UNCLASSIFIED IMCOM G 7 Academy Staff Visits Fort

UNCLASSIFIED IMCOM G 7 Academy Staff Visits Fort Sam Houston Training Support Center 30 August 2013 IMCOM will synchronize, integrate, and deliver installation services and sustain facilities in support of Senior Commanders in order to enable a ready and resilient Army. UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED On 30 August 2013, the IMCOM G 7 Academy Staff visited the Training Support Center at Fort Sam Houston to answer the following question: How does this… and this? Relate to this… UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED The Training Support Center is how the G 7 STSP mission is executed at the Installation level IMCOM Academy Team arrives at the new TSC facility on Ft Sam Houston. UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED TSC AR-5 Areas of Responsibility are 28 There ters ort Cen p p u S g S Trainin t CONU u o h g u thro -Fort Bliss -Fort Hood -Fort Huachuca -Fort Drum -Fort Buchanan -Fort Sam Houston -Fort Leonard Wood -Fort Polk -Fort Dix/Devens -Fort Mc. Coy -Fort Riley -Joint Base Langley-Eustis -Fort Stewart -Fort Gordon -Fort Bragg -Fort Benning -Fort Carson -Fort Jackson -Fort Campbell -Fort Rucker -Joint Base Lewis-Mc. Cord UNCLASSIFIED -Redstone Arsenal -Fort Knox -Fort Dix/Devens -Fort A. P. Hill -Fort Mc. Coy -Fort Lee -Fort Meade -Fort Sill

UNCLASSIFIED What is a Training Support Center (TSC)? A Training Support Center (TSC) is the authorized installation activity with area support responsibility to provide storage, loan/issue, accountability, maintenance and instruction for all assigned Training Aids, Devices, Simulations and Simulators (TADSS). It is the central repository for training devices, and supports Active Army, National Guard and Army Reserve unit training for all states and counties within its AR 5 -9 Area of Responsibility. TSCs are classified as Small (Tier 3), Medium (Tier 2), and Large (Tier 1). HQ-IMCOM G 7 manages TSC funding, operations, manpower, and facilities for all CONUS-based TSCs. Middle-Eastern clothing is available for issue to support live Role-Players involved in Force-on-Force training events. UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED TADSS Warehouse is where Training Aids, Devices, Simulations and Simulators (TADSS) are stored and maintained. TADSS are organized and stacked on racks inside the TSC warehouse, making them easy to find for quick issue & turn-in Mr. Christopher L. Carl manages the TSC and serves as the Ft Sam Installation Training Support Officer UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED Training Aids, Devices, Simulations and Simulators A wide variety of training devices and simulators are available for issue from the Ft Sam Houston TSC? UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED Training Aids, Devices, Simulations and Simulators Inert munitions, land mines, bombs, and more available for issue from the Ft Sam Houston TSC? UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED Training Aids, Devices, Simulations and Simulators The Ft Sam TSC Team provided the Academy Team with a demonstration of a Machine Gun Simulator and Explosion Simulator. These devices help replicate the sounds of a battlefield. UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED Training Aids, Devices, Simulations and Simulators These weapon replicas are called “Rubber Ducks” NOTE: Five (5) IMCOM TSCs in CONUS fabricate these devices: Fort Gordon, Fort Knox, Redstone Arsenal, Fort Benning and Fort Jackson. UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED BEFORE G 7 Academy Team arrives at the TSC with a request for Training Devices AFTER G 7 Academy Team leaves the TSC with their requested Training Devices UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED IMCOM G 7 Academy Staff Visits Fort Sam Houston Training Support Center 30 August 2013 ? Questions UNCLASSIFIED