ARMY ENLISTS USC TO CREATE REALISTIC TRAINING PROGRAMS.Byline: David Germain Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, name used to designate the U.S. government. The term arose in the War of 1812 and seems at first to have been used derisively by those opposed to the war. Possibly it was an expansion of the letters "U.S. wants Hollywood to help the military produce better soldiers. The U.S. Army drafted movie, special-effects and other technology experts at the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission on Wednesday to develop computerized training simulations so realistic the troops may start to sweat. Training programs will include battle scenarios, primers on topography topography (təpŏg`rəfē), description or representation of the features and configuration of land surfaces. Topographic maps use symbols and coloring, with particular attention given to the shape and elevations of terrain. and culture of military destinations, and even simulations in which troops en route to combat zones might wear virtual-reality helmets to train for an upcoming mission, researchers said. Army Secretary Louis Caldera caldera: see crater. caldera Large, bowl-shaped volcanic depression that forms when the top of a volcanic cone collapses into the space left after magma is ejected during a violent volcanic eruption. The term is Spanish for “caldron. said the military is seeking programs with ``very real story and character content, to prepare (soldiers) for the missions they're going to do.'' Caldera and university President Steven Sample signed the five-year, $44.3 million contract deal at the school, which is using the money to create the Institute for Creative Technologies. The center will draw on the university's movie and television, engineering and communication schools to develop realistic military-training simulators. Researchers hope to enlist the help of movie studios and other entertainment companies, though none has signed on yet. |
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