Other Procurement, BA 4 - U.S. Navy

CLASSIFICATION:UNCLASSIFIEDBUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION SHEETDATE:P-40 ContinuationFEBRUARY 2005APPROPRIATION/BUDGET ACTIVITYP-1 ITEM NOMENCLATUREOTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVYBA 7: PERSONNEL AND COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT TRAINING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT LI: 808100Battle Stations 21Battle Stations is the capstone, performance-based training exercise of basic military training (BMT). It is the ‘right of passage’ which symbolically transforms recruits into U.S. Navy Sailors. It providesrecruits with the opportunity to actively apply skills learned in the classroom to a stressful, interactive simulated combat environment. The current Battle Stations exercise is fragmented into thirteenscenarios conducted over a 14 hour period at eight different satellite locations, and recruits must run and/or march approximately six miles between locations during the exercise. The antiquatedbuildings are used primarily 8034for regular classroom instruction and lab application training. Events are "low-tech" constructed as self-help projects by the facilitators.Battle Stations 21, however, will revolutionize this final step of recruit training. It will convert the fragmented, stand-alone scenarios of the current exercise into a single storyline composed of realisticallysequenced events experienced onboard a simulated ship, the USS Trayer. For the first time, all events will be housed in a single facility. Real-life Navy events, based on actual Naval history, will comealive; immersing recruits in whatever situation comes their way. The new Battle Stations 21 facility is being built as part of a MILCON Project (#P-745) approved under the RTC Recapitalization Plan.The FY05 funds will be spent on the following in order to outfit the Battle Stations 21 Milcon facility: Exercise Media (Sound, Film, and Visual Effects), Training Management and Exercise Control System(Software), Training Management and Exercise Control System Interface (Hardware), Training Exercise Audio System, Visual Display Hardware, and Training Scenario Special Effects (Fire, Flood,Smoke, Wind, Temperature).Pressure Vessel AssembliesOPN funding includes End of Life/Obsolete Equipment Replacement (EOL/OER) for the Pressure Vessel Assemblies (PVA) at the Navy Diving and Salvage Training School (NDSTS). EOL/OER for thePVA's is a must for the following reasons: To replace HAZCAT 1 components with HAZCAT 2 components (HAZMAT 1 means that failure of component is catastrophic and could mean loss of life); Tomeet current codes (systems were designed in the mid 1970's); To centralize and automate control of each PVA (eliminating operational confusion and reducing the manpower required to operate eachPVA), and to reduce components and piping by approximately 50% (reducing regular maintenance and ovehaul cost). Continued PVA use past their intended lifespan will increase the risk of eventualcatastrophic material failures, personnel injuries or fatalities due to the malfunctioning of archaic components resulting in an unacceptable level of risks to dive personnel.Modular Firing RangesFleet Forces Command (FFC) has significantly increased individual training requirements for Anti-Terrorism Force Protection (AT/FP) as a result of the war on terrorism. The Center for Anti-Terrorismand Naval Security Forces (CATNSF) is responsible for the development and sustainment of Navy-wide Anti-Terrorism Force Protection (AT/FP) training programs in accordance with CNO policy. TheYokosuka Japan training site currently cannot meet the live fire requirements for all small arms with local assets. The acquisition of modular firing ranges will allow students to perform qualificationshoots for required small arms (pistols, shotguns, rifles) onsite, significantly reducing TAD cost.NOTE: Reprogramming of OPN funding has been requested for Battle Stations 21 ($15,929) to R&D funding.P-1 SHOPPING LIST CLASSIFICATION:DD Form 2454, JUN 86 ITEM NO. 134 PAGE NO. 2 UNCLASSIFIED