NEWPORT, R. I., (Aug. 11, 2016) -- Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipman 3rd Class Jackson Herget, 19, from Sacramento, California, and an incoming sophomore at the University of San Diego, virtually cons a ship out of port during the 2016 NROTC National Ship-handler of the Year competition at the Surface Warfare Officers School (SWOS) here, August 11. The three-day event consisted of using the Naval Seamanship & Shiphandling Conning Officer Virtual Environment (NSS COVE) simulators at SWOS and participating in several virtual reality conning and ship driving scenarios. More
NEWPORT, R. I., (Aug. 11, 2016) -- Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipman 3rd Class Jackson Herget, 19, from Sacramento, California, and an incoming sophomore at the University of San Diego, virtually cons a ship out of port during the 2016 NROTC National Ship-handler of the Year competition at the Surface Warfare Officers School (SWOS) here, August 11. The three-day event consisted of using the Naval Seamanship & Shiphandling Conning Officer Virtual Environment (NSS COVE) simulators at SWOS and participating in several virtual reality conning and ship driving scenarios. More than 10 midshipmen from NROTC units across the country competed to be named Ship-handler of the Year which went to Herget. (U. S. Navy image by Scott A. Thornbloom/Released)
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