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National Defense December 2013 Valerie Insinna	Army, Marine Corps Look for Better Data on Simulator Effectiveness Both services need to establish metrics to calculate just how effective their simulators are. Furthermore, they need a more comprehensive method to compare the costs of live and virtual training.
National Defense December 2011 Eric Beidel	Gaming Technology Puts Soldiers' Boots on Ground The Army increasingly is turning to the commercial video game industry to create higher fidelity, less expensive and more portable simulations.
National Defense April 2004 Roxana Tiron	Army Bridging Training Gaps In Vehicle Convoy Operations The U.S. Army's training and simulation branch is trying to address deficiencies in convoy operations---"a very bad weakness," according to a service official.
National Defense December 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Simulated Warfare Gets Real for Ground Troops At a test range at Marine Corps Base Quantico, troops prepared for battle. Helicopters flew overhead, tanks roamed the field and the echoes of artillery fire could be heard. These threats, however, were simulated.
National Defense June 2014 Valerie Insinna	Army Releases New Video Game Training The Army in March debuted its newest flagship video game, Virtual Battlespace 3, meant to help troops practice tactics before enacting them in a live environment.
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 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 May 2007 Grace Jean	Air Force to Design Specialized Simulations for Tactical Training The Air Force not only is shifting a percentage of live flying time into simulations but also small-unit tactical training.
National Defense July 2009 Grace V. Jean	U.S., Coalition Troops to Rehearse For Combat in Simulated Afghan War A high-tech combat simulation now in the planning stages will seek to achieve what eight years of real combat in Afghanistan apparently has not. And that is to teach U.S. forces how to fight with allies.
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 2007 Grace Jean	Marine Corps Orders New Convoy Simulators The Marine Corps has purchased simulators that will teach crews how to handle dangerous situations while driving in urban war zones.
National Defense October 2013 Valerie Insinna	Game Engine May Improve Realism of Tactical Trainer An information technology company is trying to stretch the limits of a popular video-game engine with the goal of making its tactical trainer more lifelike, including improvements in non-player characters' intelligence and more realistic virtual landscapes.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Training for the War on Terror Military personnel throughout the ranks hone their skills with advanced training and simulation systems.
National Defense December 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Budget Cuts, Fuels Costs Could Spur Military Spending on Virtual Training The Air Force estimates it could save about $1.7 billion over five years by reducing flying hours by 5 percent and shifting more of its pilot and crew training to simulators.
National Defense May 2007 Grace Jean	Air Force `Virtual Flag' Makes up for Lost Flying Hours As the Air Force's budget continues to be squeezed, officials are looking for ways to cut back flying hours. Simulations and honed in digital war games such as Virtual Flag are one way to provide pilots inexpensive training.
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 December 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Industry Shows Off New Army Combat Simulation Tools Soldiers could face a myriad of threats in the coming years, and simulation training can affordably and reliably keep them ready for a multitude of situations.
National Defense February 2013 Valerie Insinna	Contracts Highlight Growing Role of Video Game Training The Army and Navy are seeking out video game technology to engage young soldiers and sailors, and both services plan on awarding major contracts in 2013 for virtual, PC-based training.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2009	U.S. Army selects Cubic small arms training system Officials in the U.S. Army recognized a need to better train soldiers in the engagement of enemies with the help of a virtual, interactive training solution.
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 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 October 2005 Grace Jean	Stryker Brigades Train for Upcoming Deployment The first Stryker brigade is preparing to put boots on the ground again next summer. Soldiers now have access to several training facilities and technologies that fuse intelligence from the theater directly into their training.
National Defense August 2010 Eric Beidel	Remotely Piloted Aviation Looks to Gaming Technology The line separating military training and video games continues to become thinner as the military is training a generation that grew up on video games.
National Defense October 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Soldiers Test `Land Warrior' Technology Small-unit commanders in the Army soon may receive a new computer-radio suite that connects soldiers into a wireless network and tracks their location.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2005 Ben Ames	Army combat simulator uses RGB recorders DGx real-time digital recording system from RGB Spectrum are being used to capture real-time information from the network for a U.S. Army Future Combat Systems simulator.
National Defense December 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Demand for Non-Combat Skills Fuels Interest in Games The success of tactical shooting games as military training tools has bolstered the case for expanding the use of this technology into non-combat areas.
National Defense February 2008 Grace V. Jean	Inside Simulators, Soldiers Learning to Operate Strykers Just as the aviation industry has embraced flight simulators to train pilots inside virtual airplane cockpits, the Army is turning to immersive trainers that realistically replicate the driver cabs and motions of its vehicles.
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.
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 December 2009 Grace V. Jean	Marines Use Simulations To Hone 'Critical Thinking' Skills The Marine Corps is creating a digital simulation to help leathernecks read the urban battlefield for signs of potential threats and to track down snipers and insurgents hiding in cities.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2005 John McHale	U.S. Army's Pivotal Land Warrior System Close to Fielding General Dynamics C4 Systems is integrating as many as 500 Land Warrior ensembles and Stryker integration kits into a Stryker experimental battalion to conduct special tests.
National Defense February 2006 Harold Kennedy	Leathernecks Upgrade Combat Training Equipment The Marine Corps is installing a number of Lockheed Martin's live-fire and virtual training systems designed to help soldiers headed to Iraq and Afghanistan improve their fighting skills.
National Defense January 2006 Harold Kennedy	Marine Guards to Get New Small-Arms Training System The U.S. Marine Corps is providing its security guards stationed at embassies and consulates around the world with new, portable virtual small-arms training systems known as the Individual Marksmanship Trainer Enhanced, Marine Security Guard (ISMT-MSG).
National Defense March 2007 Grace Jean	Army Simulation Tracks Special Operators' Physical, Mental Reactions Training soldiers for special operations missions that may include negotiations and other diplomatic situations requires instructors to hone students' cognitive and interpersonal skills.
National Defense December 2013 Stew Magnuson	Simulation Industry Lays Groundwork for Whatever Challenges Come Next The Army's program executive office for simulation, training and instrumentation and programmers are already looking at how to adapt to new areas of operation and conflicts that may be different from the past.
National Defense October 2010 Eric Beidel	Army Makes New Attempt To Field Networked Soldier System The Army is making another attempt to connect infantrymen to the battlefield network with a wearable system of hands-free computers and radios.
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 September 2007 Grace Jean	Small Unit Leaders Need Better Training Marine Corps planners have begun a series of combat experiments designed to sharpen the skills of dismounted troops.
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 August 2014 Valerie Insinna	Army Officials Detail New Live-Virtual Training System At a time when the Army is shrinking and financial resources are becoming scarce, the service is hoping to field a new system that will merge live and virtual training into a seamless environment.
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 March 2006 Harold Kennedy	Corps' Trainers Target `Ungoverned' Areas of World The first element of the Marine Corps' new special-operations command already is scrambling to tackle its mission to help prepare the soldiers of under-developed nations to defend themselves against terrorists.
Wired September 2004 Steve Silberman	The War Room Inside the fully immersive proving ground where tomorrow's soldiers are being trained by coalition forces of the Pentagon, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley.
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Army `Land Warrior' Not Yet Ready For War, Gears Up for Next Tryout After a disappointing evaluation by users of a new high-tech soldier ensemble, the Army is redesigning portions of the system to make it lighter and easier to use, officials said.
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 October 2015 Jon Harper	The Army Wants to Power Up Dismounted Soldiers As the demand for power for dismounted troops grows, U.S. military researchers and industry are looking for cutting edge technologies to both supply energy and lighten soldiers' loads.
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.
T.H.E. Journal December 2002 Michael T. Eskey	Distance Learning With the Electronic Army University, each soldier is given the opportunity to receive a quality education, while the Army retains an educated member.
National Defense December 2010 Stew Magnuson	Mix of Live and Virtual Training Will Result in Savings, Army Says Army training has taken place in three separate realms: out in the field, in front of screens where the real world is simulated with computer-generated graphics, or on desktop computers.