DefenceTalkAmerica’s Army is a high-tech organization. “America’s Army,” the video game, is testament to this fact. The Army Game Studio at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, continually works to develop and enhance its educational, outreach and training tools, including the popular combat simulator game for computer platforms that first launched in 2002. The studio may be best […]https://www.defencetalk.com/game-studio-keeps-us-army-outreach-education-high-tech-68807/

DefenceTalkEighteen months ago, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command began migrating education content to the dotcom cloud, a commercially operated bank of servers. This is a significant step for several reasons. The Army is currently a Common Access Card-enabled, Windows-based devices operating environment. That means Soldiers can’t access much of the training and education […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-moving-education-content-to-cloud-for-better-access-60050/

DefenceTalkThe Army is evolving its current Integrated Training Environment into a single synthetic training environment that combines constructive, gaming and virtual systems to provide challenging exercises efficiently at the point of need. Army officials discussed the Future Holistic Training Environment — Live/Synthetic at the Training and Education 2025 and Beyond Industry Forum, held Wednesday and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-training-technology-evolving-59974/

DefenceTalkNominations for active-duty line officers interested in the financial management leadership program, or FMLP, are due to the Air Force Personnel Center by Feb. 15, 2014, AFPC officials said Dec. 18. The FMLP is a four-year program that provides non-finance officers the opportunity to gain leadership experience as comptroller squadron commanders, said Capt. Thomas Cook, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/financial-management-leadership-program-open-to-eligible-officers-49964/

DefenceTalkAirmen applying for tuition assistance in fiscal 2014 will see several changes in both eligibility for and administration of the program. Due to these changes, the application window for classes beginning on or after Oct. 1 will not open until Sept. 9 to allow for system updates. This program is applicable to Guard and Reserve […]https://www.defencetalk.com/air-force-tuition-assistance-application-window-delayed-for-fy14-48930/

DefenceTalkEffective March 1, Soldiers will no longer receive tuition assistance if their college or university has not signed the Defense Department’s “Voluntary Education Partnership” Memorandum of Understanding. Soldiers who already received tuition assistance, or TA, funding for courses can complete those courses even if they extend beyond March 1. They just can’t sign up for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/soldiers-should-check-tuition-assistance-status-for-their-schools-46883/