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Department of Defense deploys new mobile Counter-IED trainer
	In a step forward in combating the dangers of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to US servicemen and women, Stranger Entertainment has delivered a new counter-IED trainer to the Department of Defense. In use by the US Army and Marine Corps, the Mobile Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Trainer (MCIT) trains personnel to recognize and defeat improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in geo-specific first-person environments. Deployed in a series of modified 40' Conex boxes, MCIT takes participants through the planning cycle of US and insurgent forces and then engages them in an interactive blue vs. red exercise. In December of 2009, MCIT was nominated for the 2009 Governor's Award for Excellence in Modeling & Simulation by the National Training and Simulation Association. A Booz Allen Hamilton assessment on behalf of XVIII Airborne Corps calls MCIT “an excellent training suite,” and representatives of the USMC Engineer Center of Excellence praise MCIT as “a 95% solution” to counter-IED training. Created at the direction of the Department of Defense Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), MCIT is developed in cooperation with the US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM-STTC), the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT), and Quicksilver Software, Inc. About Stranger Entertainment Stranger Entertainment, located in Los Angeles, California, is a creative force in the commercial and military games space. For over a decade, founder Christopher Lawrence has developed innovative and entertaining games and simulations, and provided creative services for commercial and government organizations. For more information, contact us here. About JIEDDO JIEDDO works to support Combatant Commanders in their counter-IED efforts. The long-term goal for JIEDDO is to evolve to an institutional end state as a fully-integrated IED defeat effort at the DoD-level that synchronizes and synergizes the actions of national, military, interagency, coalition and international partners against the IED. The goal is to facilitate the continued support of an organized, well-trained and well-equipped force ready to defeat IEDs as a weapon of strategic influence.
Stranger Entertainment wins 2008 US Army Modeling & Simulation Award
	Stranger Entertainment is pleased to announce that its DMCTI game-based trainer has been named the winner of the US Army’s 2008 Training Modeling and Simulation Award. “We’re very excited about this award and honored to have been chosen out of so many remarkable nominees,” commented Christopher Lawrence, President of Stranger Entertainment. “It’s very gratifying to see how our software is helping our servicemen and women. It’s a testament to how game-based training and simulation can support the training of tomorrow’s leaders.” The Distribution Management Cognitive Trainer (DMCT) application was selected from over fifty nominations. Developed in cooperation with the US Army’s Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM-STTC), the USC Institute for Creative Technologies and Quicksilver Software, Inc., DMCT sharpens the decision-making capabilities of US Army logistical planners. In the announcement of the 2008 award winners, Director of the Army Modeling and Simulation Directorate James C. Cooke said, “The efforts of the Distribution Management Cognitive Trainer Project Team reflects great credit on themselves, RDECOM Simulation & Training Technology Center, and the United States Army.” The award will be presented at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation & Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, FL on 2 December 2008. About Stranger Entertainment Stranger Entertainment, located in Los Angeles, California, is a creative force in the commercial and military games space. For over a decade, founder Christopher Lawrence has developed innovative and entertaining games and simulations, and provided creative services for commercial and government organizations. For more information, contact us here. About the US Army Modeling & Simulation Directorate The Army M&S Directorate guides, coordinates, integrates and synchronizes strategic M&S efforts across the Army in order to create unity of effort and purpose. The Directorate also develops and implements a coherent and unified Army M&S strategy to organize and equip the Army with M&S capabilities in support of Operating and Generating Force functions and institutional processes.

Department of Defense deploys new mobile Counter-IED trainer

In a step forward in combating the dangers of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to US servicemen and women, Stranger Entertainment has delivered a new counter-IED trainer to the Department of Defense.

In use by the US Army and Marine Corps, the Mobile Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Trainer (MCIT) trains personnel to recognize and defeat improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in geo-specific first-person environments. Deployed in a series of modified 40' Conex boxes, MCIT takes participants through the planning cycle of US and insurgent forces and then engages them in an interactive blue vs. red exercise.

In December of 2009, MCIT was nominated for the 2009 Governor's Award for Excellence in Modeling & Simulation by the National Training and Simulation Association.

A Booz Allen Hamilton assessment on behalf of XVIII Airborne Corps calls MCIT “an excellent training suite,” and representatives of the USMC Engineer Center of Excellence praise MCIT as “a 95% solution” to counter-IED training.

Created at the direction of the Department of Defense Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), MCIT is developed in cooperation with the US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM-STTC), the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT), and Quicksilver Software, Inc.

About Stranger Entertainment
Stranger Entertainment, located in Los Angeles, California, is a creative force in the commercial and military games space. For over a decade, founder Christopher Lawrence has developed innovative and entertaining games and simulations, and provided creative services for commercial and government organizations. For more information, contact us here.

About JIEDDO

JIEDDO works to support Combatant Commanders in their counter-IED efforts. The long-term goal for JIEDDO is to evolve to an institutional end state as a fully-integrated IED defeat effort at the DoD-level that synchronizes and synergizes the actions of national, military, interagency, coalition and international partners against the IED. The goal is to facilitate the continued support of an organized, well-trained and well-equipped force ready to defeat IEDs as a weapon of strategic influence.

Stranger Entertainment wins 2008 US Army Modeling & Simulation Award

Stranger Entertainment is pleased to announce that its DMCTI game-based trainer has been named the winner of the US Army’s 2008 Training Modeling and Simulation Award.
“We’re very excited about this award and honored to have been chosen out of so many remarkable nominees,” commented Christopher Lawrence, President of Stranger Entertainment. “It’s very gratifying to see how our software is helping our servicemen and women. It’s a testament to how game-based training and simulation can support the training of tomorrow’s leaders.”

The Distribution Management Cognitive Trainer (DMCT) application was selected from over fifty nominations. Developed in cooperation with the US Army’s Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM-STTC), the USC Institute for Creative Technologies and Quicksilver Software, Inc., DMCT sharpens the decision-making capabilities of US Army logistical planners.

In the announcement of the 2008 award winners, Director of the Army Modeling and Simulation Directorate James C. Cooke said, “The efforts of the Distribution Management Cognitive Trainer Project Team reflects great credit on themselves, RDECOM Simulation & Training Technology Center, and the United States Army.”
The award will be presented at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation & Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, FL on 2 December 2008.

About the US Army Modeling & Simulation Directorate
The Army M&S Directorate guides, coordinates, integrates and synchronizes strategic M&S efforts across the Army in order to create unity of effort and purpose. The Directorate also develops and implements a coherent and unified Army M&S strategy to organize and equip the Army with M&S capabilities in support of Operating and Generating Force functions and institutional processes.