TRADOC Capability Manager for the Virtual Training Environment (TCM Virtual) is the Army’s centralized planner, manager and integrator for all capability developments associated with virtual simulators, simulations and other components of the virtual training environment.
To enable a common virtual environment, TCM Virtual manages the Close Combat Tactical Trainer, Reconfigurable Vehicle Simulator, Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainer, Dismounted Soldier, Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer, Non-rated Crewmember Manned Module, Common Driver Trainer, Engagement Skills Trainer, Call for Fire Trainer Increment II, Basic Electronic Maintenance Simulator, and Synthetic Environment Core.
Soldiers demonstrate virtual training system
MG Robert Brown (left) discusses the Dismounted Soldier Training System (DSTS) with Army Chief of Staff GEN Raymond Odierno (center) while Soldiers conduct a training demonstration at Fort Bennning, GA. The DSTS trains Soldiers on individual and collective tasks. DSTS also supports training mission rehearsals for a wide array of scenarios based on the actual terrain where Soldiers may fight. TCM Virtual at Fort Leavenworth, KS, manages the DSTS program, which will be begin fielding throughout the Army this year. MG Brown is the commanding general of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning.
Revolutionary training simulations start soon
Soon the Army will begin a revolutionary way of using virtual simulation to train Soldiers for ground operations. Fielding tests for the Dismounted Soldier Training System start at Fort Benning, GA, in April, with rollouts at other posts throughout the year. To learn more about DSTS
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New simulators prepares helicopter crews
Nonrated helicopter crew members are learning hoist, gunnery and other skills with new virtual training simulators. The first Nonrated Crewmember Manned Modules recently were fielded at Fort Campbell, KY. To learn more about this training innovation.
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