180702-N-N0443-0007 SAN DIEGO (July 2, 2018) A Basic Division Officer Course student at Surface Warfare Officers School, Det. San Diego, practices navigation techniques in the Conning Officer Virtual Environment (COVE) shiphandling simulator. The students started their first of nine sessions in the COVE simulator, which provides state-of-the-art navigation and shiphandling training and can emulate the U.S. Navy's homeports and almost every routine port of call around the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Sam Hardgrove/Released)