Latest "training and simulation" stories

Caroline Baxter, deputy assistant secretary of defense for force education and training, speaks on a panel of senior military leaders at the annual Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Nov. 29, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the National Defense Industrial Association)

Panel of three-star generals to lead military training modernization

“Gone are the days when we could hand-wave training away. Warfare is obviously way too complicated for that now,” said Caroline Baxter.

By Rachel S. Cohen

3 days ago

The Ukrainian military's Grad multiple-rocket launcher fires rockets at Russian positions in the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

Military officials look to Ukraine war for new lessons in training

“This ... is not only a war against Ukraine,” said Maj. Gen. Serhii Salkutsan, its NATO military liaison. “This is a war against the ... civilized world."

By Rachel S. Cohen

5 days ago

Long-term assistance command to oversee training mission with Ukraine

Security Assistance Group-Ukraine represents the Pentagon’s first move to create more long-term force structure in Europe since Russia’s invasion.

By Meghann Myers

4 weeks ago

Major Hawaii-based Army exercise tests brigade in island-hopping fight

"The Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana does not look like Southeast Asia,” Flynn said. “But these eight Hawaiian Islands certainly do.”

6 weeks ago

7th Army Training Command balances Ukraine training, Nordic security

The U.S. Army’s largest overseas training command is continuing to provide support for Sweden and Finland, who want to join NATO.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

8 weeks ago

Army plans repeat of major drills using largest overseas training unit

Brig. Gen. Joseph Hilbert discussed four major exercises that 7th ATC ran this past year.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

8 weeks ago