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JALLC NewsletterJOINT ANALYSIS & LESSONS LEARNED CENTREby LTC Matthias Fieser DEU AOn 28 January 2011 the JALLC was tasked by SHAPEto support a Staff Assistance Visit (SAV) of the US JointForces Command (JFCOM). This was the first time a Bi-SC NATO team participated in such an event.A SAV team from JFCOM is a flexible employmentpackage composed of personnel from operations, plans,knowledge/information management and logistics. Thishighly skilled team can rapidly increase command andcontrol capability at the operational level of a newlyformed joint force headquarters.The JFCOM team was requested by the ISAF JointCommand (IJC) to have a closer look into their dailywork, with the intention to enhance their overall operationaleffectiveness and facilitate the continuing developmentof the IJC HQ staff as an operational level command.After a first visit in 2010, it was now time to seehow the IJC has matured.The JALLC, supported by SHAPE and the C2COE, deployedto IJC, linked up with the JFCOM, and got rightJALLCJoint Analysis and Lessons Learned CentreAvenida Tenente MartinsMonsanto1500-589 LisbonPhone: +351 21 771 7007/8/9Fax: +351 21 771 7098http://www.jallc.nato.intVolume 2, Issue 2 April 2011Page 4JALLC/JFCOM Staff Assistance Visit to IJCHandovers and Delegation of Command at NRF ExercisesContinued from page 3)JOIST (SFJT) 11, these lessons are relevant. SFJT 11covers new ground as there will also be a handover betweenthe Joint HQ (JHQ) MAIN to a different MAINwhile the JHQ Forward Element will remain in place.Two-thirds of the split JHQ will be transitioning and onethirdwill remain in place. The implications are that, underthe DJSE concept, the mission COM and specialstaff come from the MAIN, but if you change MAIN, theyshould be from the incoming MAIN. SFJT 11 will undoubtedlyprovide lessons on a variety of new topics:Transition and handoffs amongst initial entry specialstaff to their follow-on counterparts in the FE.Maintaining continuity of non-transiting componentLNOs in the “MAIN” as responsibility transitions frominitial entry to follow on.Coordination of the handovers between transitioningcomponent LNO representatives in the FE.Coordination of the directorate / branch handovers.to work. The JALLC team contributed with its expertisein three out of six areas: key processes, crisis establishment,and training. After a week of hard work, the finalout brief about the findings and recommendations wasbriefed to the IJC command group.In his conclusions COS IJC underlined the importanceof this joint effort and stated that the recommendationsshould be taken into consideration to further improvethe overall effectiveness of this headquarters.Maintenance of FE situation awareness of the statusof the MAIN and component transitions?Impact of the MAIN and component transitions on thenon-transitioning in-theatre elementsChallenges of moving the functional services (e.g.,Tasker-Tracker, Common Mailboxes, telephone exchanges,etc.) that are hosted in the initial entry MAINto the follow-on MAIN?Coordination and maintenance of continuity, situationawareness and tasking of Boards and WorkingGroups during the transitioning the context of thechange in makeup/membership.The mechanisms employed to enable the FE to establishand maintain relationships with their counterpartsin both MAINs to smoothly transition.Some of the lessons will be NRF/DJSE specific, butmany will relate to a split HQ and the structures dictatedby the PE, more so than just the DJSE concept. It will beinteresting to see what new lessons we can identify.NATO’s Lead Agent for Joint AnalysisThe Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre(JALLC) is NATO’s centre for performing jointanalysis of operations, training, exercises and ConceptDevelopment and Experimentation, includingestablishing and maintaining an interactive managedLessons Learned Database.