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T&S training and simuLatiOn TS Instructors Prepare Warfighters for Combat at Battle Command Training Center Realistic training saves lives and provides for mission success A t Fort Sill, Okla., where the U.S. Army’s Battle Command Training Center (BCTC) is located, TS team members delivered the most realistic and challenging training possible in 2007, certifying 527 soldiers on individual digital systems, in addition to providing refresher training to more than 1,500 soldiers during 15 Command Post Exercises (CPX) and 14 Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) seminars. “We provide a foundation in digital skills, train the staffs in MDMP and then execute Battle Command training in a simulations environment,” said David Napier, TS site manager at Fort Sill. “The CPX is tailored to a commander’s intent, training objects and geographic region of choice.” The TS site lead provides guidance to the simulations chief who develops a simulations support plan for the CPX. The BCTC team provides exercise control training and support, mentors the unit and provides warfighters with feedback at the end of training. Exercise scenarios are based upon unit commanders’ training needs and objectives and are tailored to meet those training requirements. The collective training team develops operations orders, FRAGOS (Fragmentary Orders), intelligence summaries, lethal and nonlethal targeting products, Mission Event Lists and multiple other products to support an exercise. BCTC provides active component units and regional reserve component units with individual digital sustainment training, Battle Staff training and Joint Battle Command training. Located at the Fires Center of Excellence at Fort Sill, the BCTC’s specialty is training Fires brigades and Fires battalions. but it also provides Joint Fires training. For numerous and collective training accomplishments, the U.S. Army awarded the Fort Hood BCTB and Fort Sill BCTC, in addition to spoke sites at Fort Bliss, Fort Carson and Fort Riley, the 2007 DoD Modeling and Simulation Award for Excellence. TS 1 1 2 TS trainers Kenneth McIntyre (middle) and Noel Arroyo Carreras (right) monitor a warfighter training exercise at the Battle Command Training Center. Soldiers from the 120th Engineer Combat Battalion, Heavy, provide security during a Jan. 12 blank-fire drive through the newly developed Live-Fire Convoy training range at Fort Sill, Okla. Photo courtesy of Department of Defense. TS provided support to Air Defense Artillery (ADA) units including support to 6-52 ADA’s first-ever joint exercise with the Airborne Warning and Control System from Tinker Air Force Base 31st Combat Communications Squadron and 552nd Air Control Wing. Also, during the Fleet Synthetic Training Exercise Joint, the BCTC linked 6-52 ADA with the U.S. Navy, enabling the unit’s provision of air defense support for a Carrier Battle Group off the California coast. Pictured are field artillery pieces participating in a Command Post Exercise. 2 3 3 Technical Services Magazine • Spring 2008 20

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Technical Services - Spring 2008 Contents President's Column New Business Wins Sierra Vista, Arizona Military Weapon Systems Support Operation Achieves ISO 9001:2000 FSS Supports Navy in Hot Spots Lake Charles Maintenance and Modification Center Tanker Win a "Game Changer" Warner Robins Regional Service Center NY Labs Keep Aircraft Mission Ready TS Team Helps People Reach the 'American Dream' NSTec Brings NNSA Green Construction Project on Time, Under Budget SGS Team Member Takes on New Challenges at Cape Canaveral; Fort Leavenworth Team Members Help Local Youth NSROC Helps Students Shoulder to Shoulder BCTB Program Wins Prestigious DoD Award TS Instructors Prepare Warfighters for Combat I'm In! TS Team Members Sharpen Skills Through Advanced Training and Career-Broadening Opportunities OpenLine; Fort Leavenworth Team Members Honored

Technical Services - Spring 2008

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