Integrated Training an Support for the Objective Force2002
Abstract
The U.S. Army has begun transformation to an Objective Force operating within joint, interagency, and multinational environments. This transformation will require changes in training, with more of a reliance on embedded training and electronic performance support system (EPSS) capabilities, in order for units to be responsive, deployable, agile, versatile, lethal, survivable, and sustainable. This report reviews Objective Force training needs and applies an existing method for analyzing the appropriateness of alternative methods for meeting these needs. This initial analysis indicates that for the overall system of systems level, fully or appended embedded training is recommended. At the task level, embedded training is appropriate to varying degrees, depending on a number of considerations. Information on the performance of all tasks should be embedded, but practice of task performance with feedback should only be embedded where safe, reasonable, and cost-effective. This report also includes a brief summary of the embedded training and EPSS literature, leading to derivation of a set of usage considerations and design guidelines for developing effective embedded training and EPSS capabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA410554
Entities
People
- Billy L. Burnside
- May H. Throne
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences