Meeting the Challenge of Training and Test

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Meeting the Challenge of Training and Test
Russ Williams U.S. Fleet Forces Joint
Training June 2007
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Thesis

• Test and Training co-events are challenging.
  Modeling and Simulation (MS) can mitigate that
  challenge.
• Any dual-use / collaborative event requires
  strong management and planning processes to
  ensure that both communities equities are
  protected
• Simulation brings many benefits to the Training
  community and can to the Test Community

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Approaches

• Training Enabled Test (passive data collection)
• Training event provides data feeds, including low
  density assets (e.g., Rivet Joint, AWACS, etc.)
  to provide test scenario for C4I systems test.
  Data collection systems are not embedded in the
  training audience. (Live or Synthetic Training)
• Post Acquisition Tests
• Test Around Training (test en route, post
  exercise, etc.)
• Conduct Testing while in transit to and from
  training range / OPAREA.
• Coordinated test community use of an already
  cleared training range by assets not in the
  training audience.
• Developmental Tests
• Test During Training (synchronous)
• Test event conducted in an integrated fashion by
  training participants during a training event.
  This is likely the most complicated of the three
  methods. (Live or Synthetic Training)
• Operational Tests

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Synchronous Training and Test

• Primacy of Training Audience/objectives
  particularly during certification events
• Training a focus on human performance vice system
  performance
• Embed test into Master Scenario Event List
• Align test with Mission Essential Tasks
• Co-locate Training Event Director and Test
  Director

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Sample Process Challenges

• Protects the training quality and objectives
  during training periods
• Early planning (CDC -gt IPC)
• Protection of at risk training events
• What happens when the system under test fails?
• Event control / deconfliction
• Protects the test quality and objectives during
  test periods
• What are the data collection requirements
  (precision, frequency, etc)?
• Vignette specifics?
• Event control / deconfliction
• Scenario / event traceability

Align both training and testing process
early JFCOMs JETA process
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Benefits of Simulation

• Simulation provides many benefits to the
  Training community, including
• Wider range of locations
• Supports training stop, restart, and repeat to
  focus training efforts
• Allows training with low-density, high demand
  resources
• Essentially time independent
• Realistic training of events too dangerous to
  conduct in a live training environment
• Potential cost savings over live training

Virtual and constructive environment can bring
many of these benefits to Test mitigating the
challenges associated with Test and Training
co-events.
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Fleet Training
OPERATIONAL
JTF-HQ JFMCC
FST-O
SG CDR STAFF
FST-S
DEPLOYMENT
FST-J / F
JTFEX
MISSION ESSENTIAL TASK LIST
FALLON
TACTICAL
COMPTUEX
FST-O Operational JTFEX Joint Task Force
Exercise FST-S Sustainment FST-F
Force FST-J Joint COMPTUEX Composite
Training Unit Exercise FST-GC Group
Commander GCT Group Commander Training IAC
Integrated ASW Course FST-WC Warfare
Commander WCC Warfare Commanders
Course FST-U Unit
WC STAFF
FST-GC
GCT
IAC
FST-WC
WCC
INDIVIDUAL / UNIT
FST-U
Alignment of live and synthetic training removes
seams between phases
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Questions?
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