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National Defense February 2007 Grace Jean	Bridging Language and Culture Gaps Through Games A new PC-based game, Tactical Iraqi Language Trainer, tests soldiers street smarts and cultural savvy in simulated Iraqi situations.
National Defense December 2005 Grace Jean	Games Are Gaining Ground, But How Far Can They Go? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency looks toward simulation systems to teach soldiers about the tradeoffs involved in rebuilding Iraq.
National Defense December 2009 Austin Wright	Army Leaders Prepare for War, Peace and Everything In Between The military is transitioning from a group of one-track warriors to a force of multitaskers who can advise, assist and attack.
National Defense December 2010 Eric Beidel	Greater Appetite for Unpiloted Aircraft Combat Zones Fuels Demand for Simulators The growing demand for unmanned spy aircraft in combat zones has increased the burden on training organizations that are being asked to produce more operators, and faster.
National Defense February 2009 Stew Magnuson	Soldiers At Lowest Ranks Need Better Cultural Training, Officers Say Trainees must make tough life-or-death decisions, such as what to do when they burst through a door and find a family inside. Are these innocent civilians or insurgents? Should they pull the trigger?
National Defense December 2006 Grace Jean	Army Training Evolving to Develop Better Combat Leaders The initiative to improve combat leadership skills earlier in soldiers' careers, by better understanding the cognitive processes involved in decision-making, has gained momentum inside military academies and other academic institutions.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Avatars Invade Military Training Systems The influence of video games on military training has been substantial, and the military's interest in avatars -- for soldiers and other actors in simulations -- is growing.
National Defense February 2005 Michael Peck	Soldiers Learn Hazards Of War in Virtual Reality The U.S. Army is testing the utility of a web-based training technology, the military version of the popular multiplayer online role-playing games, that lets soldiers share their combat experiences with troops preparing to deploy.
National Defense December 2011 Eric Beidel	Battle-Scarred Troops Have Message for Army Training: Get Real A decade at war has presented officials with a dilemma: The training environment now must be made even more authentic to hold the attention of soldiers who already have experienced the real deal.
National Defense December 2007 Breanne Wagner	Simulations Promise Better Training for Combat Medics As improvised explosive devices continue to claim lives and maim troops, a new market has emerged for medical simulations to train combat medics.
National Defense October 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Should Think Twice Before It Cuts Ground Forces, Historians Warn In the wake of every conflict since World War II, ground troops have been declared obsolete. And each time, the prognosticators have been wrong, says military historian John C. McManus.
National Defense December 2009 Austin Wright	Troops Learn From Foreign Role-Players The Army is using replicated war zones and cultural education to prepare U.S. troops who will help the Iraqi and Afghan armies assume security duties in the war-ravaged countries.
National Defense September 2004 Roxana Tiron	Army Criticized for Not Learning From Past Wars Events in Iraq, particularly, prove that the U.S. Army needs to reform its educational institutions to teach officers analytical skills and cultural awareness, said a senior military strategist.
National Defense October 2004	Army Trying to Get Better Grasp on War Zone Intelligence Under the banner of "every soldier is a sensor," the Army is pushing the notion that ground troops are primary sources of valuable battlefield intelligence.
National Defense February 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Training to Shift Emphasis to Dismounted Soldier The Army's training programs have been too vehicle-centric and have not focused enough on the dismounted soldier, particularly in urban combat. That will change in the future, said Brig. Gen. Stephen Seay, Army program executive officer for simulation, training and instrumentation.
National Defense June 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Outdated Army Training, Education Programs Get Revamped The U.S. Army is preparing to expand its intelligence workforce by as many as 15,000 officers during the next several years.
National Defense August 2006 David Axe	Training Center Simulates Army's Digital Battle Command Technology A new high-tech facility will allow Army planners to concoct realistic training scenarios for units heading to Iraq. These advanced computer networks will connect real-world Army battle-command and control systems with digital simulations.
National Defense December 2004 Roxana Tiron	Army Fine-tunes Training, Tactics for Urban Combat The U.S. Army, grappling with the intense stress of urban operations in Iraq, requires more training facilities to better prepare troops for this treacherous combat, officials and war veterans said.
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Dangerous Convoy Duties Prompt Expanded Training for Truck Crews The Army is intensifying the training drills required for truck drivers and maintenance crews heading to Iraq.
National Defense September 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Incompatible Technologies Weaken Utility of Aerial Spies The military services operate nearly 4,000 unmanned aircraft, most of which have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. The Army alone is flying 1,200 drones in surveillance combat missions.
National Defense May 2007 Stew Magnuson	Soldiers Test Tools for Urban Surveillance Field tests begin for the first technologies scheduled to reach soldiers' hands from the Future Combat Systems program.
IEEE Spectrum January 2011 David Schneider	Drone Aircraft: How the Drones Got Their Stingers Unmanned aerial vehicles come of age
National Defense February 2010 Stew Magnuson	Army to Air Force: We Won't Give Up Our Surveillance Aircraft A second turf war over control of unmanned aerial vehicles is underway after sharp criticism from a senior Air Force general who said the Army is not efficiently deploying its fleet of medium-sized remotely piloted aircraft.
National Defense March 2004 Roxana Tiron	Real-World Missions Shape Army Training The U.S. Army has reorganized its training centers to fill gaps in areas such as stability and support operations, according to senior officials. The revamped training programs draw from lessons learned from counterinsurgency operations in Iraq.
National Defense December 2009 Grace V. Jean	Army to Create Education Programs for Soldiers Who Are Too Busy to Go to School Repeated deployments have kept soldiers away from schoolhouses. But the Army still believes there are ways to provide learning opportunities outside of the traditional education system.
National Defense December 2004 Harold Kennedy	Army Reserve Seeks to Toughen Up Training for Part-Time Soldiers As reservists encounter tough fighting in Iraq, the Army is revamping training programs to better prepare these troops for combat.
National Defense October 2010 Grace V. Jean	Unmanned Aircraft Training Battalion Gears Up for Gray Eagle As war commanders demand more unmanned aircraft systems to support ground units, the Army is preparing to accommodate a surge of trainees during the next few years.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	To Succeed, Soldiers `Need to See the Environment' Troops fighting in Iraq's cities often complain that they cannot see the enemy and need sensors that can penetrate walls, identify foes in pitch dark and locate buried explosives.
National Defense February 2006 Grace Jean	Game Branches Out Into Real Combat Training The Army's PC-based video game, America's Army, is morphing beyond its original mission, becoming the platform for numerous other military and government training simulations.
National Defense December 2004 Roxana Tiron	Army Revises Doctrine for Modular Brigades Caught between the pressures of war in the Middle East and the need to reorganize, the U.S. Army is juggling new methods of combat training while rewriting the rulebook for equipment and tactics.
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National Defense December 2004 Michael Peck	DARPA Simulates Convoy Ambushes Put together in about six months by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, "DARWARS Ambush!" is based on Operation Flashpoint, a best selling commercial first-person-shooter game. The project began in March, and was field-tested in September by an Army combat unit deploying to Iraq.
Parameters Autumn 2004 Michael O'Hanlon	The Need to Increase the Size of the Deployable Army The possibility exists that large numbers of active-duty troops and reservists may soon leave the service rather than subjecting themselves to a life continually on the road. The seriousness of the worry cannot be easily established.
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National Defense October 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Robots Aid Soldiers, But Can be Irritating Feedback from soldiers on the use of robots in combat is leading researchers to believe that robotic technology has the potential to become a huge assist in combat operations, but that too much automation may not be desirable.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006 Courtney E. Howard	The America's Army development team introduces new version, new partner AA:SF marks the 22nd update to the America's Army computer game and the third release focused on the Special Forces' role in the Global War on Terrorism.
National Defense June 2015 Allyson Versprille	Army Still Determining Best Use for Driverless Vehicles The Army's effort to introduce unmanned vehicles into its inventory has slowed as the service's budget tightens and questions remain on how the technology will be used.
National Defense July 2006 Grace Jean	Irregular Warfare Underscores Equipment Shortcomings While U.S. military commanders in the Middle East generally are satisfied by Pentagon efforts to move needed technologies to the front lines, much remains to be done.
National Defense July 2007 Grace Jean	Combat Drills Stress Air-Ground Coordination The elaborate coordination required to synchronize events on the ground with air maneuvers often is not mastered until units are in actual combat.
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Urban Battles Highlight Shortfalls in Soldier Communications The chaotic door-to-door warfare seen in Iraq offers glaring proof that dismounted U.S. troops need better communications devices, experts contend. When radios failed, soldiers resorted to the only available and reliable form of communication: screaming.
National Defense November 2009 Erwin, Jean & Magnuson	Today's Fights Expose Technological Weak Spots Disruptive challenges, such as roadside bombs, combatants camouflaged as civilians, and insurgent camps that are undetectable by electronic sensors, have forced U.S. military leaders to search for new tactics and technologies.
National Defense December 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Controlling Iraq's Crowded Airspace No Easy Task The Air Defense Artillery Center is working to avoid collisions between unmanned drones and helicopters over Iraq. Future airspace control plans include defense against cruise missiles, rockets, artillery and mortars.
National Defense September 2007 Stew Magnuson	Gun-Toting Ground Robots See Action in Iraqi Streets The U.S. Army quietly entered a new era earlier this summer when it sent the first armed ground robots into action in Iraq.
National Defense December 2012 Dan Parsons	Soldiers Test Impact of Virtual Training on Live-Fire Performance During a recent exercise called Bold Quest, held at Ft. Benning, Ga., soldiers and Marines tried their hands at the latest virtual training technology. The event was aimed at studying whether and how such training can augment live exercises at the small-unit level.
National Defense March 2006 Grace Jean	Urban Battlefield is Proving Ground For Unmanned Aerial Systems Demand for smaller and more capable aircraft systems continues to grow but analysts say that in order to make these aircraft more effective in the urban environment, a fistful of technology improvements are needed.