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Figure 2 allows Division Brigade Combat Teams, Separates, and Expeditionary Signal Battalions, as well as other services to connect upon arrival in theater or in support of CONUS training and Homeland Defense. Additionally, the RHN provides failover by backing up the THN and providing continuity of operations with other RHNs. The RHN provides increased capability to combatant commanders and joint expeditionary forces. Program Manager Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems has the lead for the RHN project implementation and Network Enterprise Technology Command will operate and maintain all five sites. The installation of two RHN is near completion at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, and Landstuhl, Germany. They are recognizable by the three huge golf ball-like shelters housing the three antennas for the terminals. The communications equipment is housed in a normal Defense Satellite Communications System environmentally controlled building. The RHN is capable of transporting numerous commercial satellite links in support of expeditionary operations. Serving as the connect and transport component of the Network Service Center, the RHN moves critical battle command information (data, voice, and video) from the Army Service Component Command and major headquarters across the joint battle space and down to the maneuver battalions. This capability, coupled with the recent fielding of the JNN and CPN to units deploying to OEF/OIF, provides tremendous data, voice, and video capability for the first time down to 62 Summer 2008 Figure 3. A Radome of a Regional Hub Node The RHN provides increased capability to combatant commanders and joint expeditionary forces. the battalion level. The RHN, like the division THN, is a key combat enabler; providing critical battle command information to commanders allowing them situational awareness and common operational picture for decisive engagement of the enemy. Future plans are to implement the NSC concept using the RHN as the transport and connect piece allowing expeditionary forces to pull services from the Area Processing Centers located in CONUS and Outside Continental United States. The APC will host critical battle command applications and network services allowing en-route, upon arrival, and operations access. The Army Theater Network Operations Service Centers in each theater and CONUS will manage the Army’s network (LandWarNet) that transports these services. The benefits to both operational base and expeditionary forces are huge. They can pull services from sanctuary eliminating the need to set up large Tactical Operations Centers with large server farms hosting these applications. Placing these battle command applications and network services at the APC allows maneuver elements to have the same services on the move or at-the-quick-halt. This NSC concept will be rehearsed for the first time with the full complement of equipment (RHN, APC, and TNOSC) in the March 2008 timeframe. In the near future, the RHN will have a global presence in support of combatant commanders and the joint expeditionary forces. The RHN is one of the many programs being worked at headquarters, NETCOM 9th ASC to bring the latest enterprise network technology to the joint expeditionary forces. Mr. Fulford is the senior information systems manager, NETCOM, G3 Plans. He is team leader of the Strategic and Tactical Systems Team, G3 Plans, NETCOM 9th ASC. ACRONYM QUICKSCAN APC – Area Processing Centers BCT – Brigade Combat Teams CIO – Chief Information Officer COCOM – Combatant Command CONUS – Continental United States CPN – Command Post Nodes DCATS – Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems DISN – Defense Information Systems Network ESB – Expeditionary Signal Battalions EUR – Europe FMTV – Family Medium Tactical Vehicles FRHN – Fixed Regional Hub Node JNN – Joint Network Nodes NETCOM – Network Enterprise Technology Command NSC – Network Service Center OCONUS – Outside the Continental United States PM – Program Manager RHN – Regional Hub Node SWA – South West Asia THN – Tactical Hub Node TOC – Tactical Operations Centers TNOSC – Theater Network Operations Service Centers WIN-T – Warfighter Information Network-Tactical W-PAC – Western Pacific
NSCs enable Expeditionary information “In modern conflict, information has become as important as lethal action in determining the outcome of operations.” FM 3-0, Operations, Feb 2008 By Geoffrey Wells It’s all about information The newly published FM 3- 0, Operations, describes combat power as “…the total means of destructive, constructive, and information capabilities that a military unit/formation can apply at a given time.” The manual notes that the warfighting functions comprising combat power—movement and maneuver, intelligence, fires, sustainment, command and control, and protection—are “multiplied by leadership and complemented by information.” The graphic in the manual, shown below, reinforces the fact that information is essential to the successful execution of all warfighting functions, giving commanders the ability to understand, visualize, describe, and direct warfighting activities, and make informed decisions that effectively apply combat power. To generate combat power, commanders of expeditionary Army units must have access to global information resources and the ability to quickly and securely exchange large amounts of information with modular forces located around the world. This capability must be available through all phases of an operation to enable planning and coordination with assigned forces that may be widely dispersed, to facilitate distributed training and rehearsal, and to enhance common operational awareness. The capability must extend across the full expanse of the enterprise, from the deployed force to the generating force, so commanders have access to information resources beyond the limits of their immediate area of operation. Properly configured, Figure 1 such a capability can give expeditionary forces the ability to deploy rapidly, immediately enter the fight, dynamically change task organization, and maintain command and control as forces maneuver and command posts relocate. Creating that capability—making information “expeditionary”—is the challenge addressed in the Signal Center’s Network Service Center concept. What a Network Service Center is… and isn’t Although it sounds like a place, a Network Service Center is really a combination of capabilities that connect warfighters to an array of network services. The basic capabilities—transport, information services, and network operations—can be found at almost every echelon of the Army and in many forms; however, the Network Service Center concept focuses on capabilities that connect warfighters to global network services at the regional level. Regional NSCs merge the capabilities of regional hub nodes, area processing centers, and theater network operations and security centers to integrate and precondition theater network services. RHNs are satellite earth terminals that have the capacity of three tactical hub nodes. RHNs collocate with Defense Information Systems Network gateway sites to provide the expeditionary force points of entry into the global network. APCs, commonly located with Defense Enterprise Computing Centers, provide information services and can host battle command and other applications to support the deployed force. TNOSCs serve as the NSCs’ management component, coordinating and synchronizing the provisioning of network resources, protecting the network, and staging information to meet the needs of the operational commander. Strategically positioned around the world, regional NSC’s will establish an “always on” backbone network that will allow expeditionary warfighters to quickly transition from garrison to combat operations. See Figure 2. Connecting the deployed force In operation, NSCs will enable units to deploy rapidly without having to pre-position an organic hub node. Network services will be available as soon as units establish a Army Communicator 63
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