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A man and a woman wearing camouflage military uniforms stand in a room with monitors and virtual reality equipment. The man is wearing a virtual reality headset and holding a virtual reality welding tool as the woman looks upward and points at a monitor.

A Taste of Virtual Reality

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique Brown-Irvin, a steelworker and instructor at the Naval Construction Training Center, guides Navy Rear Adm. Greg Huffman, commander, Naval Education and Training Command, while he operates a virtual reality headset that training center students use to practice welding during a tour of Naval Construction Training Center Gulfport in Gulfport, Miss., Feb. 4, 2026.

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