Visually Based Timeline Debrief Toolset for Team Training AAR

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Abstract:

Large-scale team training presents a challenge for instructors who must coordinate after action review for distributed teams. This paper presents a visual timeline-based debrief toolset that enables instructors to quickly construct and present playback vignettes for salient training points. The AAIRS After Action Intelligent Review System application being developed for the Marine Corps CACCTUS Combined Arms Command and Control Trainer Upgrade System identifies training points through the use of intelligent data collection and causal analysis methods. AAIRS records the training mission execution, which includes a synchronized collection of exercising force audio communications and human in the loop interaction with system components operational C4I and simulator interface tools. Key exercise data relevant to training points is tabulated by the debrief construction tool and presented visually along a timeline for instructor review. The time consuming process of reviewing sequential recorded radio communications is eased by visually representing individual transmissions on the timeline, grouped into dialogs and annotated with speech analysis results. The tools presentation capability allows instructors to preview their planned debrief presentation and customize it prior to formal debrief. This facilitates a highly configurable after action review, where the presentation of each training point in the debrief can include descriptive causal analysis text, voice communications playback, and 3D views of the battlefield, either frozen in time visually, a snapshot or played back as vignettes.

Author(s):
Jensen, Randy ; Nolan, Margaret ; Harmon, Nancy ; Caldwell, Gregory
Author Organization(s):
STOTTLER HENKE ASSOCIATES INC SAN MATEO CA
Descriptive Note:
Conference paper
Supplementary Note:
Presented at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), 2006 Paper no. 2962. Pub. in the Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), 2006. The original document contains color images.
Pagination:
0011

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
XD
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.1.1_Maneuver to Engage; JCA_3.1_Maneuver; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_1.2.2_Exercising; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_6.3.3_Spectrum Management; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_8.2_Shape
Modernization Areas:
Fully Networked C3
Communities of Interest:
Engineered Resilient Systems
Descriptor(s):
*DATA BASES, *DIGITAL SYSTEMS, *TRAINING, *COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS, *PLAYBACK, *COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION, SPEECH RECOGNITION, INSTRUCTORS, DATA ACQUISITION, TEAMS(PERSONNEL), MODELS, SYMPOSIA, COUPLING(INTERACTION)
Field(s)/Group(s):
Humanities and History, Computer Programming and Software, Command, Control and Communications Systems
Keyword(s):
MARINE CORPS CACCTUS(COMBINED ARMS COMMAND AND CONTROL TRAINER UPGRADE SYSTEM)
Report Date:
2005 Jan 01
Creation Date:
2006 Dec 06