Integrating complementary views on an exercise into an objectives-based training support toolset

A significant trend in the use of synthetic environments for military unit training is to move away from using generic scenarios that cover a multitude of training objectives. Instead, dedicated scenarios are designed that cover a smaller set of specific training objectives. A few tools exist that support the development of scenarios tailored to these objectives and the collection of data for an after-action review based on the objectives. For real-time monitoring of the exercise however, most environments use a standard set of tools, e.g. plan view display, 3D stealth and ORBAT (ORder of BATtle) Browser. These tools only provide a generic view on the exercise. Specific information necessary for evaluation of the training objectives is often not present or only available after time-consuming manual adjustment of the tools.