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Navy Warfare Training SystemBy U.S. Fleet Forces CommandCommanders need to understand thewarfare tasks they are required to performand the conditions and standardsthat govern accomplishing them.They must train to perform tasks tocomplete specific steps and reach clearmilestones. Those tasks are defined asNavy mission essential tasks, and capturedin Navy Mission Essential Task Lists(NMETLs), the backbone of tackling tasksduring mission analysis, gathering lessonslearned and improving the processof producing readiness through trainingand other tools.NMETLs collect a world of mission data,categorize it by who can do what and alsodescribe the conditions in which missionstake place.This system for task accomplishmentknowledge and improved decision makingneeds to be understood and used, accordingto David K. Brown, a retired navalofficer who advocates the importance ofNMETLs for U.S. Fleet Forces Command’straining requirements and assessmentsbranch.“The big idea is called the Navy WarfareTraining System,” Brown said, explainingthat the process is based on a joint trainingsystem installed in the 1990s as partof the Department of Defense trainingtransformation.The Navy Warfare Training System is ameans of sharing the knowledge base ofNMETLs, judging readiness and improvingthe training and readiness processes.Information from different groups pursuingtraining tasks can be shared and comparedby using the Navy Training InformationManagement System.NTIMS is an application that makes tasklists and associated lessons learned withinthe Navy Warfare Training System moreeasily available.“The application itself, NTIMS, is a Webbasedapplication that manages NWTSfor the Navy,” said Rod Davis, who overseestraining standards for the trainingrequirements and assessments branchat Fleet Forces Command, which is headquarteredin Norfolk, Va.“It lets the user build a training planand curriculum,” added Bryan Nelson,a database developer assigned to FleetForces Command.Earlier this year, the training requirementsand assessments branch won anaward from Cognos for using technologyto make the process of using NMETLsmore effective via the Navy Warfare TrainingSystem.“U.S. Fleet Forces Command can tietraining activities to mission essentialtasks to quickly and efficiently measurethe relative readiness gains for each dollarit spends on a particular training program,”read the award citation.“It’s the Navy’s authoritative sourcefor NMETLs,” said Mark Morrison, deputybranch head for training requirementsand assessments. “It allows thefleet to document, in a consistent format,training plans and training resourcerequirements.”“This is all intellectual capital,” Brownsaid. “What NTIMS does is it gives us aplace to pack that intellectual capital.”Mission essential tasks are not just measurementsof executing an action; theyencompass the ways of accomplishinga set of tasks to standards under certainconditions. NTIMS is effectively a searchable,interactive database and library ofall of those tasks and lessons learned.Brown is the "Johnny Appleseed" ofNWTS. “I call myself the 'NMETL advocate'for Fleet Forces Command,” he said. “Sofar I’ve gotten away with it. The conceptis so powerful, in my mind, that when Isee guys wringing their hands, most ofthem haven’t sat down to do their missionanalysis.”Brown teaches the importance of usingNMETLs and the Navy Warfare TrainingSystem in regular seminars aimed to makeother advocates out of attendees, whowill in turn spread the word. To amplifyhis message, Brown wears a card aroundhis neck that prompts passers-by to askhim about NMETLs and NWTS.“When I get going about this stuff, Iusually get too excited to keep sittingdown,” Brown said while introducing aclass at the Naval Postgraduate SchoolAnnex in Norfolk.Brown’s classes, NMETL 101 and 201,are geared toward leaders involved inmission capabilities and performancebasedreadiness. He said NMETLs, combinedwith properly updating and managingthe data associated with tasks, leadto better training and, ultimately, betterdecisions.“After the fall of the Soviet Union, wehad to find ways to have a much moreflexible and responsive force,” Brownsaid. “What we want to show is the valuewe add to our commanders and the valueour supporting commands add to us.”For example, training can be tailored tomeet response needs to changing worldsituations — from responding to a naturaldisaster — to fighting a major war.NMETLs, he said, “visualize the mission,value contributions, verify progress andvalidate courses of action. … If you getthe requirements right, everything elseflows from there. When we do NMETLsright, they drive training, performanceand resources.”These are performance-improvementtools, Brown said. The lists help commandersunderstand that they do a certaintask under certain conditions andmeet a standard.By incorporating lessons learned, commandersand mission planners who tacklethe same task in the future benefit fromthe experience of others. Though they aregenerally used for training plans and certifications,the lists have other applications.Brown, and Capt. Brian Barrington, formerlyof Fleet Forces N72, wrote that theNWTS “really can become the Navy’s performanceimprovement engine.”David K. Brown of U.S. Fleet Forces Commandteaches a seminar on NMETLs and the NWTS, whileBarbara McCarthy, a program analyst assigned toFleet Forces, takes notes. U.S. Navy photo.60 CHIPS www.chips.navy.mil Dedicated to Sharing Information - Technology - Experience
U.S. Second Fleet Successfully Tests Modular Approach toJoint Task Force Capability During JTFEX 08-4By Cmdr. Eric JohnsonIntroductionU.S. 2nd Fleet was the first numberedfleet to successfully test a modular commandand control (C2) suite, commonlyknown as the 2nd Fleet Demonstrator(2FD), during July’s Joint Task Force Exercise(JTFEX) 08-4.The 2nd Fleet Demonstrator wasderived from the Deployable Joint Commandand Control (DJC2) concept. (Seethe textbox.)The 2nd Fleet Demonstrator, builtby the DJC2 Joint Program Office as acooperative venture with 2nd Fleet, wasan important step in demonstrating amaritime variant of the DJC2 system.Additionally, the 2nd Fleet Demonstratormet the commander’s immediaterequirements for a maritime joint taskforce (JTF) headquarters (HQ) to trainand certify as a JTF, as well as performingthe JTF afloat mission.In 2006, 2nd Fleet was tasked to beginthe certification process of becoming adesignated JTF Capable Headquarters toperform as a JTF or functional componentheadquarters staff, on behalf of acombatant commander (COCOM).With assistance from U.S. SouthernCommand (SOUTHCOM), and utilizingtheir DJC2 system, 2nd Fleet successfullycertified as a ready JTF Capable HQ inSeptember 2007 during the SOUTHCOMsponsoredmultinational exercise, FuerzasAliadas/PANAMAX.Following certification, 2nd Fleetpartnered with the DJC2 Joint ProgramOffice to develop and demonstrate amodular version of the DJC2 systemand its joint C2 capabilities for use on amaritime platform of the commander’schoosing.Once completed, the modularizedDJC2 maritime variant, the 2nd FleetDemonstrator, was to be tested duringJTFEX 08-4 aboard the amphibious assaultship USS Bataan (LHD 5).In July 2008, the 2nd Fleet Demonstratorwas delivered, installed and completedsuccessful testing aboard Bataan.During JTFEX 08-4, 2nd Fleet's C2capability provided the primary meansfor the commander to fight the war, andresulted in the completion of four objectives,that included the commander’s JTFCapable HQ certification sustainmentevent, certification of the deployingstrike group and 2nd Fleet's Maritime HQaccreditation.CapabilitiesThe demonstrator’s capabilitiesincluded a fully certified and accreditednetwork architecture, which supported120 laptops, with back-end capacitycapable of supporting more than 700,on four networks: NIPRNET, SIPRNET, theCombined Enterprise Regional InformationExchange System (CENTRIXS), andthe nongovernmental organization(NGO) Internet.Capabilities included: VoIP phoneswith Defense Switch Network (DSN)access, video teleconferencing and collaborationtools: SharePoint; IBM Same-Time with buttons 1 and 2; DocuShare;a Jabber server supporting chat; GlobalCommand and Control System-Joint(GCCS-J 4.1)/Internet Common OperationalPicture; and all the associated jointplanning tools needed to support a JTFcommander.Flag Ship-2nd Fleet ConfigurationThe 2nd Fleet Demonstrator includedfour climate-controlled ISO (shipping)containers/modules. Two 8 by 10-foottechnical control modules and two 8 byDeployable Joint Command and Control ProgramThe DJC2 program is a Secretary of Defenseand Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff prioritytransformation initiative that is providing a standardized,rapidly deployable, scalable, and reconfigurable jointcommand and control (C2) and collaboration combatoperations center (COC) system to geographiccombatant commanders (GCCs) and componentcommands.The joint force commander can use DJC2 to executeoperations ranging from a first responder or small earlyentry forward component up to and including full jointtask force (JTF) combat operation center operations.The DJC2 system provides a unique capabilityrequired by the joint warfighter that did not exist priorto its development.The DJC2 system is net-centric from inception, hasan open architecture and is fully certified (includingtransportability and interoperability).More information is available at www.djc2.org.20-foot staff modules (10 seats each)were placed in the hangar bay aboardBataan, requiring approximately 650square feet of space.Due to limited funding and the proofof concept approach to the 2nd FleetDemonstrator build, the full complementof six staff modules, a Sensitive CompartmentedInformation Facility (SCIF) module,a command module, and standalonepower to mirror a standardized 60-seatDJC2 system, were not built.Instead, the staff leveraged existing“green” spaces to accommodate the additionalseating requirements by runninga fiber connection to switching equipmentlocated in the Landing Force OperationsCenter (LFOC) and other spaceson the O-2 level.2nd Fleet utilized intelligence assetsand electrical power provided byBataan. Furthermore, while the 2nd FleetDemonstrator was equipped with twogyro-stabilized Sea Tel Ku Band antennas,mounted forward and aft on the flightdeck, a fiber connection was run to theship’s Defense Satellite CommunicationsSystem (DSCS) Enhanced BandwidthEfficient Modem (EBEM) to provide analternate path for connectivity.This turned out to be a valuableCHIPS October – December 2008 61
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