Photonics and instrumentation for real-time monitoring of the U.S. Army's Ft. Polk, Louisiana, joint readiness training center's military operations in urban terrain complex

Kenneth E. Geis

doi:10.1117/12.210500

30 May 1995 Photonics and instrumentation for real-time monitoring of the U.S. Army's Ft. Polk, Louisiana, joint readiness training center's military operations in urban terrain complex

Kenneth E. Geis

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Proceedings Volume 2497, Public Safety/Law Enforcement Technology; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.210500
Event: SPIE's 1995 Symposium on OE/Aerospace Sensing and Dual Use Photonics, 1995, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The United States Army has had many occurrences to call upon Street and village fighting skills. The most recent examples were Somalia and Mogudishu where it was clear that better training was needed for survival oftroops in deadly building to building fighting. To improve these skills, a premier facility called a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) complex is being built at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Various photonic and electronic systems and components will monitor the practicing troops indoors and out, in all weather and lighting conditions, 24 hours per day, 360 days per year for up to 1000 players including aerial and ground weapons platforms. Together, the monitoring components will comprise a MOUT Instrumentation System (MIS or MOUT-IS). The MOUT-IS is a subset or daughter to the JRTC's instrumentation system (JRTC-IS) and may act or record independently ofJRTC-IS operation. The JRTC-IS has a scope covering the large scale training areas ofFt. Polk, while the scope ofthe MOUT-IS covers a smaller area with greater resolution, the details ofMOUT activity alone, without regard to the large scale activities ofthe sorrounding Ft. Polk area. The challenge and main body ofthis report will discuss how we plan to seamlessly integrate photonic components and systems ofthe MIS to allow accurate, objective seeing, and hearing ofhigh fidelity (realistic) urban warfare training, with immediate feedback for troops and commanders to assess the effectiveness and efficiency ofthe training. This instrumentation system is what will separate this MOUT from others, its ability to comprehensively capture events heretofore unobserved or observed in a subjective manner in other MOUT facilities.

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Kenneth E. Geis "Photonics and instrumentation for real-time monitoring of the U.S. Army's Ft. Polk, Louisiana, joint readiness training center's military operations in urban terrain complex", Proc. SPIE 2497, Public Safety/Law Enforcement Technology, (30 May 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.210500

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