Download or read book Virtual Reality (VR) Inclusion in Army Combined Arms Training Centers (CTCs) written by David Dens and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The US Army relies on the Combat Training Center (CTC) to train Army brigades and battalions in tactical and operational skills. The goal is to generate units who can operate in complex environments and to provide the most realistic training possible for soldiers. This is achieved by focusing on unified land operations and decisive action missions. CTCs are also what drives training throughout the Army and is where new innovations are tested. Throughout a rotation, soldiers could be part of operations that are offense, defense, stability, and defense support of civil authorities type missions. With a limited and finite amount of resources, Army CTCs are tasked with training units to fight in asymmetrical warfare, as well as against near-peer competition. A conventional CTC relies heavily on a set training schedule, so that certain training objectives required for a unit’s overall training goal are met. Battalions and brigades have individual and team level tasks sufficiently trained before arriving to conduct a rotation in a CTC. CTCs currently do not have the ability to train those skills, due to a lack of time and/or resources. Training collective Mission Essential Tasks (MET) for battalion and brigades within a set amount of time and allocated funds is the primary training value of CTCs. Because of time and money constraints, Army CTCs would benefit with the addition and incorporation of Virtual Reality (VR) training. VR would reduce the time and resources needed and afford the opportunity for CTCs to retrain individual tasks and time to time collective tasks before units go to the field. A classroom full of VR systems can provide individualized experiences to soldiers, allowing to proceed at their own pace and retry failed procedures multiple times, which could further benefit units in the field. Additionally, VR training could be further incorporated throughout the unit’s rotation to provide more comprehensive training. In a constrained military resource environment, it is both practical and beneficial to incorporate VR training as part of the Army Combat Training Center (CTC) exercise model."--Preface.