This phase provides recruits with the opportunity to enter a smoke filled room wearing an oxygen breathing apparatus. A team of recruits is given five minutes to search the smoke- filled chamber, locate all injured personnel and remove them. The third phase added is a magazine flooding exercise, where recruits learn fire safety techniques. They are also required to operate fire hoses and pumps during this evolution. The fourth new phase is a mass casualty incident.
Recruits enter a simulated shipboard setting.
The area is completely dark. Red warning lights flash as the recruits locate the screaming victims and administer necessary medical attention. After simulated explosions and a ship collision, recruits maneuver their way through the dark and smoky ship to locate all survivors. It is crucial that we train our recruits on all possible shipboard scenarios. Currently the Battle Stations evolution consists of 12 phases.