Designing a Gunnery Training Strategy

Abstract

Abstract : This report is one in a series that examines the development of research tools to support this research. The focus of this research was to develop methods for designing a gunnery training strategy. A training strategy was defined as any method for configuring instruction to enhance learning and/or reduce training costs. However, this report was limited to the discussion of methods that address the following key functions of training strategies: (a) organizing training objectives into units of instruction, (b) sequencing training both within and among units of instruction, (c) selecting the appropriate training device or medium for each unit, and (d) allocating training time to each unit/device combination. The training strategy methods were first discussed in terms of their theoretical rationale and usefulness for gunnery training. The methods were then tested by applying them to two prototypical problems in gunnery training: (1) the use of two different devices for training similar basic gunnery skills, and (2) the use of multiple devices to train the dissimilar skills in platoon gunnery. The application of methods for designing a training strategy demonstrated, in general, that the various methods can be applied to dissimilar gunnery training problems with sensible results. Only one of the methods failed to apply to both problems--the methods for allocating training time were not able to handle the more difficult multi-device tactical training problem. (sdw)

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