Current Initiatives - Make Change Happen
The Aviation Community has been hard at work implementing changes to transform Army Aviation. Here are some recent successes!
Aviation Branch Launches New Web Portal
The Aviation Knowledge Network contains more than 250 links to Aviation specific topics and also links to our Aviation Warfighter's Forum.
The USAACE Commander's Initiatives Group was established in October 2010 and is responsible for the Knowledge Management mission for the Aviation Branch. It was soon determined that the current Aviation website lacked appropriate linkage to all things Aviation.
In April 2011, the CIG launched the new Aviation Knowledge Network, which resides in the Army Knowledge Online domain and requires a Common Access Card to access.
AKN contains more than 250 links to Aviation specific topics and also links to our Aviation Warfighter's Forum, the Branch's professional forum. AKN saves time by offering valuable information in one centralized location at the time of need. The site also links Soldiers in the field to those who support Aviation operations and training.
Participants in the first workshop collaborate to develop skills in new instructional methodology.
Professional Development Initiative Group
Due to a decrease in resources over the past several years, the Aviation community has found it more difficult to take advantage of costly professional development opportunities.
To meet this challenge, the LCT established a new initiative to create and provide professional development workshops to those who need them with the new cost culture in mind. Christina Parker is spearheading this initiative with volunteers from the LCT and Directorate of Training and Doctrine community.
The first workshop was held for training instructional designers, instructors, instructor writers and instructional administrators in June 2011. The training provided attendees with familiarization of new Army learning concepts to assist them in developing aviation training for the future.
Recycling on Post
Reviewing the feasibility of recycling items other than just paper.
Low Speed Electric Vehicles
This project supports the efficient and effective use of LSEVs, hybrids, and alternate fueled vehicles at Fort Rucker to meet and exceed the President's executive order to reduce fossil fueled vehicles by 2% each year.
2-13th Aviation Battalion, LCT, Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
- Tactical Automatic Landing System working group initiative that facilitated automated landing at Fort Huachuca and collaborated with five other Army installations to assist in their implementation and integration and share processes/implementation.
- Facilitated implementation of an Army Learning Method 2015 sub-team initiatives to include a holistic review of all Unmanned Aircraft Systems courses for potential redesign into interactive multimedia instruction and web delivered student materials. This has resulted in redesigns of the Instructor Operators Course, the Operator Course, the Maintenance Course, and the UAS Leader Course. These activities will produce a great many efficiencies and significant savings for the Army while simultaneously having the effect of enhancing training, such as potentially eliminating two weeks of TDY for IOs by allowing for online home station training.
- An interim Knowledge Management tool was created to enable 2-13th Aviation Regiment elements to collaborate and share information by utilizing and further developing an existing Fort Huachuca SharePoint system. This developmental effort has been designed to allow the unit to migrate/integrate those capabilities to the USAACE SharePoint as it is rolled out.
