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US MCTOG Selects DI-Guy

D-Guy has been selected by the US MCTOG for pre-deployment training to Afghanistan.

DI-Guy is developing an Enhanced Company Operations (ECO) simulation system to support the US Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group (MCTOG) in execution of “Spartan Resolve”, its pre-deployment exercise. DI-Guy ECO Sim is an integrated set of training stations that focuses on counterinsurgency and IED defeat tactics. The ECO Sim system supports interactions at all levels, enabling Marines to command and control a company, platoons, squads, and individuals in distributed simulations involving hundreds of Marines, insurgent fighters, and Afghani civilians.

The Spartan Resolve exercise trains Marine battalion and regimental staffs preparing for deployment to Afghanistan. Marines learn how to employ Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) assets in a realistic operational environment. DI-Guy engineers worked closely with US Marine Corps training personnel to fine tune ECO Sim to validate the system and maximize training value.

The company says that the centerpiece of the DI-Guy ECO Sim system is the Small Unit Leader Interface (SULI) workstation, which visualizes the battlefield terrain, vehicles, and combatants. US Marine Corps units being trained provide personnel to operate the SULI in order to provide trainees with realistic training situations. Each virtual Marine acts autonomously while navigating the terrain, following orders, joining formations and responding intelligently to asynchronous events such as firefights. DI-Guy AI (Artificial Intelligence) provides the critical “pattern of life” activity to simulate the real world challenges faced in combating insurgencies embedded within the general populace.