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National Defense May 2010 Austin Wright	Recruits Expect, But Don't Always Get, Cutting-Edge Training Simulations Many military recruits grew up playing video games, and they expect training simulations to stack up with the latest Xbox or PlayStation products.
National Defense December 2013 Valerie Insinna	Army, Marine Corps Look for Better Data on Simulator Effectiveness Both services need to establish metrics to calculate just how effective their simulators are. Furthermore, they need a more comprehensive method to compare the costs of live and virtual training.
National Defense June 2014 Valerie Insinna	Army Releases New Video Game Training The Army in March debuted its newest flagship video game, Virtual Battlespace 3, meant to help troops practice tactics before enacting them in a live environment.
National Defense December 2012 Dan Parsons	Soldiers Test Impact of Virtual Training on Live-Fire Performance During a recent exercise called Bold Quest, held at Ft. Benning, Ga., soldiers and Marines tried their hands at the latest virtual training technology. The event was aimed at studying whether and how such training can augment live exercises at the small-unit level.
National Defense February 2005 Michael Peck	Soldiers Learn Hazards Of War in Virtual Reality The U.S. Army is testing the utility of a web-based training technology, the military version of the popular multiplayer online role-playing games, that lets soldiers share their combat experiences with troops preparing to deploy.
National Defense December 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Industry Shows Off New Army Combat Simulation Tools Soldiers could face a myriad of threats in the coming years, and simulation training can affordably and reliably keep them ready for a multitude of situations.
National Defense February 2009 Stew Magnuson	Soldiers At Lowest Ranks Need Better Cultural Training, Officers Say Trainees must make tough life-or-death decisions, such as what to do when they burst through a door and find a family inside. Are these innocent civilians or insurgents? Should they pull the trigger?
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006 Courtney E. Howard	The America's Army development team introduces new version, new partner AA:SF marks the 22nd update to the America's Army computer game and the third release focused on the Special Forces' role in the Global War on Terrorism.
National Defense April 2005 Mike Cast	Simulations Test Army Future Combat Systems The U.S. Army is testing the network of communications that enables effective communication among vehicles in combat.
National Defense December 2013 Stew Magnuson	Simulation Industry Lays Groundwork for Whatever Challenges Come Next The Army's program executive office for simulation, training and instrumentation and programmers are already looking at how to adapt to new areas of operation and conflicts that may be different from the past.
National Defense December 2011 Eric Beidel	Battle-Scarred Troops Have Message for Army Training: Get Real A decade at war has presented officials with a dilemma: The training environment now must be made even more authentic to hold the attention of soldiers who already have experienced the real deal.
National Defense February 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Training and Simulation Industry Optimistic About Future Opportunities Smaller defense budgets are forcing the military to conduct fewer costly live exercises and instead put troops in the cockpits and drivers' seats of more affordable simulators.
National Defense December 2006 Grace Jean	Army Training Evolving to Develop Better Combat Leaders The initiative to improve combat leadership skills earlier in soldiers' careers, by better understanding the cognitive processes involved in decision-making, has gained momentum inside military academies and other academic institutions.
National Defense December 2004 Michael Peck	Computer Games Helping To Train Commanding Officers This year, 600 of the 1,600 majors taking brigade staff training at the college played TACOPSCAV, a PC-based hobbyist war game designed by a former Marine intelligence officer. The civilian version sells for about $25.
T.H.E. Journal April 2001 Joshua D. Baron & Mercedes M. McKay	Designing and Delivering an Online Course for K-12 Educators The design and delivery of a distance education course are complex undertakings. This is partly because the development process involves many interrelated elements that must work in unison to form a single system for learning...
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National Defense October 2013 Valerie Insinna	Game Engine May Improve Realism of Tactical Trainer An information technology company is trying to stretch the limits of a popular video-game engine with the goal of making its tactical trainer more lifelike, including improvements in non-player characters' intelligence and more realistic virtual landscapes.
National Defense December 2010 Eric Beidel	Greater Appetite for Unpiloted Aircraft Combat Zones Fuels Demand for Simulators The growing demand for unmanned spy aircraft in combat zones has increased the burden on training organizations that are being asked to produce more operators, and faster.
National Defense October 2014 Chelsea Todaro	Do-It-Yourself Simulators Speeding Up Army Training A new generation of simulation software is promising to put more control into the hands of trainers, who can create their own computer-based exercises in a matter of hours.
National Defense February 2013 Valerie Insinna	Contracts Highlight Growing Role of Video Game Training The Army and Navy are seeking out video game technology to engage young soldiers and sailors, and both services plan on awarding major contracts in 2013 for virtual, PC-based training.
National Defense December 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Demand for Non-Combat Skills Fuels Interest in Games The success of tactical shooting games as military training tools has bolstered the case for expanding the use of this technology into non-combat areas.
National Defense December 2009 Shea, Willadsen & Lashlee	Military in Korea Expands Use of Simulations in War Games More so than in most other places, modeling and simulation are critical to training in Korea.
PC Magazine August 31, 2005 Peter Suciu	Modern Warfare Game Reviews of the latest in war games. Act of War: Direct Action... Battlefield 2, Close Combat: First to Fight... Cold War Conflicts: Days in the Field 1950-1973... Elite Warriors: Vietnam... Will of Steel...
National Defense March 2014 Valerie Insinna	Army Solicits Industry For Simple, Scalable Training Technologies Army officials in January laid out a wish list of what they would like to see in future simulation technologies, including straightforward systems that can train entire brigades and require fewer personnel to facilitate exercises.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Training for the War on Terror Military personnel throughout the ranks hone their skills with advanced training and simulation systems.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 David Kushner	Winner: Make Your Very Own Virtual World with OLIVE Forterra's OLIVE software makes the business of virtual-world environments real.
National Defense December 2005 Grace Jean	Games Are Gaining Ground, But How Far Can They Go? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency looks toward simulation systems to teach soldiers about the tradeoffs involved in rebuilding Iraq.
T.H.E. Journal December 2002 Michael T. Eskey	Distance Learning With the Electronic Army University, each soldier is given the opportunity to receive a quality education, while the Army retains an educated member.
National Defense December 2009 Grace V. Jean	Marines Use Simulations To Hone 'Critical Thinking' Skills The Marine Corps is creating a digital simulation to help leathernecks read the urban battlefield for signs of potential threats and to track down snipers and insurgents hiding in cities.
National Defense April 2010 Stew Magnuson	Mobile Simulators Give Soldiers Early Roadside Bomb Training The mobile counter-IED interactive trainer is one of two new simulators exposing ground forces to the hazards they may face before they arrive in Afghanistan or Iraq.
T.H.E. Journal January 2006 Patricia Deubel	Game On! Now educators can translate their students' love of video games into the use of a valuable, multifaceted learning tool.
National Defense February 2006 Grace Jean	Game Branches Out Into Real Combat Training The Army's PC-based video game, America's Army, is morphing beyond its original mission, becoming the platform for numerous other military and government training simulations.
Wired September 2004 Steve Silberman	The War Room Inside the fully immersive proving ground where tomorrow's soldiers are being trained by coalition forces of the Pentagon, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley.
National Defense October 2015 Taylor Feuss	Army Leaning on New Crop of Soldier System Simulators As limited budgets and time constraints make live training more difficult, the Army must continue to rely on simulators to prepare soldiers for combat.
National Defense December 2010 Stew Magnuson	Mix of Live and Virtual Training Will Result in Savings, Army Says Army training has taken place in three separate realms: out in the field, in front of screens where the real world is simulated with computer-generated graphics, or on desktop computers.
T.H.E. Journal August 2001 Alvin Y. Wang & Michael H. Newlin, University of Central Florida	Online Lectures: Benefits for the Virtual Classroom Most Web-based courses rely primarily on asynchronous communication to deliver course information to students. With this form of interaction, instructors and students do not interact simultaneously. Most courses would benefit from the addition of synchronous communication...
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National Defense December 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force Sets Sights on `Airman of the Future' Video Games Gaming technologies, officials say, would allow the Air Force to broaden the training options available to airmen, and would help the service save money by shifting flying time from real aircraft to simulators.
National Defense December 2009 Austin Wright	Troops Learn From Foreign Role-Players The Army is using replicated war zones and cultural education to prepare U.S. troops who will help the Iraqi and Afghan armies assume security duties in the war-ravaged countries.
National Defense August 2006 Grace Jean	Disjointed Defense Simulation Programs Prompt Reorganization The increasing demand for virtual training and war gaming has prompted the Defense Department to reorganize how it manages modeling and simulation.
D-Lib March 2005	NSDL MatDL: Exploring Digital Library Roles Recent workshops and forums have held provocative discussions about the roles digital libraries can play as part of the emerging cyberinfrastructure/e-science.
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