CAC-T leading the way in training

Mobile Training Team teaches unit training at JBLM

A mobile training team from the Combined Arms Center-Training Division at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., reinforced the Army’s changing approach to training management for about 80 Joint Base Lewis-McChord Soldiers and civilians from Jan. 29 to 31.

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Army introduces new marksmanship system

The Army is fielding a new electronic shot detection and location system at its basic training sites to improve marksmanship training for its newest soldiers. Called Location of Miss and Hit, it is an upgrade to an existing system that has since become outdated, officials said.

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Gaming is serious business

An article in The Amplifier explains the importance of gaming in the Army. One of the article's authors is Marco Conners of TCM Gaming at the National Simulation Center. TCM Gaming is the centralized planner, manager, and integrator for all Gaming capabilities development for the Army.

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Integrated Training Environment moves forward

A 1st Armored Division Soldier provides covering fire during an Integrated Training Environment exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas. The Soldiers are wearing the new Homestation Instrumentation Training System (HITS). HITS is an instrumented training system that supports live force-on-force training.

FORT BLISS, TX. – An Army tool to streamline training and allow interoperability should finish fielding at Fort Bliss by Jan. 25, part of a larger roll-out to multiple training stations across the country. The tool is dubbed LVC-IA, the live-virtual-constructive integrating architecture. It is a combination of hardware and software, and is the Army program of record that provides protocol standards for interfacing different components of simulations. One focal program is the Integrated Training Environment, a combination of systems that can be used for both individual and multi-echelon training.

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