Leveraging DoD Technologies to Train and Educate the Force at

the Point of Need

COL Charles HarrisTRADOC G-6(757)501-6551 DSN 501charles.e.harris38.mil@mail.mil11 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

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- 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 CompetenciesFunctional Training - Training Support Packages and MTTsSustainment 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

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BAT/BIAR Integration

KeyLeader

Engagements

Support to Mission

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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 ConsolidationEnterprise Email MigrationArmy 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 501charles.e.harris38.mil@mail.mil

www.tradoc.army.mil

“Victory Starts Here!!!”