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Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific Opens Two New Trainers

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS080920-03
Release Date: 9/20/2008 8:21:00 AM

By Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class (SW) Cynthia Clark, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- The commander of Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet opened two new training facilities at Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific, Naval Station Pearl Harbor Sept. 18.

"This ribbon cutting makes a strong statement to the Navy's commitment to providing realistic training to our submarine crews," said Rear Adm. Douglas J. McAneny. "This signals a new beginning here at Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific as we endeavor to provide our … submarines with realistic training en route to deployed operations in the Western Pacific."

Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific broke ground on the new, high tech Submarine Multi-Mission Team Trainer (SMMTT) and Virginia Class Ship Control Operator Trainer (VSCOT) in March 2006 and April 2007, respectively. The training center removed its 28-year-old trainer and installed the new fire control and sonar systems with the supporting training emulation software.

These new, high-tech trainers will be vital to submarine training in Pearl Harbor. According to Lt. Cmdr. Richard Webb, executive officer of Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific, the trainers are critical to developing a submarine crew's forward deployed skills and the multiple mission assignment's of today's submarine force.

The SMMTT replicates an unlimited number of operating environments found with an underway submarine including sonar, combat control and navigation with a physics-based synthetic environment, equivalent to 480 desktop personal computers. This trainer allows the submarine team to practice vital underway scenarios and missions such as high fidelity underwater acoustic data, periscope simulation, torpedo and Tomahawk Cruise Missile models and simulations and electronic warfare emulations.

The VSCOT's new motion platform provides the most extensive and accurate submarine simulations available. This new trainer will simulate the entire range of Virginia-Class submarine scenarios including vertical ascents and descents, maneuvering while submerged and making surfacing and submerging transitions.

"These trainers will benefit the fleet by developing team skills with equipment configurations just like they have on the boat," said Webb. "They allow (crews) to operate in littoral waters and to train their teams with the tools they need to be successful."

For more news from Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, visit www.navy.mil/local/subpac/.