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Army Training Chief Calls For Expanded Use Of Virtual Reality

Wednesday, December 13th, 2017

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Simulation and virtual training are critical to lowering the amount of funding spent on educating soldiers and to preparing soldiers for the complexity of future combat, according to the general in charge of training troops.Gen. David Perkins, chief of Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), said Nov. 28 that live virtual constructive and synthetic training will reduce the “tyranny” of costly training events at the Army’s national training centers.At those installations, training can be conducted on a large scale with great…

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