For the penultimate episode of The Warfighter Podcast season, Colin and Tom tackle what might seem like a simple question, but proves to be expansive - What does it mean to deliver realism in Training?
The boys are joined by Anthony Pittman who, as well having a lengthy service in the British Army where he lived and breathed training, is currently the Director for Development & Optimisation at Babcock.
Always a contentious subject, Colin and Tom don’t hold back on the difficult questions for Anthony, who deals with each point elegantly, tackling diverse subjects such as:
- What is Realism anyway?
- Is there an optimum level for Realism?
- Could we cope with greater Realism?
- Doesn’t adding Realism always cost more money?
- Do we have enough scientific rigour to understand training effectiveness vs Realism?
Anthony wraps up the discussion with his vision for what improved realism means for the future of collective training.
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Military Simulation & Training (MS&T) magazine has proudly signed up to be the exclusive media partner of The Warfighter Podcast, a brand-new simulation and training series that provides insight into the future being built by militaries and government agencies around the world.
The show is co-hosted by Tom Constable, a former British Army Officer turned technology entrepreneur, and ex-British Royal Navy officer Colin Hiller.
MS&T special correspondent Andy Fawkes is also a regular guest, providing a digest of the recent modelling & simulation news, with some discussion around the more interesting trends.
