Keywords: US Navy 111103-N-YX169-043 Ensign Jared Hickey, assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce (LPD 15), uses a voice-recognition system.jpg en PORT CANAVERAL Fla Nov 3 2011 Ensign Jared Hickey assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce LPD 15 uses a voice-recognition system to command a virtual simulation of Ponce in the Conning Officer Virtual Environment COVE ship handling simulator trainer development office at the Naval Air Warfare Center Testing Systems Division NAWCTSD during a visit by the ship to Port Canaveral Fla as part of a Navy outreach The COVE can be programmed to replicate any ship in the Navy with any environmental conditions allowing conning officers to practice ship handling skills in a controlled environment NAWCTSD is located on the campus of the University of Central Florida in Orlando Port Canaveral is the first of Ponce's final three port calls before the nearly 41-year-old ship prepares for decommissioning in Norfolk Va in 2012 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathanael Miller/Released 2011-11-03 111103-N-YX169-043 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 109929 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathanael Miller PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Ponce LPD-15 Military simulation devices |