73 Spring 2025 Proceedings research, development, testing, evalua- tion, and analysis of, historical, and archi- val Coast Guard data. The RDCTE does not change the operational environment, but provides advanced analytical tools, machine learning, and artificial intel- ligence techniques, as well as the ability to create high-powered virtual machines to execute the computations required for these analyses. The project team tested and evalu- ated both OAP12 and AST use cases in RDCTE with representable data. To oper- ate Athena in this environment, users employed two virtual machines (VM). One VM hosts all Athena images, systems, services, and databases while the other provides users a login page and access to Athena’s modeling suite. Both VMs must run for Athena to work properly. For both real-world and test envi- ronments, the standard number of VMs required for employing software is uncertain because it depends on the type of software and the other cloud compo- nents needed for the software to run. More research, testing, and evaluation in this area will build expertise and enhance understanding of VMs and how they operate within cloud infrastructures. For this effort, specific cloud systems, services, and databases were required and downloaded from Microsoft Azure Marketplace, a centralized cloud-based platform that offers a wide array of soft- ware-as-a-service solution. Descriptions of these required cloud components are summarized below. • Athena Images—Athena software • Azure Container Registry—A virtual standalone environment to build, store, and manage software applications and images • Azure Kubernetes Service—A software that man- ages running the application • ActiveMQ—A service that provides a communica- tions bridge between components of systems, as well as supports multiple commonly used com- puter programming languages • Azure Cache—Stores data temporarily. This helps software performance as data is retrieved from this location rather than databases • PostgreSQL—A relational database that stores tabular data, useful for storing data that has lots of connections and relationships within it • Mongo Atlas—Stores documents. This database is useful for storing output and results data With the help of sponsor involvement, engagement, and briefings, the Deputy Commandant for Mission Support and Assistant Commandant for Human Resources offices are up to date on the status of this proj- ect and are aware of the organization’s current workforce modeling shortfalls and struggles. The respective offices are strategizing the best approach to bring Athena to the Coast Guard in the future. Meanwhile, the Talent Management Transformation (TMX) Task Force has successfully routed TMX Initiative Memo: Persistent Workforce Simulation Software and The Officer Ashore Prevention, or OAP12, specialty is modeled in Athena. The graphic uses green blocks to illustrate when members enter ranks, blue blocks to highlight when they are eligible for promotion or fulfilling a prerequisite, a purple block to show when transitioning between blocks, and when a vacancy is open for promotion or earning an officer specialty code, red blocks are used. Coast Guard graphic OSC Officer Buffer Vacancy Officer Entry Experience Promotion Board (1,2, Continuation) IO Course S&R Course Formal Investigation OOS/OAP OAP122 OAP112 OAP124 OAP113
