Military Officer - August 2008 - (Page 59) A Bradley driver (above) manuevers over simulated terrain. (right) These servicemembers keep an eye on soldiers in the “field” from the command-andcontrol center. also can make live training difficult. In addition, live equipment demands maintenance, which could reduce the time available for training by as much as one-third. “Keep in mind the National Guard unit doesn’t have near the amount of time to train that the active Army has at its disposal,” Webb says. Of the Guard’s allotted annual training days, “they may get in 15 to 20 days on a Bradley — and that’s if they’re lucky.” Beyond saving state money in training resources and land management, M-CCTT training allows the command to place soldiers in life-and-death scenarios, forcing them to react to a very fluid battlefield, which they otherwise would not see unless deployed into a comPHOTOS: THIS PAGE, BETH UNDERWOOD bat theater of operations, rendering it “essential to the war-fighting mission,” Shannon says. The M-CCTT also makes it possible to customize missions — with terrain databases and map overlays — before training facilitators arrive on-site. Once the simulated exercises begin, training facilitators and unit commanders can adjust the level of combat difficulty, time of day, and weather conditions — creating rain, snow, or sandstorms in day or night scenarios. In addition to each soldier’s periscope and the 360-degree view of the battlefield from the simulators, platoons also are able to use thermal vision AUGUST 2008 MILITARY OFFICER 59
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