Army Training: Efforts to Adjust Training Requirements Should Consider the Use of Virtual Training Devices

Abstract

In 2010, the Army began modifying its training priorities and goals to support a broader range of military operations and is currently implementing five initiatives intended to further define training requirements and resources. GAO identified nine Army training priorities, such as training in an environment that replicates the complex battlefield that its units would experience during combat. Army-wide goals for some training priority areas have also been established. The Army is making progress against the goals, and the priority areas have been incorporated into unit-level training plans based on the units' assessment of their planned missions and readiness, among other factors. The five ongoing Army initiatives to change training processes may, collectively, better define requirements and resources and enable more objective measurement of training accomplished for the priorities. The results of the five initiatives will not be realized at least until fiscal year 2017.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 16, 2016
Accession Number
AD1154715

Entities

People

  • Cary B. Russell

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Area Security
  • Army Training
  • Congress
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Governments
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Governments
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Training Devices
  • Training Management
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation