NGA Joint Training Best Practices

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1 UNCLASSIFIED NGA Joint Training Best Practices Dave Cook Chief, Plans and Readiness (571) CSA Joint Training WG WJTSC SEP 11 UNCLASSIFIED 1

2 Agenda Exercise Support COLD START MRX Lessons Learned Enabling Activities Joint Experimentation What s Ahead 2

3 COLD START Internal exercise program to provide repeatable, organic capability to assess NGA preparedness & identify improvements in providing crisis-driven GEOINT support Initiated in 2008, COLD START continues to evolve: Six exercises to date with realistic scenarios 3-hr Table Top to Full Scale Exercise FY12-13: Planning six Exercises Upcoming COLD START VII effort 1st to be led by NGA s Commonwealth GEOINT partners (Australia lead) Program has: Previous CS Events CONUS WMD Attack Russia-Georgia Conflict Mass Migration Army G2 & NGA Topographic Korea Theater of Operations Cyber Table Top Led to development/refinement of NGA Crisis Response CONOPS Driven improvements in NGA crisis response business practices 3

4 MRX Support NGA fully replicates in-theater GEOINT capabilities Same databases/workstations/comms NGA deployer(s) participate in MRX NGA training objectives: NGA analysts practice tradecraft Mentor Unit understanding of GEOINT capabilities Fine-tune NGA & Unit GEOINT best practices Integrate into Unit s battle rhythm Supported MRX (FY11) XVIII Airborne Corps 36 ID 1 st Cav Div 1 st Corps 82 nd Airborne Div Provide latest GEOINT baseline for deployed mission area 4

5 Lessons Learned (1/2) Before Action Report (BAR) Provides summary of relevant Observations/LL to assist event POC with event planning and/or execution (especially real-world events) SMEs have found BAR extremely useful during CAT standup Expanding emphasis on Issue resolution Overcoming cultural barriers to fixing problems Requires neutrality, continuity and time Quick wins are nice, but real change takes effort/time 6x Issue Resolution reports in past 2 years 5

6 Lessons Learned (2/2) Implemented JLLIS on JWICS (JUL 2011) Provides access for all NGA staff via the primary NGA desktop system anticipate significant increase in LL participation Already fielded on NIPR and SIPR Large repository of NGA AARs & Observations Exercises: CCMD, Service (MRX), internal (Cold Start) Real-world events (e.g., Haiti, Olympics, DWH) Deployer Debriefs/End of Tour Reports Experiment & Demo events JLLIS essential as a knowledge management tool 6

7 NGA Enabling Activities JCW: GEOINT expertise remains in Tidewater to support Suffolk-based exercises & experiments GEOINT Overview Course Audience: DoD users of GEOINT to support military and civil operations JKO hosted GEOINT Regional Extended Learning Sites Regional mini-schoolhouses providing basic/advanced GEOINT training open to all DoD MacDill AFB; Hawaii; two more coming 7

8 Joint Experimentation Stood up office to centrally manage NGA support to experimentation and demonstration activities Serves as the primary interface for NGA inclusion in DoD, GEOINT Partner, and other National/Civil agency experimentation opportunities Enables testing and evaluation of new/emerging GEOINT technology solutions in support of warfighters and first responders FY12 Candidates Enterprise Resolve Trident Spectre JEFX Trident Warrior Thunderstorm (Spirals) 8

9 What s Ahead? JTP development long overdue Adjusting internal & external training in response to NGA Vision implementation New tools (widgets); new data sources & connectivity Variable GEOINT delivery methods Self Service Online Assisted Service Online/face-to-face Full Service Includes embedded support 9

10 Concerns Closure (May 11) of Joint Force Intelligence Training Council dramatically reduces opportunity to gain community focus on GEOINT joint training needs/solutions 10

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