FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (Sept. 3, 2014) -- A new Regional Simulation Center will improve unit training and save the Army money, Brig. Gen. Joseph Martin said at the building's groundbreaking ceremony.
"Today's groundbreaking signifies the Combined Arms Center's commitment to the future and serves as another step forward in providing the absolute best training for our military personnel," said Martin, the deputy commanding general of the Combined Arms Center -- Training (CAC-T).
The center will house the hardware, software and technology that simulate a battle. It will provide corps and divisions with training simulations that allow commanders and staffs to exercise mission command.
During these exercises, commanders and their staffs receive simulated battlefield results such as causalities, troop movements and other data just as if they were in a real battle. These exercises sharpen the unit's communication, coordination and planning skills.
"The simulations out of this facility will provide challenging and realistic environments that facilitate the execution of mission command fundamentals," Martin said. "Our new Regional Simulation Center will not only increase the training value for units and leaders, but have the added benefit of reducing operational training costs."
The Regional Simulation Center demonstrates the Army's commitment to leveraging technology to lower costs.
Now it's not necessary for each corps and division headquarters to maintain their simulation capabilities. The Regional Simulation Center and data distribution technology allow the Army to consolidate the simulations at Fort Leavenworth and push the simulation data to corps and division headquarters.
Martin called the construction project a team effort, involving, CAC, CAC-T, the Army Corps of Engineers, Army Installation Management Command, architects and the construction company.
The building's architects, Jacobs Engineering Group, achieved a silver certificate in the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) program. This program recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices that promote energy efficiency.
Carothers Construction Inc., Oxford, Miss., won the construction contract and expects to complete the 36,000-square-foot building in January 2016.
When complete, the Regional Simulation Center will house the Global Simulation Capability, a subordinate organization of CAC-T.
The CAC-T manages Army training support and training development programs to train and educate versatile units, and develop agile and adaptive leaders. Its web site is http://usacac.army.mil/organizations/cact. You can follow CAC-T on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/usacactraining and its Twitter handle is: usacactraining.
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