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Space Force Guardians assigned to the Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) visited with multiple Team Orlando organizations at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the Central Florida Tech Grove, Aug. 9.
STARCOM’s mission includes preparing Guardians to conduct combat operations in the space domain through education and training; developing space warfighting doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures; as well as testing and evaluating Space Force capabilities.
Space Force Maj. Gen. Tim Sejba, STARCOM commander, led his delegation of Guardians and civilians in exploring UCF’s Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) and School of Modeling, Simulation and Training, as well as interacting with their staff members. Later in the day, STARCOM personnel met with representatives of Tech Grove, the National Center for Simulation, and other Team Orlando organizations.
Despite outer space being their actual area of operations, most Guardians will never experience it due to the logistical and operational limitations involved. These considerations will make their future mission readiness and combat preparation largely dependent on training tools and programs made possible through modeling and simulation (M&S).
“STARCOM is the training and education arm of Space Force, and there are a lot of opportunities for synchronizing efforts with large institutions [near the Space Coast],” said Eric Shwedo, UCF’s associate vice president of federal relations. “Having so many modeling and simulation resources in their backyard is strong reason to collaborate.”
The gaming industry has made significant contributions to M&S evolution, and organizations like FIEA – which the Princeton Review has recognized as the world’s best gaming graduate program – could potentially be important players in further developing Space Force training.
“With the world’s top modeling and simulations organizations in Research Park… we can do a lot to prepare Guardians for their future missions,” Shwedo said. “Team Orlando [members have] a way of getting things done, not by being individual members, but being a team.”
The Department of the Air Force officially announced last May that Patrick Space Force Base would be STARCOM’s new, permanent home after concluding an environmental review that lasted roughly a year.
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