BuTrain:Grand Alliance Advanced Tactical Center
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The Grand Alliance Advanced Tactical Center (ATC) – also known as ‘the Crusher’ – offers the Advanced Tactical Course. The course has the student select a military battle (real world or fiction) approved by the instructor and then use a series of modern analytic techniques to look at the battle from all sides, talk about the pros and cons, and even engage in the ‘what ifs’. It is by far BuTrain’s most rigorous offering. The ATC is open anyone who:
- Has completed any naval or ground forces branch -1005 course and earned the Officer Space Warfare Pin (or naval/ground forces branch equivalent), or
- Is serving as the Executive Officer or Commanding Officer of a hyper-capable command (destroyers and larger).
| Course Name | Course Number | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Tactical Course | SIA-RMN-2001 | Naval/Ground Forces -1005 course and Officer SWP
Or CO/XO of a DD or larger |
"Crusher" Completions
The following individuals have been recognized by BuTrain as having completed the requirements of Advanced Tactical Center. This is considered to be the most arduous of all of BuTrain's course offerings.
| 1 | <redacted> | 3 Dec 2015 |
| 2 | Eric Shulman | 16 Apr 2012 |
| 3 | Wayne Bruns | 26 Aug 2014 |
| 4 | Melyssa Smith | 28 Oct 2014 |
| 5 | Michael Paquette | 29 Jan 2015 |
| 6 | Garret Bitker | 28 Feb 2015 |
| 7 | Cindy Jeffers | 10 Mar 2015 |
| 8 | Hal Vaughan | 21 Oct 2015 |
| 9 | <redacted> | 26 Oct 2015 |
| 10 | Steven Firestine | 29 Oct 2015 |
| 11 | Michael Romero | 20 Aug 2016 |
| 12 | Marcus Johnston | 12 Sep 2016 |
| 13 | Matthew Lindquist | 31 Mar 2017 |
| 14 | Philip Wohlrab | 8 Jul 2017 |
| 15 | Rob Hampson | 30 Jul 2017 |
| 16 | Colin Lloyd | 15 Sep 2017 |
| 17 | Alice Fawcett | 22 Jan 2018 |
| 18 | Richard Davenport | 18 Jul 2018 |
| 19 | Matthew Miller | 28 Apr 2019 |
| 20 | Rowan Wagstaff-Weston | 23 Jun 2019 |
| 21 | Philip A. Clayton | 24 Jul 2019 |
| 22 | Angela S. Clayton | 13 Jan 2020 |
| 23 | Trudy Vandeventer | 28 Apr 2020 |
| 24 | Carolyn Crutchfield | 1 Oct 2021 |
| 25 | Geoffrey Zoeller | 13 Oct 2021 |
| 26 | Benjamin Wagner | 20 Feb 2022 |
| 27 | William Cole | 30 Mar 2022 |
| 28 | Kevin Johnson | 28 Jul 2024 |
| 29 | Tomáš Váca | 15 Dec 2025 |
SITS "Crusher" Completions
Previously, there was also a mechanism for individuals to earn credit for an alternative form of "The Crusher" (noted as SIA-RMN-2001S) for having won a certain level of rounds during a Saganami Island Tactical Simulator tournament. This option is no longer available, but during the time it was offered, the following individuals were so recognized:
| 1 | Justin Grays | 13 May 2014 |
| 2 | Martin Lessem | 13 May 2014 |
| 3 | Greg Marchand | 13 May 2014 |
| 4 | John Stout | 13 May 2014 |
| 5 | Daniel Walker | 13 Oct 2014 |
| 6 | Stephanie Taylor-Morgan | 14 Nov 2014 |