Digital Battle Command Team Training (DBCTT)

Challenge

The Army's Current and Future Forces increasingly rely on highly lethal, highly complex digital technologies to accomplish their missions under often severe environmental conditions. Team training will play a key role in the successful employment of these sophisticated assets, however, the Army lacked a training product for training team coordination skills in future systems.

Solution

DRC conducted a collective task analysis to identify critical coordination tasks for the brigade commander's battle staff team in the Mounted Battle Command on the Move. We used the information from that analysis to create an interactive multimedia program to train critical coordination tasks for the brigade commander and his staff. We then assessed the efficiency and effectiveness of the training with operational units. As part of this effort, DRC created an Army Battle Command System emulation that provides for individual, team and collective training. Our courseware products included basic and advanced ABCS system instruction, including situational training exercises, individual and collective training products, tutorials and evaluations methods and measures. The instruction is web-based and modifiable by the end user to match specific unit training needs. Instructorless feedback and individual assessment is available in the courseware products.

Benefits/Achievements

DRC's work on GSTT lays the foundation for team and embedded training in future Army vehicles. Our training products reduce the need for instructors and will allow soldier to successfully train in the field.

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