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Date posted: 02/01/2010 Virtual reality simulators are helping the Illinois Army National Guard prepare soldiers for service in Iraq or Afghanistan. The Guard is in line for $8.8 million in federal funding to buy three simulators, which are designed to train soldiers how to work in convoys and respond to attacks or roadside bombs. About $2.4 million will be used to buy two systems that simulate a caravan of four Humvees. Another $6.4 million is going to another simulator that trains soldiers on a larger, armored vehicle called a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle. Capt. Eric Davis, Illinois training sites manager for the Guard, said the Guard already has one of the convoy simulators at its training site near Marseilles. ?The simulator lets us train soldiers in a shorter amount of time,? Davis said. ?We don?t have to take an actual convoy out. You don?t have to drive several miles to replicate a scenario.? See the full Story via external site: www.sj-r.com Most recent stories in this category (Education): 04/05/2013: Robotic insects make first controlled flight |
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