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# The Royal Australian Navy is now on the training game bandwagon
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/the-royal-australian-navy-is-now-on-the-training-game/
- Published: 2011-07-18T18:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:52:37.000Z
- Description: It has become something of a trend: countries using sim games as part of their military training. Australia has now joined the ranks of the U.S., China, Taiwan et al. with REFINE (Real-time Engineering Fleet training Interactive Naval Environment). The sim is being used by the Royal Australian Navy
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

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It has become something of a trend: countries using sim games as part of their military training. Australia has now joined the ranks of the U.S., China, Taiwan et al. with *REFINE* (Real-time Engineering Fleet training Interactive Naval Environment). The sim is being used by the Royal Australian Navy —otherwise referred to as the RAN—as a “scenario-based” training exercise:

> Invenio’s REFINE solution specifically addresses naval training requirements by immersing naval cadets in a virtual representation of the ship on which they will serve.  
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> Real-life scenarios that can be replicated include operating navigating equipment, fighting a fire, launching the ship’s boat, responding to damage control or a call to action stations.  
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Or the RAN could just subject sailors to [*Jaws* for NES](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKKgexcKcTI&ref=killscreen.com). It could be treated as an exercise in patience.

Just sayin’.

–*Lana Polansky*

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