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History was made this summer when the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) hosted cadets and midshipmen from each of the U.S. service academies for the first known complete inter academy internship.
As part of each academy’s Cadet Summer Research Internship, this opportunity provided an immersive research and development experience supporting field data collection at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL) in New Jersey and artificial intelligence model development at the ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL).
Supporting research within the Intelligent Environmental Battlespace Awareness (IEBA) Program, Global Forest Characterization Task, this two-week internship included one week of field data collection and analysis at JBMDL, and one week of model development training at EL.
Field data collection at JBMDL included plot-level forest sampling to quantify forest attributes related to radiofrequency propagation through forests. The data collected will be used to inform mission critical environmental intelligence and was used to develop individual research projects tailored towards each cadet’s areas of study and experience.
Beyond the science, the internship focused on growth and collaboration, which included introducing the cadets and midshipmen to the world-class research and development ERDC delivers in support of the Warfighter, and how it might impact their future as military officers in ever-increasing complex and joint environments.
Watch this video to learn more about their experience.
| Date Taken: | 09.23.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 09.24.2025 15:23 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 978022 |
| VIRIN: | 250923-A-AP401-1001 |
| Filename: | DOD_111315006 |
| Length: | 00:04:27 |
| Location: | VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, US |
| Downloads: | 2 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 2 |
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