Cost Benefit Analysis of Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Atlantic Forward Air Controller / Joint Terminal Attack Controller Training Options.

摘要

This Report was conducted for the EWTGLANT Director of Operations and Training and compares two COAs for Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training at a Joint Staff accredited school to the standards specified for certification of individuals to control Close Air Support in the joint environment. The report includes two (2) years of quantitative data for aviation and other resources expended in support of JTAC training at EWTGLANT. The qualitative findings outline a choice between a vague output, idiosyncratic curriculum, and flexibly resourced program; and a specified output, codified curriculum, and less flexibly resourced program. The authors encourage immediate adoption of the codified curriculum because of its specificity, consistency, and reduction of flexibilities that adversely impact effective training. The reduced flexibility is identified as potentially unpopular but also as a bridge from an ambiguous and resource intensive paradigm of training to a future paradigm of unambiguous skills based training built on the Systems approach to Training (SAT). The alternative route is identified to have the potential to increase organizational flexibility to achieve training requirements through simulation with a potential cost savings of $8.5-$9.0 million annually while increasing the capability of the certified JTAC graduate.