From Precise Profiling to Scientific Coordination: Applying Data-Driven Training Throughout the Full Process of Unit Field Stationing

Applying Data-Driven Training Throughout the Full Process of Unit Field Stationing

PLA Daily report by correspondents Yang Yue and Xiang Liming: Recently, immediately after a maritime combat shooting assessment concluded for a battalion of a brigade under the 73rd Group Army, the battalion's Staff Officer Hu entered the assessment scores for each vehicle crew into the "Military Training Information System" at the first opportunity. The system interface clearly displayed that the battalion's training scores for two live-fire shooting subjects had both met the standard.

"A training profile (训练画像) for each subordinate unit is generated with a single click, making the training situation clear at a glance." Staff Officer Du of the brigade's operations and training section explained that, relying on this system, data collection is more precise and efficient, enabling headquarters organs to quantitatively evaluate training results and scientifically formulate remedial training plans. This is a microcosm of how forces across the entire military are using data to drive scientific training (科学练兵).

Correspondents visiting multiple field stationing sites found that big data and intelligentized (智能化) methods have been deeply integrated into the training process. Using data to drive training has become an important tool for units to ascertain the baseline capabilities (能力底数) of officers and soldiers and to scientifically plan training, driving a profound transformation in training models.

At the field stationing site of a naval coastal defense missile regiment, Corporal Li Xuan, immediately after completing his assessment, consulted his personal training data profile. The regiment has abandoned the traditional "pass-the-standard assessment" (达标式考核) model, collecting training data throughout the entire process to build precise individual training records for officers and soldiers. Training no longer fixates on the "passing line" but instead digs deep into capability shortfalls. "The data profile is like a mirror with no blind spots, helping officers and soldiers discover their own weaknesses and shortcomings and clarify the direction for improvement in subsequent training." With the assistance of a tailored "intensive training package" (强训套餐), Corporal Li Xuan's hands-on equipment skills have improved markedly.

At an airfield in East China, after a cross-day-and-night flight training session concluded for a field-stationed detachment of an Air Force brigade, a debrief immediately got underway. On the large screen in the review room, key data for each pilot—flight trajectory, tactical maneuvers, coordination and cooperation—were clearly displayed. The brigade employs a real-time flight training monitoring system that automatically generates data reports annotated with scores and optimization recommendations, helping pilots "fly once, advance one step further."

Data application not only provides support for training organizers to conduct refined training, but also reshapes the command decision-making model, facilitating scientific coordination of the overall situation. During a tactical exercise conducted by an Army brigade, the right-flank assault battalion's ammunition was nearly exhausted. Inside the command post, Assistant Wang at the ammunition delivery station used a certain system to analyze in real time the consumption status of each subordinate unit, and recommended that the left-flank assault battalion—which was in a favorable operational posture and in closer proximity—transfer a portion of its ammunition to the right-flank assault battalion. The right flank's firepower gap was rapidly filled, and the mission was accomplished successfully. "Relying on the system, we achieved real-time awareness of consumption and rational allocation of resupply, providing strong support for combat operations," said Assistant Wang.

An Air Force surface-to-air missile (地导) unit used training data to continuously improve the construction of databases covering combat groupings, battle scenarios, coordination rules, and other elements, ensuring that every training activity has a standard to follow and every grouping scheme has data backing it. During one exercise, a radar suddenly lost its target. Unit personnel, drawing on the air situation database (空情数据库), rapidly investigated signal blind zones, calculated the masking angle (遮蔽角) of the position, precisely identified the root cause, and corrected the radar parameters, successfully reacquiring the target.

Forces across the entire military are deepening data applications and driving the transformation and upgrading of combat capability development. A Rocket Force regiment uses a virtual simulation training system to collect data, conducting precise quantitative analysis of the technical and tactical indicators of each officer and soldier, autonomously generating "training analysis reports" and "intensive training checklists," significantly shortening the crew member (号手) development cycle. A brigade of the 71st Group Army, relying on the guidance and control platform of an intelligentized training base, records in real time the full-process data of tactical training; upon completion of training, assessment reports are automatically generated, making after-action review and summary clearer and more efficient. During an extended voyage by a submarine of a naval flotilla, the crew conducted data-integrated practical training throughout the entire voyage, relying on data-based quantitative assessment to effectively enhance combat capability.