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