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Milley Insists On Expanded Virtual Training For Soldiers

Tuesday, October 10th, 2017

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Milley Insists On Expanded Virtual Training For Soldiers

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley addresses the 2017 Association of the U.S. Army expo in Washington, D.C. (photo by Dan Parsons)

The Army should invest as much in virtual training for frontline soldiers as the Air Force spends on pilots for its most advanced fighter jets, said Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley.“Tens of millions of dollars are spent and invested in training and simulation for an F-35 pilot before they are ever allowed to come near a fifth-generation fighter,” Milley said Oct. 10 during a keynote address to the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual expo in Washington, D.C. “Well,…

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