After Action Review Guide for Trainers of Virtual Battlespace-2 Missions

The Virtual Battlespace-2 VBS2 training simulation provides special feedback capabilities for supporting mission after action reviews AARs. To help AAR facilitators leverage the softwares special AAR capabilities, the VBS2 AAR Guide was created to serve as a professional development and performance support tool. Full details on the development of the guide can be found in ARI Technical Report 1294, Guidelines and Tools for VBS2 Mission After Action Reviews Development and Evaluation. The guide incorporated doctrinal AAR guidelines as well as best practices gleaned from academic and technical literature. The guide underwent iterative review by schoolhouse leaders and instructors during initial development. The guide was then field tested by cadre members of three different Army courses and revised based on their feedback. This publication describes the contents, organization, and presentation style of the guide. It includes the complete guide along with suggestions for utilizing the materials to realize optimal benefits. The products are the culmination of a multi-faceted research program that developed methods and measures for communicating tactics, techniques, and procedures to Soldiers.