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Red Diamond
Training Support Issue
Summer 2021
This edition of the Red Diamond provides our readers with information about the
various products and services TRADOC G2 offers to support and guide you through
writing scenarios and developing exercises. We strive to ensure our users are
informed about the myriad resources available to them. Reading through these
articles will arm you with information about how, when, and why to use DATE to
meet training objectives, ranging from classroom applications to CTCs. It will
explain how and why visualizations can enhance your training, and how
understanding human networks enhances training and reflects reality. There is also
a description of several tools and applications readily available for users to create
and enhance training. Finally, we’ve included an article about the forthcoming
ATPs on threat tactics, which are unique in their discussion of how these actors
might behave if facing the United States.
For more information, or support from TRADOC G-2, please contact Angela M.
Williams, angela.m.williams298.civ@mail.mil
Contents
Gaming and Visualizations .......................................................................................... 2
TRADOC’s Network Engagement Team: A Brief History and Focus on Network Data
and Cognitive Maneuver Training ............................................................................... 4
TRADOC G-2 Tools Enable Individual to Collective Training and Enhance the
Operational Environment .......................................................................................... 10
Models and Simulations ............................................................................................ 14
ODIN, DATE, and the Beginnings of Scenario Development .................................... 17
Training Today's Army for Tomorrow's Threats…………………………………………………….27
