2010 Governor's Report - Oklahoma National Guard - U.S. Army

ealigning, an exercise is being developed to train,
execute, and assess the ability of a Joint Task Force. This
exercise will include all divisions of the Joint Force to
include some subordinate commands.
JoINT PLANNING
The Directorate also facilitates the development
of Joint and Functional plans for the Joint Force
Headquarters. These plans include the Joint Force
Headquarters Strategic Plan and other functional
contingency plans such as Pandemic Influenza,
Homeland Defense or Weapons of Mass Destruction.
All these plans are intended to facilitate operational
improvements, preparedness, and overall readiness
of the Joint Force.
Additionally, the planning team has developed a
Joint Planning Center (JPC). This center is designed
to support a common operating environment,
collaboration, and common operational tools to
facilitate planning and situational awareness. This
center will be complete within the near future
with the addition of manpower and other software
technology.
Oklahoma National Guard’s ability to team with
our interagency partners to prevent, prepare, and
respond to acts of terrorism or other homeland
defense threats within our state, region, and nation
remains paramount, the J5/7 continues to support
our key strategic goals of joint readiness. We have
met with outside agencies to continue to develop
our unified functional contingency plans in order to
support the overall preparedness of the Oklahoma
National Guard and as an agency of response to a
possible threat.
This joint effort ensures the continuity of
operations not only throughout the Guard it also
prepares an action plan for the Guard to support
outside agencies such as the Oklahoma State
Department of Health, Oklahoma Emergency
Management and the Department of Public Safety.
The J5/7 collaborated in the exercise Joint Eagle
with multi-state National Guard domestic operations
forces, three military service components, federal,
state, and civilian agencies at Oklahoma National
Guard prominent domestic operations training
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facility in collapse structure at Camp Gruber Joint
Training Maneuver Center- Heavy, Braggs, OK.
In a joint effort with the other states the J5/7
actively is working on national level to facilitate
coordination, collaboration, and information sharing
with states effected by natural disasters, such as
hurricanes and earthquakes, to ensure our mitigation
strategies and capabilities are most current in
support of the citizens of Oklahoma.
The J3 and the J5/7 are actively developing the
capability and mission requirements in which to
employ a Joint Task Force that will serve in domestic
operations response.
The Joint Task Force is a command and control
unit designated to support the needs of the incident
commander. This entity facilitates the flow of
information between Joint Force Headquarters –
Oklahoma, the deployed units, and the requesting
civil agencies. The organization of the Joint
Task Force is mission-dependent based on troop
activation and incident commander needs.
JoINT PRoFESSIoNAL DEVELoPMENT EDUCATIoN
The Directorate monitors, develops, distributes
and publishes Joint Professional Development
Education requirements and opportunities for Joint
Force Headquarters members. These opportunities
support professional growth and development
of non-commissioned officers and officers. All of
these opportunities educate individuals in a joint
environment setting and contribute to individual
readiness of the force.
Building on last year’s Joint Force Staff Course,
the participants are implementing those
lessons learned in their respective directorates.
Another leader has attended the Joint Task
Force Commander’s Course, preparing to lead an
upcoming training exercise in establishing a Joint
Task Force for Oklahoma.
The next class of the Advance Joint Professional
Military Education-Reserve Component is being
planned as the leadership identifies individuals
to attend and lead the way to the future of the
Oklahoma National Guard.