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NSIAD-94-249R 1 (1994-08-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackqd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C3 7-3 United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-258014 August 19, 1994 The Honorable William J. Perry The Secretary of Defense Dear Mr. Secretary: At the request of the Chairmen and Ranking Minority Members of the Subcommittees on Military Forces and Personnel and Readiness, House Armed Services Committee, we are reviewing joint training, including the use and management of computer simulation technology to enhance battle staff training; and Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) oversight of that training. In doing our work, we have identified an issue that we believe warrants your attention now to avoid the expenditure of unnecessary resources, the duplication of efforts, and operational inefficiencies. This issue relates to the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to establish two somewhat duplicative computer simulation training facilities at separate locations in the Tidewater area of Virginia: the Joint Training, Analysis, and Simulation Center (JTASC), under the control of the U.S. Atlantic Command (USACOM), and the Joint Warfighting Center (JWFC), operating under the Joint Staff J-7.1 Briefings from representatives of the two centers, and mission statements and other documents indicate that both centers will (1) require significant computer capabilities to support training, (2) employ an opposing force concept, and (3) conduct joint doctrine assessment to some extent. The development of two separate facilities stands in stark contrast with the results of a USACOM-sponsored study2 by the Mitre Corporation, which cited 1The JWFC is being created by expanding on the capabilities of the former Joint Warfare Center (JWC), located at Hurlburt Field, Florida, and absorbing the Joint Doctrine Center, located in Norfolk, Virginia. The new organization is being relocated to Fort Monroe, Virginia. 2Tidewater Joint Readiness Complex Definition Study, 30 September, 1993. GAO/NSIAD-94-249R Joint Simulation Training

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