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Site Assessment for Base Layout and Establishment (SABLE) is an application-based training tool to educate U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) students on conducting Bare Base Occupational and Environmental Health Site Assessments (OEHSA).
Summary
The project involved developing a simulation that tasks students with planning the construction of a bare base in a previously unexplored area, requiring them to identify Occupational and Environmental Hazards (OEH), determine the placement of military-grade buildings, and choose the correct tools for establishing a functional airfield.
The final product—a tablet-compatible Android application—will be integrated into USAFSAM’s curriculum, filling a critical gap in support of INDOPACOM’s rapid deployment Agile Combat Employment (ACE) hub-and-spoke model by formalizing a distributed learning process not previously codified in OED training.
Features and Design
Software
Unreal Engine 5
Android Studio
Blender
GitLab and SourceTree
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Hardware
Samsung Galaxy Tablet
Contributions
Team:
2d Lt Aathi Anandan
Zachary Galpin
Rachit Gupta
Mentor:
Jonathan Diemunsch
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Client:
USAFSAM Force Development Division (OED)
Division Chief Barry Hill
Major Martin Gakuria
MSgt Barham Bratton
TSgt Thomas Signorile
Outcomes and Additional Information
A "bare base" is an airfield with basic infrastructure/essentials to support operations in a remote location and provide an area of logistic transportation.
The team was challenged to develop an Android-based training environment to Preventive Medicine personnel a complete system for Bare Base creation training, enabling users to:
Explore and interact with the landscape
Assess hazards and optimal locations for structure placement
Practice creating base layouts that are safe and functional
The application features multiple landscapes with integrated hazards and different terrain types, various buildings and shelters for the user to place, and hazards such as air pollution and water hazards.
Trainees follow standard procedures and rely on provided environmental data, with visual cues such as map icons and results pages guiding their decisions. The user can interact with the environment to test water safety, check for hazardous materials, and identify bacteria and volatile organic compounds.
Key actions and user-generated events are logged in comma-separated values (CSV) files for instructor evaluation.
Future work includes additional landscapes, and instructor (observer) role, and integrating real world locations into the application.
SABLE final presentation.pdfDemo video of the project, also featured in the YouTube presentation.
Images from the SABLE application (left to right): building inventory, hazards, toolbox, and clipboard
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