Video System Enables Detailed Analysis for Military Training
Strategic Operations (ST/OPS), based in San Diego, creates simulated warfare to provide live training for the U.S. military using the same techniques that add excitement to action movies and TV shows. Complex pyrotechnics, actors playing enemy combatants, medical special effects and a simulated Afghan village all combine for complex and breathtaking scenarios that help prepare military trainees for actual war. The training provides “stress inoculation” in both the mind and body to prepare participants for real life-threatening events.
A key component in Strategic Operations’ training is analysis of trainees’ responses to various scenarios. ST/OPS depends on OnSSI and other surveillance technologies to help provide detailed analysis and feedback, both in real-time and after a training exercise is over. ST/OPS uses 30 network cameras to view the action from various angles at its Hyper-Realistic™ Simulation Lab (HR Sim Lab), built to mimic an Afghan village. Video management software from OnSSI records and manages these digital video images. Strategic Operations’ After Action Review (AAR) uses OnSSI’s interface to have instant access to video — frame by frame if necessary.