Dr. Wendy Walsh, chief learning officer for Air Education and Training Command, answers a question on a training modernization panel during the 2024 Department of the Air Force Modeling and Simulation Summit in San Antonio, Texas, May 8, 2024. The training modernization panel included Caroline Baxter, deputy assistant secretary of defense for force education and training; Lea T. Kirkwood, program executive officer and director for the Agile Combat Support Directorate at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center; Len Granowetter, chief technical officer and vice president for engineering for MAK Technologies; and Rahul C. Thakkar, president of BISim. The panel discussion addressed the critical need for Department of the Air Force training modernization and reorientation to counteract strategic competition in the air, space, cyber and information domains. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jonathan Mallard)