Getting Wired: Distance Learning Isn’t So Distant

August 13, 2001

Distance learning is expected to be a big benefit to the National Guard as it looks for improved ways to deliver cost efficient training and faster means of communication with Guard members. “One of the great features of the distance learning network is video-teleconferencing,” said Dave Roach, chief of distance learning for the Michigan Army National Guard. “This will allow command and control without the windshield time.”