THE TEAM ORLANDO FEBRUARY 2013 NEWSLETTER
UPCOMING EVENTS
A Decade of Work Yields Partnerships, Better Training Solutions By Dolly Rairigh Glass
In late October 2012, the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) Project Manager for Training Devices (PM TRADE) Live Training Transformation (LT2) team was awarded the 2012 Army Acquisition Excellence Award for Information Enabled Army at a ceremony held Nov. 7, 2012, in Arlington, Va. READ MORE
Agreement Signed Between PEO STRI and MEDCOM for Established Presence of the Army Office of the Surgeon General Within Team Orlando by Terri Bernhardt
Ken Wheeler, Assistant Program Executive Officer for Business Operations, Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Army Office of the Surgeon General (OTSG), Medical Command, to accommodate a team of OSTG members at PEO STRI offices in Research Park. READ MORE
Defense Forum Breakfast Provides Opportunity for Updates from Service Leads By Dolly Rairigh Glass
The Combined Professional Associations Group (CPAG) hosted its annual Defense Forum Breakfast on Friday, Jan. 11, giving the attendees in the filled-to-capacity room, the opportunity to hear from each of the Service leads and learn about some of their upcoming challenges, as well as goals for the upcoming year and beyond. READ MORE
February 11, 2013 Modeling & Simulation Congressional Caucus Leadership Summit: Chesapeake, VA February 12, 2013 National Modeling & Simulation Coalition (NMSC) Annual Meeting: Chesapeake, VA February 18, 2013 President’s Day April 17-19, 2013 GameTech Caribe Royale, Orlando www.gametechconference.com April 30 - May 2, 2013 MODSIM World 2013: Hampton, VA May 14, 2013 USAF APBI: Dayton, OH May 22-24, 2013 ITEC 2013: Rome, Italy June 12-13, 2013 Training & Simulation Industry Symposium (TSIS) 2013: Orlando, FL June 15, 2013 Army Birthday Ball June 24-26, 2013 Medical Technology Training & Treatment (MT3) Rosen Shingle Creek Orlando, Florida www.mt3conference.com
DID YOU KNOW? Emergency Management Offers Safety Training for Students
Engineers Participate in Unique Test and Evaluation Training Courtesy of NAWCTSD Public Affairs
By Abbigail Gately, Senior Staff Writer, Central Florida Future
The Introduction to Aircraft and Systems Test and Evaluation Short Course provided a unique training opportunity for 32 engineers at Since recent Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) mass Orlando. These engineers gained insight into the test process as it shootings, applies to aircraft systems and how test and evaluation relates to such as the system engineering and the acquisition of training systems. The one at Sandy United States Test Pilot School Airborne Systems Test and Hook Elementary, and other acts of crime in the area, demand for Research Support (ASTARS) test bed operated by Calspan exposed students to the test and Emergency Management evaluation methods and techniques to evaluate Navigation, Electro-optical and Radar systems. training has risen at UCF. READ MORE
FLETC’s Kuykendall Looks for Opportunities to Utilize Existing Training By Dolly Rairigh Glass
Jason Kuykendall serves as a Training Specialist/Program Manager from the Glynco Training Directorate’s Training Research Office assigned to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) Orlando Technology Integration and Simulation Team. FLETC established their Orlando office in March 2005, with the partnership between FLETC and NAVAIR (Orlando) going back to 2004. Kuykendall joined the office in June 2012. READ MORE
UCF’s Emergency Management office offers a variety of classes and tools to help ease worries and anxieties about criminal activity in the area. Ari Schein, Emergency Management training and exercises coordinator, said he’s seen an increase in interest in the active shooter preparedness class in particular. Click HERE to read the article
DAU Senior Fellowship Meets with Team Orlando By Terri Bernhardt
In January, Defense Acquisition University’s (DAU) Senior Service College Fellowship Program (SSCF), an Army Acquisition Corps program, visited Team Orlando to receive a capabilities overview. The meetings were spread over two days with briefings from Team Orlando members providing a deeper look into the modeling, simulation and training programs. READ MORE
CONSTRUCTIVE – The Leader for Providing Constructive and Integrated Simulation Environments By Rick Gregory, APEO Business Operations Support Staff
For years, military commanders have had to rely on a big table, lots of sand and little figures representing Soldiers, equipment and the lay of the land when conducting training for their units. The command staff would be huddled around the sand table, moving the friendly and opposing forces with their hands as they learned through radio communications how the mission was progressing. It was constructive simulation at its primitive stage.
Respectfully submitting for Team Orlando: Terri M. Bernhardt Editor
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Dolly Rairigh Glass Contributing Editor
National Center for Simulation Board Elects New Officers David Manning is the newly elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for the National Center for Simulation (NCS), a non-profit trade association whose vision is to be the recognized leader in supporting and expanding the modeling and simulation community. Entering his second term as Chairman, Manning has served on the NCS board since October 2009 and is the owner of StrategyONE Services, a consulting company in Orlando. READ MORE
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