December 19, 2011

Stu Segall is president of Strategic Operations Inc., which offers hyper-realistic training using Hollywood-style special effects is Interviewed by TSJ.

 

June 17, 2011

Is it combat or is it Hollywood? The answer is that it’s both and neither. Live training seasoned with Hollywood-style special effects is giving troops a taste of the sights, sounds, smells and chaos of battle.

May 11, 2011

Strategic Operations sets up realistic training for combat, drug houses and ship seizures

Link to a PDF of the article

A Hollywood-style explosion rocks the center of a mock Afghan village on a
San Diego studio lot,sending San Diego State University ROTC  
 
March 18, 2011

Strategic Operations Expansion and New Products

Strategic Operations (STOPS) recently opened two new offices. At the same time the San Diego-based company continues to upgrade and expand its training support products and services offerings. Group Editor Marty Kauchak reports on developments at STOPS.  

February 7, 2011

The National Training Center, located at Fort Irwin, is the site for some of the most advanced Army training found anywhere in the world. Soldiers preparing to deploy experience realistic scenarious that mimic conditions found in Iraq and Afghanistan.

January 6, 2011

Afghan mullah Abdul Ghafari aims his gun at the suspected thief, squeezes the trigger and fires.

Watching the "execution" are soldiers from Fort Bliss, members of the Bulldog Brigade, also known as the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. Ghafari tells the soldiers that the execution is in accordance with Shariah law, and in the best interest of the community.

But almost everything in front of the soldiers is make believe, staged on streets of a replica Afghan market built in the New Mexico desert 145 miles west of El Paso.
 

November 29, 2010

Strategic Operations, a San Diegobased company specializing in Hyper-Realistic™ training environments for military, law enforcement and homeland security, will unveil its innovative Human Worn Partial Task Surgical Simulator (“Cut Suit”) at I/ITSEC, the world’s largest modeling, simulation and training show for the military, November 29 to December 2. Strategic Operations will be at Booth 2913 and will feature daily demonstrations of the Cut Suit.

November 29, 2010

First of Its Kind, Remote Controlled Mobile Target Combines Hyper-Realistic™ Civilian Lightweight Foam Vehicle Body over Armored Platform; Ideal for Live-
Fire Training Missions

November 6, 2010

I visited Strategic Operations, a company that provides “hyper-realistic” training services and products for military and law-enforcement personnel. It’s located on the twenty-two acre lot of Stu Segall Productions in San Diego, California. Strategic Operations uses Hollywood special effects, actors, former military personnel, and a team of craftsman to simulate combat conditions. In the past eight years, it has provided training support to approximately 400,000 personnel.

October 25, 2010

Black smoke swamps the check point. Marines are crouched, shouting orders at one another. A car bomb just went off, and bullets are whizzing overhead. Wounded soldiers are screaming for help. The next second, an RPG shrieks into the side of the platoon's humvee, blasting heaps of shrapnel on the troops.