Virtual Training Will Save Real Army Lives: Close Combat Task Force
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on September 19, 2018 at 1:32 PM
Soldiers train with the Dismounted Soldier Training System (DSTS). The Pentagon’s Close Combat Lethality Task Force is looking at the next generation of such VR training systems.
PENTAGON: Of all the technologies and tactics that the defense secretary’s Close Combat Lethality Task Force has looked at, I asked one battle-hardened noncom here this morning, what’s the one thing you personally think has the most potential to save lives? His answer wasn’t a bigger gun or a new drone. Instead, Sgt. Major Jason Wilson said, without a second of hesitation, “the Synthetic Training Environment.†That’s a new combination of virtual reality and real-world data that could revolutionize training for an ancient art — what Wilson called “extreme violence within line of sight of the enemy.â€
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/09/virtual-training-will-save-real-army-lives-close-combat-task-force/
