Train-the-Trainer Package for the Full Spectrum Warrior Game

摘要

The U.S. Army and its Program Executive Office - Simulations, Training AND Instrumentation (PEG-STRI) tasked the Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) at the University of Southern California to develop training games that would allow the Army to begin exploiting the expertise of the commercial games developers and the entertainment industry. Full Spectrum Warrior (FSW), built for use with Microsoft's X-Box game console system, was developed to provide Infantry squad leaders with the opportunity to practice making tactical decisions and executing the troop-leading procedures that are required for urban operations. The U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Infantry Forces Research Unit (IFRU) at Fort Benning, Georgia, was asked to help in evaluating the training effectiveness of FSW. During the process of evaluation, the IFRU teamed with Northrop Grumman Mission Systems to create this Train-the-Trainer package that would help Army trainers learn to play FSW, help them teach their Soldiers how to play and learn tactical decision-making skills while playing the game, and provide information for after-action reviews.