Fiscal Year	2024
Division	NPS Naval Research Program
Department	Computer Science Department
Investigator(s)	Christian R Fitzpatrick
Sponsor	NPS Naval Research Program (Navy)
Summary	During Naval Special Warfare¿s (NSW) Junior Officer Training Course (JOTC) Team Leaders are limited in the number of repetitions to hone their tactical decision-making skills during Tactical Mission Commander (TMC) Drills. Structured as table-top exercises, TMC Drills are used during and after JOTC to create environments for Team Leaders to make decisions in a tactical environment employing various assets, systems, and capabilities. Following the drill, the after-action review (AAR) process is not sufficiently structured, so participants are receiving feedback that is both non-standardized and non-repeatable. This research seeks to improve TMC Drills through the analysis and refinement of requirements drafted to field a virtual training system. Our research team will survey and assess existing modeling and simulation (M&S) tools and report on their ability to enhance the realism of TMC Drills. To identify the right tools, we will study the TMC training and readiness (T&R) objectives. This task analysis will enable our research team to map training requirements to the existing capabilities of constructive simulation systems and mixed reality (xR) displays. Our research will be conducted in close coordination with NSW students from the Defense Analysis (DA) Department and there will be an opportunity to integrate this work into the curriculum through guided discussions and technology demonstrations during DA4500, Special Topics in Strategic Analysis. We will stay engaged with the operational community throughout our research process and plan to observe a live training event hosted by Naval Special Warfare Group One (NSWG-1) Training Detachment (TRADET). Since this work is intended to be executed as a thesis or capstone project, we will deliver a final report and presentation detailing our analysis and findings. We also plan to partner with the MOVES Institute to continue to assess M&S tools as they evolve due to technology enhancements.
Keywords	Modeling and Simulation, Constructive Simulation, Extended Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, Image Generator, Distributed Interactive Simulation, Training and Readiness
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