Implementing the Battle Command Training Program

Abstract

This report presents the results of a RAND study examining the implementation of the U.S. Army's Battle Command Training Program (BCTP), which consists of three phases: a five-day Battle Seminar of workshops and decision exercises, a week-long computer-driven command post exercise (called the WarFighter Exercise) three to six months after the seminar, and a take-home Sustainment Exercise four to six months after the WarFighter Exercise. The report examines the BCTP based on the common understanding between the BCTP and its clients about its purposes, methods, and evaluation criteria, and on the data collection and analysis strategies required of the BCTP to provide feedback to client units and to higher-echelon doctrinal and readiness agencies. The authors make recommendations designed to increase the BCTP's ability to improve Army training both in terms of short-term issues of individual division readiness and long-term issues of higher-echelon command and control.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA237638

Entities

People

  • Cathleen Stasz
  • D. R. Worley
  • James P. Kahan
  • Leland C. Pleger
  • Suzanne M. Holroyd

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Training
  • Audiovisual Aids
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Military History
  • Military Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • STEM Education

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control