Linda Qassim

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World Wide Joint Training and Scheduling
Conference 2006-1Defense Threat Reduction
AgencyOverview

• Linda Qassim
• March 27, 2006

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Overview

• Agency Mission and Organization
• Responsibilities within CJCSI 3500.01B
• Accomplishments and Way Ahead

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Mission

• The mission of the Defense Threat Reduction
  Agency is to safeguard the United States and its
  allies from weapons of mass destruction
  (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and
  high-yield explosives) by providing capabilities
  to reduce, eliminate and counter the threat and
  mitigate its effects.

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Command Structure
Leadership Structure
Headquarters Facility
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology and Logistics
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear
and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs
Defense Threat Reduction Center Ft. Belvoir, VA
Reporting to the Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological
Defense Programs
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Organized according to function
Director Deputy Director
Staff Offices
Advanced Systems and Concepts
Operations Enterprise
Research Development Enterprise
Combating WMD Enterprise
Business Enterprise
Chemical/Biological Technologies
On-Site Inspection
Nuclear Technologies
Cooperative Threat Reduction
Counterproliferation Technologies
Combat Support
Systems Engineering Technologies
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Go-to agency for combating WMD
The Department of Defense created DTRA as a
combat support agency to focus department
capabilities in the fight against weapons of mass
destruction. DTRA supports the three pillars of
the National Strategy on Combating Weapons of
Mass Destruction nonproliferation,
counterproliferation and consequence management.
The agency also directly supports U.S. Strategic
Command in combating WMD.
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Global Reach
Kiev, Ukraine
Major Operating Locations (Headquarters at Fort
Belvoir, Virginia) Liaison Officers (USPACOM,
USNORTHCOM/NORAD, USSTRATCOM, USTRANSCOM,
USCENTCOM, USSOCOM, USSOUTHCOM, USJFCOM, Joint
Staff, National Guard Bureau, USEUCOM/NATO and
USFK) Chemical Demilitarization Sites (Treaty
Escort Teams)
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Customers and Partners
Joint Staff and the Unified Combatant Commands
NATO and Allies
DoD and Other Federal Agencies
Military Services
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Unique support to the warfighter

• Integrates operations with research and
  development to provide crucial technologies and
  tools to combat WMD
• Provides reachback capabilities that incorporate
  modeling and simulation tools with in-house WMD
  expertise
• Creates solutions to WMD problems for the
  Combatant Commands, the Joint Staff, the Services
  and the rest of DoD
• Plans, integrates and synchronizes DoD-wide
  efforts for USSTRATCOM to combat WMD through the
  Center for Combating WMD

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CSA Responsibilities Within CJCSI 3500.01B

• Developing a comprehensive plan detailing their
  training objectives to meet assigned missions and
  specific combatant command JMETL requirements.
• Schedule and publish joint training event
  participation within the respective supported
  commands JTPs, the respective CSA's ATP, and the
  Joint Training Master Schedule (JTMS)
• Submit AMETL by 15 Dec, annually.
• Forward ATPs and AMETLs via JTIMS to supported
  combatant commands, USJFCOM, and the Joint Staff
  by 15 July, annually.
• Nominating applicable training courses for
  inclusion in Joint Training Course Database
  (JCTD). Assist USJFCOM in Joint Course
  Accreditation for courses in which the CSA has
  subject matter expertise.
• Nominating appropriate facilities for inclusion
  in JNTC.
• Supporting the CJCS Doctrine and Joint Center of
  Lessons Learned (JCLL) with subject matter
  experts.

Additions expected in CJCSI 3500.01C
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A Workshop Approach

• Training information shared through Standing
  Working Groups
• Informal, working sessions on directorate
  premises to build AMETL and ATP.
• Agency lead provides templates and tools to
  assist in gathering data. Works with client to
  produce their portion.
• Client makes their lessons learned and AARs
  available for review to determine training gaps.
  Works with agency lead to identify training
  audiences, objectives and events
• Data is input and available through NexGen JTIMS

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Accomplishments

• AMETL
• AMETL tasks included in UJTL 5.0
• DRRS/JQRR reporting on AMETL tasks
• COCOM site visits identified command-linked tasks
  
• ATP
• Guidance from newly assigned Director
  incorporated
• Supporting Tasks and Command-Linked Tasks for all
  directorates incorporated
• Improved training objectives linked for events
  including linkage to individual mission
  certification programs
• Event Summaries and Timeline dynamically updated
  and linked to JTIMS
• Improved TAB X Individual Training for mission
  certification included
• Requested feedback from JFCOM

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DTRA AMETL
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AMETL Considerations

• CSART Findings 2005
• Current AMETL generally does a good job of
  describing the DTRA mission
• Current AMETL needs maintenancenot static
• Readiness is not easily measurable using the
  current conditions and standards
• DTRA Reorganization
• IOC of STRATCOM Center for Combating WMD
• Introduction of Enterprises

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JWFC FY 06-09 ATP Review
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Tab X Individual Training

• Added to ATP for Agency use
• Evolutionary process
• Used most mature programs for first iteration of
  Tab X
• Division mission certification programs collected
• Next iteration, will include instructor
  certification in some programs
• Input data into agency Learning Management System
  (LMS)

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Joint Accreditation

• Topic Joint Accreditation of Individual
  Training Courses and Instructors
• Status JFWC designated office accredits joint
  courses. No one is assigned instructor
  certification.
• Issue Joint Accreditation criteria needs to be
  reviewed / Process needs to be more visible / No
  process in place for instructors
• Impact Joint Accreditation designation will lose
  significance in the joint training arena.
  Organizations create own instructor certification
  programs. Standards?
• Recommendations to Resolve Issue
• DTRA support to accredit Joint CBRNE courses
• -- Use DTRA CBRNE SMEs to review course content
• -- In Resident Courses
• -- Distance Learning Courses
• DTRA support to prototype joint instructor
  certification program

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Way Ahead

• Continued improvement to AMETL
• Continued improvement to ATP to include full
  integration of ATP in NexGen JTIMS

GOAL Improved coordination and integration with
Joint Training and Readiness Community
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Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Ms. Linda Qassim Chief, Training and Doctrine
Branch Defense Threat Reduction Agency
(DTRA/CSTR) 1680 Texas St., SE Kirtland AFB, NM
87117-5669 Linda.qassim_at_abq.dtra.mil (505)
846-8673