Supporting Joint Warfighter Readiness: Opportunities and Incentives for Interservice and Intraservice Coordination with Training-Simulator Acquisition and Use

As conflicts increasingly involve joint operations, joint training becomes more important. Much of it must be simulation-based training (SBT) conducted on systems that allow the services to interoperate. But commercial SBT systems do not always align with military needs, and the services face coordination challenges. The authors of this report examine the gap between joint training needs and current and future resources and offer recommendations.