Issues and Recommendations: Training the Digital Force

Abstract

Digitization is the future of the Army. However, along with digitization come training and personnel implications. This report discusses training issues associated with digitization, specifically those that address a need to train and maintain back-up skills along with digital skills. Back-up skills are those needed by soldiers to operate when digital systems are degraded or unavailable. Using the MlA2 Abrams Main Battle tank and M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle as exemplar systems, the study explores issues that are applicable to a wide range of digital applications and training conditions. The study employed a series of expert groups to define issues and formulate recommendations. These groups included users, developers, researchers, and trainers with a wide spectrum of experience and viewpoints. The results are 15 primary issues and accompanying recommendations that are selected for presentation in this report. The issues selected are those that warrant high level Army attention.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA351985

Entities

People

  • Laura Ford
  • Michael Shaler
  • Robert Cobb
  • Roy Campbell

Organizations

  • Human Resources Research Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Distance Learning
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Training
  • Training Management
  • United States

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation