TRADOC Pam 525-3-7-01 - TRADOC - U.S. Army

TRADOC Pam 525-3-7-01provide a general scenario they want to train, the training event will be set up for them, and theirstaff will fall in on real or emulated battle command equipment.Finally, the successful execution of realistic training in the future will require development ofthe infrastructure needed to support a truly seamless, holistic synthetic training environment thatclosely approximates the OE. Such an infrastructure will enable an integrated trainingenvironment in which current and future Army modularized units can train and operate whileemploying networked battle command assets. 141 It will ensure that, ultimately, all simulationsystems, instrumentation systems, C2 systems, and weapons systems operate and interoperate,using common databases that accurately represent individual and group behaviors, atmosphericand ground effects, and include virtual terrain that replicates the actual theater of operation. Thesynthetic training environment created will be able to accommodate the full spectrum ofoperations within the JIM environment, from special operations to logistics to combat, and besufficiently interactive to allow combined and distributed training of the different elements. Inshort, the infrastructure will be essential for the provision of realistic and responsive training andmission rehearsal capabilities supporting Soldier, leader and unit training regardless of where andwhen the Soldier, leader, and units need them.Responsive Training Development and DeliveryThe future training and leader development system will have the capability to support shortercycle times by rapidly capturing and integrating collected operational insights and changes,leading to timely and effective individual and collective training products. It will providetraining, education, and mission rehearsal tailored to the specific skills and knowledge level ofthe individual Soldier or unit and their defined needs. In a learner-centric system of education,the system uses individual knowledge, skills, and other developmental needs to tailor timing,delivery, and duration. “The new learning environment should center on the student, not theinstitution, with every learning opportunity crafted to ensure that the right methods, bothpedagogical and methodological, are used to give the military learner just what is needed when itis needed….” 142Dropping the linear model of training development and delivery in favor of a model thatallows for more spontaneity and responsiveness to immediate needs, makes sense given theunpredictability of combat conditions, and the rapid adaptability of threats. TRADOC, as a keyelement of the “generating force,” seamlessly links to the operating force to enable lessonslearned and other feedback to improve training and doctrine rapidly within and between the twoforce components. TRADOC will proactively serve the needs of the operational Army through aweb of interrelated and interdependent initiatives including unit tailored MTTs, DL, makingtraining products available on demand, the provision of web-based doctrinal TTP that can beupdated rapidly, and the development of collaborative knowledge sites, to mention but a few.Years of learning science research and practice have identified key attributes of effective andefficient training and education, and research continues. TRADOC will apply the best principlesof learning science to meet the challenges of increased training demands. The application oflearning science goals include accelerating learning while maintaining effectiveness, choosingand leveraging learning technologies and methods based on learning effectiveness, enabling rapid121