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Introduction
The Intelligence Low-Overhead Driver (ILOD), a training capability resident within the Intelligence Electronic Warfare Tactical Proficiency Training (IEWTPT) training system baseline, was recognized by the Army Modeling and Simulation Office with the "2015 Team Award for Intelligence." This simulation, unique among all M&S entries for 2015, is one of a few Army intelligence training simulations. It is the only capability nested within the Army intelligence community's Program of Record (POR) training device: the IEWTPT.
The ILOD was developed as a response to the Army intelligence community's challenge to train Soldiers on operational system software (especially the Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A)), while reinforcing training for complex military occupational specialty (MOS) critical tasks. This award and recognition demonstrates the value of military and industry partnerships, and it showcases the significance of Soldier subject matter experts in the training development and simulation validation process.
Background
Facing emerging threats from current and future Decisive Action scenarios, Army All Source Analysts must be well trained and experienced in a variety of tasks and skills associated with analytical processes and complex intelligence systems. Critical thinking, technical expertise, practical experience, and familiarity with the Intelligence Process and Mission Command processes are perishable commodities. Outside of an operational environment, there are few opportunities for analysts to exercise these skills, especially in concert with their primary weapon system, the DCGS-A.
In the past, it has been difficult to train critical analytical tasks to the appropriate level of fidelity without using real-world data. Although this approach has its place, real data cannot be easily shaped to focus on specific training objectives, such as those associated with current Decisive Action scenarios. When discussing these training challenges, one all source analyst stated, "Show me one place in the world [at this time] which has a brigade on brigade fight" (that can be used as a training example). That brigade "fight" is precisely the scenario for which Army intelligence analysts must train to prepare for the realities faced in combat, albeit...