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TRADOC Pam 525-3-7-01he still needed. He queued up a video teleconference class given back at Ft. Benning that he’llattend later that day. He thinks about joining a multiplayer on-line game to practice and discusstactics, but enough’s enough. One could do nothing else but play these games and take thosecourses.“Nope,” he says to himself. “Not tonight, and not tomorrow either. Tonight I take the kids to thepark. No more digits. Just some swings and running around and a little Frisbee. Man, I lovethis Army!Computers and audiovisual tools have enhanced training for many years. Modeling andsimulation grows more and more realistic at an unbelievable rate. Popular war games and officialdigital live, virtual, and constructive training are here today. They will only get better in thefuture, and all Soldiers will increasingly depend on DL as it replaces some—but not all—liveclassroom and field training. This ability to economize on actual exercises will save resourcesand enable cooperative and collaborative training for individuals, teams, squads, and larger units.This vignette is set in a stateside environment, but could just as easily fit a deployed unit onoperations. Training is a human activity. Learning is a human activity. Over reliance ontechnology at the expense of nurturing leadership is dangerous. Balance is the answer.Required CapabilitiesAn expanded lifelong leadership education process that fully leverages all effective toolsand opportunities to accelerate, sustain and improve leaders’ skill developmentthroughout their careers.A responsive TLE system that ensures Soldiers have access to relevant training andeducation, and information through reachback, when and where needed.A realistic simulated environment, and realistic simulation programs, that replicate thesalient aspects of the OE to ensure Soldiers train as they fight.A dynamic training system that adapts as needed to the characteristics of future learners,as well as to unique Soldier skill and competency requirements stemming from achanging OE.A Soldier-centered training development and delivery system that rapidly producestimely, operationally relevant training products, and uses individual Soldier knowledge,skills, and development needs to tailor training content, timing, and delivery.A multifaceted training capability that prepares Soldiers to operate effectively in the JIMculture or OE.A unit training management system that enables commanders to tailor training to theirSoldiers’ proficiency levels and operational requirements, and reduces the need for unittraining management resources.A training approach that applies HPI techniques to prescribe a best solution or solution setto resolve a performance deficiency.A doctrine development process that provides real time updates to TTP.130