capabilities until the higher fidelity and more realistic STE capability comes online and is fully available. Second, the upgraded GFT hardware will have sufficient compute and rendering capability to support a software only drop-in of the future STE gaming application when it is brought into the force starting in late 2021 and completed in 2024. Should there be any delays in bringing the STE gaming application to the full Army force, VBS3 can continue to act as a training capability bridge until STE is fully available. In effect, the GFT hardware solution provides Soldiers with a current training platform that is STE-ready and will allow training to leverage the next genera- tion of virtual terrain, realistic, detailed graphics and high levels of scalability to more closely replicate current operating environ- ment conditions.
CONCLUSION U.S. Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur said, “In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or as irrevocable as in the military.” GFT allows our Soldiers to fight thousands of battles before stepping foot on the battlefield. It allows the creation of virtually any scenario to support Army collective tasks. Tis is the most powerful aspect of the virtual battlespace. Te updated GFT STE-ready computer hardware could also provide an added advantage of receiving early user assessment and feedback as the Army continues to improve STE capabilities.
For more information, contact
https://www.peostri.army.mil/ public-affairs-office.
MAJ. LENDRICK JAMES is an assistant product manager assigned to PEO STRI’s Product Manager for Common Synthetic Environment in Orlando, Florida. He holds an M.S. in management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, an M.A. in general studies from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and a B.A. in political science from South Carolina State University. He is Level III certified in program management and an Army Acquisition Corps member. An article he co-wrote, "SEHRD Shreds the Competition," appeared in the April-June 2017 issue of Army AL&T.
GAME TIME
Virtual Battle Simulator 3 (VBS) is a combat training simulator used for training Soldiers on tasks such as reacting to fire, casualty rescue and convoy movements. (Photo by Pfc. Luke Baker, 982nd Signal Company (Combat Camera) (Airborne))
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