Battlestations 21
Client
United States NAVY, Great Lakes IL
Awards
THEA - Themed Training Experience
Project Team Partners
Design Island
Conceived by a team of designers from the entertainment world, Battle Stations 21 is part of an $82.5 million training facility at the Navy’s Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill, about 30 miles north of Chicago. It is the culmination of all training received at the Navy’s only boot camp, a grueling 12-hour test of a Recruit’s skills that marks the final rite of passage.
Entering a 157,000 square-foot building, recruits will find themselves on a pier, gazing at a 210-foot-long replica of a guided-missile destroyer. The pier is complete with a façade that replicates an actual pier in Norfolk, Va. Realism is added thanks to special effects lighting, sea and diesel scents, surround audio and 90,000 gallons of water splashing between the pier and the ship. USS Trayer also feels, smells, sounds and looks like the real thing, with the incorporation of the latest in virtual reality, entertainment technology and modern construction techniques. Once they are in this totally immersive environment, recruits will proceed through 17 different shipboard scenarios that will test problem-solving, communications and other essential skills, with realistic consequences for their actions.
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