These 19 papers review current research and development work related to the operation of the instructor's station of training systems, with emphasis on developing functional station specifications applicable to a variety of simulation-based training situations. Topics include (1) instructional features; (2) instructor/operator station research and development; (3) operational problems in instructor operation station designs; (4) instructional support features in flying training simulators; (5) the instructor as a user in automated training systems; (6) instructor roles and optimization of the instructor station interface; (7) front-end analysis leading to VTX instructor operating stations functional specifications; (8) conceptual design of an instructional support system for fighter and trainer aircraft flight simulators; (9) the OAS/CMC PTT instructor station; (10) training effectiveness evaluations of simulator instructional support systems; (11) computer-aided design systems in workstation design; (12) instructor/operator station design concepts; (13) modular control of simulators; (14) simplified control of the simulator instructional system; (15) the instructional subsystem; (16) procedures monitoring and scoring in a simulator; (17) student self-training capability in flight simulators; (18) generic simulator instructor training; and (19) application of artificial intelligence and voice recognition/synthesis to naval training. (LMM)