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Mckinnon and I came down for a visit in

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about 2015 and wanted to know if the

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ship simulator could be used for

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military applications . And it's been a

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huge success . We now have a facility

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that's at the secret level . We can do

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all types of amphibious landings and

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assault operations . And we actually

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bring in operators from the military to

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actually drive the simulator , which is

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very important . It gives us feedback

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on how well the simulator behaves in

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real life . And we get uh really good

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feedback for our employees on how we

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can move forward uh with the operations

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that we do . We decided that we were

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going to turn around and provide a

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portable ship simulator capability to

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the army watercraft and the dod

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watercraft community writ large to be

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able to provide mission analysis ,

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mission preparedness in terms of

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mission planning and then to do mission

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rehearsal to determine the feasibility

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of the particular operation and and to

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be able to measure its success both

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from an operator perspective , as well

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as from a commander's perspective , the

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particular event that we were able to

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participate here . The Mystic 23 these

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types of events provide to a much

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larger audience that we would normally

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be able to do by going to an individual

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unit . My goal here and the goal of the

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team to turn around and take the

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capability and understanding the forces

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from the physical environment . Whether

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that's tide , whether that's the

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current wind wave , the terrain itself ,

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what we're doing is giving the

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opportunity to assess . Hey , you gotta

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go do this mission and give me go to

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assess . Can I actually make the

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mission occur within the parameters

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that have been defined and getting to

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meet all these different people and

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hearing their comments on how helpful

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this would be for them . Uh Is , is

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really good for us to take back to , um ,

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where we build these scenarios and can

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help them uh accomplish what they need

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to accomplish , to protect our country

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and to keep them safe and where

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whatever part of the world they're in ,

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um , is , is really good . So really

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what makes the artic unique is , is the

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people , I mean , you can walk into

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variety of simulators throughout the

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country and the equipment's gonna look

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fairly similar , but it's the people ,

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it's the lens they look through . So

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you , you from the engineers like

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myself or the , the computer scientist

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in addition to we have an amphibious

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warfare expert . So you bring those ,

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those entities together and those

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experts , that's what really provides

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the value because you , you know , the

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equipment is gonna be the same , but

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it's actually the analysis after the

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fact that you get in , in the words of

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a , a recent visit Arctic , it's gonna

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help make our soldiers more lethal .

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And it's also gonna make sure we can

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bring more of them home alive .

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Simulators are great because you can

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throw all kinds of things at them . Uh ,

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that may be not available that day for

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weather . Maybe you're gonna say , hey ,

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we're in really bad sea states , but we

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can actually dial that in here and

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actually do it for real simulator . Um

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So I think it's overall a great

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planning tool of fairy dust assumptions

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sometimes about , uh , you know , it'll

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take 21 days , we're gonna be ashore

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and everything's gonna be assure . I

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think this is a great , um , session

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because I had no idea this kind of tool

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existed . So I , I don't know if other

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people did , you know , in the actual

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military . But , um , I think that it

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was really beneficial to get this kind

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of information out that either the

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military or organizations like mine can

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use to help the military do their

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planning and modeling and not recreate

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the wheel of something that already

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exists . This is the start of any

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operation on that beach . What I like

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about this is that you , you had

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different weather conditions in there .

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So right now you got rain with like

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probably 3 ft 5 ft waves and you know ,

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you know , cross winds or whatnot ,

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which you really don't want to do that

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in a training scenario . But you do

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that in a simulator . And now you have

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training perspective on , on , you know ,

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weather conditions , you know , which

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you really won't get out out there and

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that's gonna be very , very hard

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hopeful for folks that just won't get

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that opportunity . It does give me an

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opportunity to see what other ways to

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test , you know , to experience and

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participate in those operation planning ,

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planning uh scenarios . So

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when we do have a an actual scenario ,

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we know how to practice it , exercise

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it and stuff like that , which is very

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important and a lot of people won't

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know what's out there unless you know ,

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you attend conferences like this ,

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every operation , regardless whether

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it's a a combat environment or non

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hostile environment , uh or you will

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have casualties , you know , accidents

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happen , especially when you're moving

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ship to shore movement , there's a lot

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of safety situations involved . So yes ,

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again , this scenario , this simulator

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can contribute to that . It does give

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you a different perspective on how to

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conduct planning . It does allow you to ,

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you know , in your mind , observe the

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scenario and uh come up with different

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courses of actions on how to implement

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the certain scenario that you're trying

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to solve . Uh This is a great

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opportunity for vessel masters and

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crews to be able to kind of get a real

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world picture of an area that they're

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gonna be going to , it's portable so

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this can go anywhere . So we're uh we

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have vessels all around the world .

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We're emissions all around the world .

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There's a big difference between , here

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in Hawaii . Hawaii . You have a lot of

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the trade winds . It's a predominantly

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windy area . So a vessel master or crew

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coming from Virginia where , you know ,

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the wind usually isn't too bad . It's

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not a big , um , it's not a big factor

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that we have to deal with when docking

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or undocking the vessel . Then you go

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to Hawaii . It's a whole new experience .

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So utilizing this , they can get the

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training and experience that without

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actually putting in any equipment or

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personnel in harm's way .