Army Sustainment VOLUME 46, ISSUE 5 | Page 53

The lack of access to the Single Mobility System was a training constraint, and although information technology was an initial concern, actual systems training was completed prior to the culminating training event to make up for limited Internet access. The Tactical Personnel System was still used to scan role players into and out of the notional theater during the exercise, and the use of separate role players from the 7th TBX proved to be an excellent addition. Realistic Scenarios At Silver Scimitar, the night and day shifts would rotate to play passengers in the scenario. But for Resolute Silver Scimitar, the TBX tasked more than 150 Soldiers to be passengers and execute the MSEL injects. This freed the HR company and the TG PAT to execute true 24-hour operations with day and night shifts and perform the requisite shift change briefs at 0700 and 1900. MSELs were prepared for both shifts, and role players were carefully controlled by the HR company commander, who escorted them to each applicable training lane. This allowed for realism, exemplified by a staged fist fight between passengers that looked so realistic that the gateway personnel could not tell if it was real or part of the exercise. The realism was