{"id":883,"date":"2023-12-14T01:41:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T01:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/?p=883"},"modified":"2023-12-14T01:41:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T01:41:24","slug":"first-army-taps-ai-to-enhance-command-and-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daily-bullet.com\/?p=883","title":{"rendered":"First Army Taps AI to Enhance Command and Control"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. \u2014 First Army is leveraging the potential of artificial intelligence during large scale mobilization exercises and other missions.<\/p>\n

Lt. Col.\u00a0Melissa Sayers, First Army operations research systems analyst, or ORSA, said the first use will come during the 2024 iteration of Pershing Strike, First Army\u2019s annual exercise to validate the Army\u2019s ability to mobilize forces in support of large-scale combat operations.<\/p>\n

The use will be limited but by the following year, the plan is for it be an integral part of the exercise and other First Army operations. It is forecasted to eventually be a routine part of how First Army does business. The hope, Sayers said, is that, \u201cnot only do will we have a simulation that we can run a million scenarios on but it\u2019s part of our everyday operations, helping us get to decisions faster.\u201d<\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence is the use of computer systems to perform tasks that traditionally require human input and do them much faster. For First Army, faster information would lead to a boost in efficiency during operations that move a multitude of Soldiers and equipment to an assortment of locations across the country for training and mobilization.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe machine can\u2019t do it without the human,\u201d Sayers noted. \u201cSay we had a large-scale mobilization operation and we had all these units ready to head out the door and the medical unit shows up at 50 percent strength. With AI, we have the ability to pre-calculate solutions. We estimate what is going to happen if you make this decision, and we can go ahead and run it and calculate all those different decisions and have the best three or four recommended to the commander. The commander still makes the decisions but we can get there a lot faster if we have it pre-calculated and ready to run when something happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

AI is used in all manner of situations, from customer service to medical diagnoses to traffic patterns. At First Army, the plan is for it to create more efficient operations in exercises and mobilizations, including a large-scale mobilization operation if such an event arises.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what First Army cares about,\u201d Sayers said. \u201cWe want to be able to push out the Reserve Component in a timely manner in event of a large-scale conflict. Once you have the model created, you can start playing with it. It helps leaders at very high levels figure out what levers to pull and what resources to apply to maximize what\u2019s happening on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sayers noted the positive impact this can have for units of any size and the individual Soldiers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have units full of people that need to be processed,\u201d she said. \u201cThey need to arrive at their home station, they need to make sure they have all their equipment. What does it take to get the equipment fully maintained? What does the shipping network look like? How many observer coach\/trainers should we have and of what flavor \u2014 do we need aviation, medical, infantry? How many medical stations? What if one of those stations goes down? What if one shows up at only half-strength? What happens at that location and what are our options to react to that problem. We can plot all this out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Partially due to the value of AI, First Army added an ORSA this year. \u201cAnytime First Army has needed to do advanced analytics, it\u2019s had to outsource it,\u201d Sayers said. \u201cThey\u2019ve never had anyone inhouse to advise the command and do the work.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a microcosm of what\u2019s talking place across the Army.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe ORSA role has exploded in the last couple of years,\u201d Sayers said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been limited on what we\u2019re able to provide to the commands because the amount of data was not there to do deep qualitative analysis. Suddenly all this data is able to be collected because we have the hardware to be able to store it and we have the hardware to be able to collect it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because of that, First Army and its partners will be better equipped to provide combatant commanders with trained and ready Reserve Component Soldiers.<\/p>\n

By Warren Marlow<\/em><\/p>\n

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