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GAO-12-725R 1 (2012-06-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacgfw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 June 29, 2012 Congressional Committees Subject: Navy Training: Observations on the Navy's Use of Live and Simulated Training The Department of Defense uses live training, simulators, and other virtual training devices to prepare its forces to conduct military operations. Virtual training can help the services mitigate obstacles to training, such as the high cost of conducting live training or range access issues, while allowing military personnel to replicate many of the interactions and procedures they may encounter on the battlefield. In an effort to achieve greater efficiency, maximize training opportunities, and potentially reduce training costs, each military service is in various stages of developing concepts and training programs that mix live and synthetic training (which is how the Navy typically refers to training that relies significantly on simulators or virtual training devices).1 The Navy, in particular, believes that effective training requires an efficient balance of live and synthetic approaches. H.R. Rep. No. 112-78 (2011), which accompanied a bill for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, directed GAO to review the status of the military services' training programs and report the results to the House and Senate Armed Services committees. It also stated that in reporting on each of the services, we may take a phased approach in undertaking our review and reporting to the Senate and House Armed Services committees.2 This Navy review is the first engagement in our phased approach, and an Air Force review is also underway. For this review, we assessed (1) the principles the Navy considers in determining whether to use live or synthetic training to meet its training requirements, (2) how the Navy's mix 1 For the purposes of this report, simulators will be used to describe specific devices that mimic actual equipment, such as a flight simulator, while synthetic training will refer to any training that takes place in a virtual environment. 2 H.R. Rep. No. 112-78 (2011), which accompanied H.R. 1540, a bill for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. GAO-12-725R Navy Training Page I

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