For the past two days, Ryan & I have been working at Stennis Space Center with SBT-22. These guys are the SWCC operators, which stands for Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman. These are the guys the SEALs call when they need to be extracted under heavy fire. They are badass.
Knowing very little about the SWCC before I got here, I didn't really know what to expect. They're incredible. Everyone we met, both UPitt employees & military employees was nothing short of amazing. Fortunately, we will be working with both SWCC & SEAL out in Coronado, so I hope that we will have the same experience these UPitt guys have had down here.
I'm also a little clearer on my biomechanics role within the lab. In the past, the motion analysis testing has been the only one where the guys have gotten zero feedback from the UPitt testers, and unfortunately, it's one of the most interesting tests. Previously, the data has just been collected at the remote labs & sent back to UPitt for processing. Now that UPitt is going to have a total of 6 working labs, they simply will be unable to process the data themselves, so I will get to have a hand in the on-site processing of our motion analysis data. Ideally, I will be able to process the data, explain to them what the numbers mean, and if any intervention is recommended, send them over to our physical therapist. The best part of that is, the guys we'll be seeing in Coronado are students, so the earlier the detection of improper mechanics, the better. Hopefully these guys will have fewer injuries down the road because of the work we're doing in our lab.
Here's a really good video on SWCC
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