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Evaluation of Modern Navies‘

Damage Control & FirefightingTraining Using Simulator

Platforms

Georgios Varelas (LCDR / Hellenic Navy)

gvarelas@nps.edu

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Agenda

• Topic Deini!ion " #$y i! is i%por!an!&

• 'i%ula!or la!or%s

• o!iva!ion

• Researc$ *+,ec!ives

• e!$odology

• Resul!s

• 'u%%ary 

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Thesis Topi !oal

• To inves!iga!e i !$e -.' Navy Da%age Con!rol ireig$!ing Training curren!ly provided0 iseec!ive0 %ee!s i!s o+,ec!ives0 and conse1uen!ly

i i! is +eneicial !o s$ips cre2s and -.' Navy

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"h# this is important $

• 3ecause $is!ory $as s$o2n !$a! da%age con!roland ireig$!ing are diac$ronically cri!ical0 vi!al and

!$e corners!one o s$ips4 surviva+ili!y

 " earl Har+or0 ##55 (6786) 9 :08;< -.' %en =illed

 " -'' orres!al (67>?) 9 6

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"h# this is important $

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• T$ese represen!a!ive eBa%ples 2i!$ $u%anlosses0 and +illions o spen!0 $appened over

!i%e +ecause o uncon!rolled da%ages and iresa+oard navy s$ips

• 'o0 a per%anen!0 con!inuous0 and advancedda%age con!rol and ireig$!ing !raining isi%pera!ive

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Simulator Platforms

• Hopeully0 !$is !raining can +e ac$ieved saely0eicien!ly and econo%ically +y using si%ula!ionand !raining si%ula!or pla!or%s0 2$ic$ $ave

do%ina!ed !$e !raining ield in !$e las! e2decades

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Motivation

•  s *V' s!uden! 5 2as %o!iva!ed on $o2'i%ula!ion and 'i%ula!or la!or%s can +eapplied and used in Training

• Da%age Con!rol ireig$!ing is an issue veryi%por!an! as navy s$ip4s *icer 

• #e are in!eres!ed !o crea!e a ETrainingvalua!ing odelF 2$ic$ could +e applied asETraining valua!ing Doc!rineF in any si%ilar

Training rogra%  8

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%esearh '(etives

• valua!ing !$e Da%age Con!rol and ireig$!ing!raining progra%s provided in !$e Cen!er orNaval ngineering0 Learning 'i!e0 'an Diego0

using si%ula!or pla!or%s0 as !$ey are curren!lyused a! !$a! 'an Diego loca!ion

• 5den!iying 2$e!$er !$is !raining %ee!s i!s goalsand o+,ec!ives

• 5den!iying 2$e!$er !rainees and !$e -.' Navy

+enei! ro% !$is !raining  9

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Methodolog#

• ield *+serva!ion and researc$er4s personaland ac!ive par!icipa!ion in Da%age Con!rol

ireig$!ing courses0 as s!uden!

• Ba%ining !$e !raining sys!e% co%ponen!s

('ylla+us0 Learning *+,ec!ives0 5ns!ruc!orualiica!ion '!andards and 5ns!ruc!or Training0Training 'ys!e% Resources0 !raining evalua!ioncri!eria0 peror%ance %easure%en! %e!$ods0

and !rainee4s si%ula!ion peror%ance scores)   10

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Methodolog#

• 'urvey d%inis!ra!ion +y o+!aining ins!ruc!orand s!uden! su+,ec!ive ra!ings and opinionsa+ou! !$e !raining sys!e%

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%esults

• T$e -.' Navy Da%age Con!rol ireig$!ingTraining a! 'an Diego loca!ion0 is very

proessionally conduc!ed0 very eec!ive0 $ig$9level and +eneicial !o s$ips cre2s and -.' Navy

• T$is !raining progra% can +e used as a %odeland ETraining valua!ing Doc!rineF or anysi%ilar progra%

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Summar#

Topic Deini!ion " #$y i! is i%por!an!&

'i%ula!or la!or%s

o!iva!ion

Researc$ *+,ec!ives

e!$odology

Resul!s

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