When it comes to military training most people envision active- duty service members at bases such as Fort Moore or Fort Liberty. However, with over 430,000 citizen Soldiers the National Guard also faces a large responsibility when it comes to preparing personnel for domestic crises and overseas conflict.

Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Kinneer is the Operations Officer (S3) at Fort Indiantown Gap Training Center in Pennsylvania, where he also holds the title of Director of Plan Operations, Training, and Security. In over two decades of experience in the National Guard, including roles such as the State Simulations Officer at Fort Indiantown Gap, Lt Col Kinneer is passionate about integrating simulation technologies into training and leveraging his expertise to enhance operational readiness within the National Guard.

Next February, Lt Col Kinneer will join a panel of fellow National Guardsmen to discuss simulation training at IDGA’s Military Simulation Training Summit. This two-day event from February 25-26 in Orlando, Florida, will showcase the evolution of simulation and simulated training across the military branches and NATO nations. The conference will also extensively explore interoperability, expansion, and implementation of military-simulated training.

Before the event, Lt Col Kinneer sat down with IDGA to discuss:

• The National Guard’s training mission
• Where simulation and synthetic training fit in
• The future impact of simulation training
• What attendees will take away from this year's Military Simulation Training Summit