Leveraging DoD Technologies to Train and Educate the Force at
the Point of Need
COL Charles HarrisTRADOC G-6(757)501-6551 DSN [email protected] JUL 12 TechNet 2012 Land Forces - South
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
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U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
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Mission Training and Doctrine Command develops, educates and trains Soldiers, civilians, and leaders; supports unit training; and designs, builds and integrates a versatile mix of capabilities, formations, and equipment to strengthen the U.S. Army as America’s Force of Decisive Action.
Scope and ScaleTRADOC has 25,000 Soldiers and 11,000 civilians across 32 schools training over 500,000 Soldiers a year.
VisionLeading the Army’s transition into the future by shaping the Army of 2020, developing adaptive leaders and organizations, modernizing equipment, and revolutionizing training to strengthen the Nation’s adaptive land force for decisive action.
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Training the Army of 2020
"If we do not make home station training exciting and relevant, we will pay a price in young leaders exiting the Army because they will not get it or understand the relevance of it." GEN Robert W. ConeTRADOC Commanding General
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Learning at the Point of Need
Extension of the School House
Career Long Learning
Relevant and Challenging Context- Information When and Where
Needed
- Single Portal to Digital Learning Resources
- Performance Support Aids
- Tech Enabled Learning
- Virtual Training Environments- Mobile Learning and Distributed
Learning Modules- Regional Learning Centers
- Developed & Delivered by the Army’s Best
- OE / Regional Alignment…
- Self-Structured Learning- Flexible & Adaptable to
ARFORGEN
- Adaptability… Critical Thinking … Complex Environments
- Assessments, Evaluations
Revolution in Army Learning
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Context-based, facilitated, problem
solving team exercises
Blended LearningTechnology-Based Delivery with Facilitator in the Loop
Learner-Centric 2015 Learning Environment
Mobile Learning,dL Modules
Adaptive Learning,Intelligent Tutors
Regional Learning Centers(Satellite schools at unit locations)
Track Progress(Army Career Tracker)
Assessments,Evaluations
(Rigor & Relevance)
Enables Career-Long Learning -- Supports a Learning Army
Coaches
Mentors
Facilitators
Instructors
Performance Support Aids(Mobile Digital Devices--
The Game Changer!)
Single Portal to Digital Learning Resources (Virtual
Warrior University)
Self-Structured Learning
Peer-Based Learning(Digital Social Networks)
Soldier Created Content(Wikis, Blogs, Apps, etc.)
Virtual Training Environments
(e.g JTCOIC-Training Brain)
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Major Efforts
• Army Learning Model 2015• Doctrine 2015• Mobile Computing Integrated Project Team (IPT)• Distributed Learning IPT• Training Brain Operations Center (TBOC)• Setting the Conditions
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Resident Training - 21st Century Soldier/Leader Competencies
Functional Training - Training Support Packages and MTTs
Sustainment Training - Training Support Packages
Army Learning Model for 2015Enriching Home Station Training
Leveraging learning products, enablers…to enhance Soldier & Leader individual learning and preparation for collective training
Soldier / Leader Performance Support Aids (e.g., Army Training Network)
Exercise Support - Training Support Packages and SMEs
Operationalizing Learning at the Point of Need
Access to Learning Content & Products
Reach-back to Subject Matter Experts
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Comprehensive Course Review / ALM Revisions
Functional Training Review21st Century Soldier Competency
PanelsArmy Learning Coordination
CouncilCourse Resource ModelMobile Computing Requirements
Key ALM Initiatives
Focus AreasRESOURCES
Resourcing Models, Policy, Tools
ASSESSMENTValue of
Implementing and Best Practices
THE WORKFORCE
Instructor / Content Developer Skills Sets
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NETWORK ACCESS & TECHNOLOGY
Point of Need and Reach back
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Techniques
Army Doctrine Publications (ADP)
Army Doctrine Reference Publications (ADRP) [1 per ADP]
Field Manuals (FM)
Army Techniques Pubs (ATP)
Fundamentalprinciples
Detailed information onfundamentals
Tactics and Procedures
Authenticated version on APDInput through wiki version
(Interactive Media,Podcasts, Mobile APPs)
Applications
[15 ADPs]
[50 FMs]
ADP 1-02Operational
Terms and Military Symbols
ADP 7-0Training Units
and Developing
Leaders
ADP 3-90Offense and
Defense
ADP 3-07Stability
ADP 3-28Defense
Support of Civil
Authorities
ADP 6-22Army
Leadership
ADP 3-0Unified Land
Operations
ADP 3-09Fires
ADP 3-05Special
Operations
ADP 2-0Intelligence
ADP 4-0Sustainment
ADP 3-37Protection
ADRP 1-02Operational
Terms and Military Symbols
ADRP 7-0Training Units
and Developing
Leaders
ADRP 3-90Offense and
Defense
ADRP 3-07Stability
ADRP 3-28Defense
Support of Civil
Authorities
ADRP 6-22Army
Leadership
ADRP 3-0Unified Land
Operations
ADRP 3-09Fires
ADRP 3-05Special
Operations
ADRP 2-0Intelligence
ADRP 4-0Sustainment
ADRP 3-37Protection
TechniquesTechniquesTechniquesTechniques Techniques
ADP 5-0The
Operations Process
ADP 6-0Mission
Command
ADRP 5-0The
Operations Process
ADRP 6-0Mission
Command
FieldManual
FieldManual
FieldManual
FieldManual
FieldManual
FieldManual
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Doctrine 2015
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Mobile Computing IPT Deliver a holistic mobile capabilities strategy to the TRADOC Commander
Collaboration – HQDA CIO/G-6 and G-8, TRADOC Centers of Excellence (SIGCOE, MSCOE, MCOE), Combined Arms Center (CAC) Connecting Soldiers to Digital Apps (CSDA), Army War College, U.S. Military Academy, TRADOC CKO, ARCIC etc.
Validating requirements for mobile devices, apps, and content environment
Policy impacts (DoD, Army, TRADOC) – security, acquisition, CAC/PKI, risk etc.
Demand for “Controlled but Publicly Releasable Content” environment
Technology approaches (bring-your-own device, private cloud, CAC readers, mobile device management, mobile application management, etc.)
Information exchange forums - Air Training Command, Naval War College, Defense Language Institute, Homeland Defense, Industry Workshops, etc.
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Distributed Learning IPT
• Discoverability: Improving the user experience by ensuring content can be located with movement through the courseware as intuitive as possible.
• Accessibility: Improving course registration and launching of content.
• Playability: Improving content design and development so courseware plays without interruptions, so the student can execute training and testing.
• Trackability: Ensuring soldiers get credit for course/content completions.
• Rethinking courseware preproduction, delivery (Coalition, deployed), lifecycle mgt
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Exercise Support
Attack the Network
Modeling & Simulations
ISR Topoff
Data Transformation
Training Brain Operations Center
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Support to 1/101 ABCT
Targeting Packages Inside
rThreat
BAT/BIAR Integration
KeyLeader
Engagements
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Setting the Conditions• Engaging Joint, Industry and Academia partners
• Ongoing Mobile Pilot Efforts
• Exploring Content Approaches (AKO, APAN, .edu, etc.)
• Assessing Virtual User Environment Capabilities
• Employing Everything Over IP (EOIP) Capabilities
• Active participation in efficiency efforts:
Data Center Consolidation
Enterprise Email Migration
Army Baseline IT Services (ABITS)
Enterprise Collaborative Services
IT Management Reform
• Maintaining Balance and Suppressing Appetites!!!15
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COL Charles HarrisTRADOC G-6
(757)501-6551 DSN [email protected]
www.tradoc.army.mil
“Victory Starts Here!!!”