An Army mission command system developed and fielded by the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) and local defense contractors in Orlando are deployed for the Joint Readiness Training Center 22-05 (JRTC 22-05) exportable CTC rotation on military ranges around Fort Greely and Fort Wainwright, Alaska on March 14-23.
The Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Capability – Instrumentation System (JPMRC-IS), an Army Mission Command System centric "system of system,” is being used during the rotation led by U.S. Army Alaska. The system includes integrated computer software and hardware, workstations, databases, voice and video recording, and production and presentation equipment, as well as interfaces capable of providing training available at the Army’s Combat Training Centers. It supports exercise planning and management, training performance feedback and collection of the tactical simulation data, and an observer controller communication system.
JRTC 22-05 is the first home station Combat Training Center-style rotation in Alaska. It focuses on large-scale combat operations and is a cold-weather training event that includes a Situational Training Exercise and a Live Fire Exercise. Approximately 8,000 Soldiers have roles in the rotation, in addition to the many support personnel from across Alaska who will also work to make this rotation a success.
Approximately 60 defense contractors from Lockheed Martin who support the Army Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulation Maintenance Program (ATMP) are supporting the rotation on the ground. ATMP team members are responsible for setting up, configuring and maintaining instrumentation system capabilities throughout the duration of the rotation. Additional contractors from General Dynamics Mission Systems who support the JPMRC-IS are also participating in the exercise.
According to Darin Stevens, PEO STRI’s product lead for Live Individual and Collective Training, the product team has been working with U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) and 196th Infantry Brigade exercise planners the past few months refining requirements and getting the requirements on contract prior to the start of the rotation. The first group of ATMP contractors began arriving on the ground in Alaska in January preparing for the rotation, part of which includes coordinating with USARPAC and the 196th Infantry Brigade, as well as completing the Cold Weather Indoctrination Course required to operate in such a challenging extreme cold weather environment.
“Personnel received, configured and conducted end-to-end testing of the instrumentation system in advance of the rotation,” Stevens said. “Following end-to-end testing and government acceptance of the instrumentation system and other TADSS [Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations] support equipment, MILES [Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System] and Aviation TESS [Tactical Engagement Simulation System] are all issued, installed and tested prior to start of the rotation. Full system setup will run throughout the duration of the rotation.”
The rotation focuses on training and tactics, techniques and procedures development for deployment operations in an Arctic environment. It is also designed to validate the ability to rapidly deploy a brigade-sized force package quickly and integrate with external elements. Training in such harsh weather conditions will also help to support Army efforts to regain dominance in the Arctic region during a time of great power competition.
JRTC 22-05 has participants from 2nd Division, Canadian Army paratroopers; the 450th Tactical Helicopter Squadron, Canadian Army; HIMARS from 17th Field Artillery Brigade, 7th Infantry Division; and other enablers from the across the Total Army. All JRTC 22-05 participants will operate under comprehensive COVID-19 mitigations that include, but are not limited to, batch and pool testing, social distancing and the wearing of masks, monitoring from on-ground medical personnel, and sanitization of living, dining, work and medical treatment areas.
U.S. Army Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), headquartered in Orlando, Florida, leads a skilled and diverse workforce and works with high-caliber Army partners to enhance operational readiness and support the Army’s modernization efforts by fielding and sustaining the next generation of multi-domain operations testing, training and information operations capabilities.
| Date Taken: | 03.08.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 06.23.2022 10:18 |
| Story ID: | 423587 |
| Location: | FORT GREELY, ALASKA, US |
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