Congressman calls command modeling and simulation hub
Congressional Modeling & Simulation Training Caucus Chairman Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) dubbed U.S. Joint Forces Command and its modeling and simulation efforts as the future of conflict resolution during the Second Annual Modeling & Simulation Leadership Summit. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bryan Axtell has the story.
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Narrated by Air Force Staff Sgt. Bryan D. Axtell, USJFCOM Public Affairs
Featuring: Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-VA)
Mr. David Ozolek, executive director Joint Futures Laboratory
Axtell: Modeling and Simulation Caucus chairman, Congressman J. Randy Forbes from Virginia's Fourth District praised U.S. Joint Forces Command and its efforts in the modeling and simulation industry.
Forbes made the comments after labeling modeling and simulation a national security priority in opening remarks during the National Training Simulation Association's Second Annual Modeling & Simulation Leadership Summit in Chesapeake, Va. Feb. 26.
Forbes: USJFCOM is the hub of so many different things that are being driven today in modeling and simulation. I think, certainly, it has been an engine that has kept the private sector going, as well as the government sector in terms of building that architecture that we need in modeling and simulation to get us to where we need to be tomorrow.
Axtell: David Ozolek, executive director of USJFCOM's Joint Futures Laboratory, discussed how fielding modeling and simulation technologies can help the warfighter get a glimpse at possible outcomes of current actions by looking at all the dimensions of a problem, not just a military view.
Ozolek: This is a huge break-through in taking modeling and simulation - cutting edge modeling and simulation - rapidly moving it through the experimentation and training communities, and into the warfighter support. And that's taking place in real time even as we speak.
Axtell: Ozolek was among modeling and simulation leaders from government, industry and academia who listened to speakers and offered suggestions on industrial development, business practice, professional development, and technology.
Retired Navy Rear Adm. Fred Lewis, the president of NTSA, thanked the participants for their input and said his organization would work on several of the non-governmental action items suggested by the group.
In his closing remarks with Congresswoman Thelma Drake from Virginia's Second District, and Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott from Virginia's Third District, Forbes proposed drafting a congressional resolution making modeling and simulation a critical national technology, which he said would be a "huge stepping stone," toward future action in the industry.
For more on this and other ways USJFCOM is supporting the warfighter, visit us on the web at www.jfcom.mil. For U.S. Joint Forces Command, I'm Air Force Staff Sgt. Bryan Axtell.
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