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.