Assessing Information Flow and Decision Making in a Field Artillery Command andControl Exercise

摘要

The U.S. Field Artillery School (USAFAS) at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, uses a computer-supported Command post exercise (CPX) to train soldiers attending classes in Field Artillery Fire-Support Command, Control, and Communications. The students, divided into groups, act as the fire support, operations, intelligence, and fire direction elements of a Field Artillery Battalion supporting a Mechanized Infantry Brigade conducting offensive operations in a European environment. The students receive a total of 450 computer-generated messages in TACFIRE formats and, at each position, must make decisions and respond to the battlefield situation. The CPX scenario was analyzed to identify performance measures that could be obtained by modifying the CPX software or by videotaping one or more of the sections. This report provides (a) a detailed description of the CPX (scenario, hardware and software, and facilities) used at the USAFAS, (b) a list of the proposed performance measures, and (c) a description of the modifications made to the CPX software to allow for performance data collection and reporting. Command post exercise Small group decision making and problem Computerized systems solving .Software Command, control, and communications.