Development of Small Combat Arms Unit Leader Tactical Training Techniques and a Model Training System

摘要

This research developed simulation techniques for training small-unit leaders in tactical decisionmaking while minimizing troop participation. Basic instructional principles underlying engagement simulation were used to construct a mapboard game abstraction of field exercises. The game was a two-sided, free-play map exercise for teaching infantry tactics to platoon leaders. As originally conceived, junior officers could play the game to learn tactical skills which they would later apply during REALTRAIN exercises with troops. The research summarized in this report has produced (a) an infantry squad/platoon level mapboard game for two-player or multiplayer use; (b) an infantry squad/platoon level field opposition exercise; and (c) a combined arms platoon/company level mapboard game. Separate documents are available on each of the three training techniques.