The Mission of the Royal School of Artillery is to,
"Deliver trained RA officers and soldiers in ac
See here: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d9e733a8-4536-11e0-80e7-00144feab49a.html
For an article published in the FT on their recent visit to RSA to look at VBS2.
FT.com / Pursuits - War-gaming... with the FT How a virtual battlefield is helping British soldiers
10/03/2011
Simulation conference with Colonel (P) Timothy Edens, Deputy Commander/Assistant Commandant of the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence
http://halldale.com/insidesnt/st-community-leader-colonel-edens-qa
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For further info on VBS2 follow the link
Virtual Battlespace 2: US Army (VBS2) To field and support an Army-wide, game-based training system that provides the Warfighter with a platform to train small unit tactics, techniques and procedures in a contemporary operational environment.
18/10/2010
For a topical look at Cyber crime and terrorism;
Click here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11562969
Terror, cyber-crime 'top threats' International terrorism and attacks on vital computer networks are set to be named as among the biggest threats to UK security.
Are YOU a serving soldier using this site? See here:
https://www.armynet.mod.uk/club/pages/menu/
for a warning on social networking and its potential impact on your security. It isn't saying dont use Facebook but it is warning you to take responsibility for your own security. If I can see into your profile, so can Terry Taliban. (due to poor Facebook security one soldier from 24 Bty had an interesting interview with his BK following his profile being open and allowing people to see that he was a fan of groups that were incompatible with service life!)
Click here: https://www.armynet.mod.uk/p72384 to see the latest Blog describing how RSA are using VBS2 to train Joint Fire Cell staff.
To see video of the presentations given at the RA Training seminar held at RSA two weeks ago, Click here: https://www.armynet.mod.uk/p82834
29/09/2010
20/09/2010
http://www.justgiving.com/i-am-legend
SSgt (SSIG) Nick Schofiled aims to run an old style BFT (1.5 mile warm up followed by a 1.5 mile run in under 10.30min) on the hour every hour for twenty-four hours to raise money for charity. Yup, thats a total of 72 miles! If you want to know more and maybe sponsor him then click on the link. If you would like to join him for some or all of the challenge, leave him a message either here or on his justgiving.com page.
i am legend challenge JustGiving - the easiest way to fundraise and donate to charity online
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20/09/2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11295257
Food for thought with the rise of VBS2 and current simulation within the Artillery.
Gamers 'better decision makers' Research has shown that action video game fans are better at making quick, accurate decisions than non-gamers.
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The ACS branch have updated their Army.NET pages. Click on the link above for news and pre-course learning material including:
GCS CS Level 3
Multi Start Up
Tac Sat
Fire Control Orders.