The Joint Warfighting Center

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The Joint Warfighting Center Modeling and
Simulation Issues
COL Michael Armstrong Chief, Joint Training
Technologies Group Joint Warfighting Center US
Joint Forces Command
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Accomplishing Transformation
First Training Transformation
Second Training Transformation
Organizational Design
Capabilities
JOINT INNOVATION EXPERIMENTATION
TRAINING
CAPABILITY DEVELOPER
JOINT FORCE PROVIDER
ENABLING CAPABILITIES
Processes
JOINT CAPABLE FORCES
Authorities
Concepts
Culture
Enabled by Modeling Simulation
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Delivering Joint Context
Joint LVC Training Environment
Training Audience
Synthetic Battlespace
Global Information Grid
Embedded Training Systems
C4I
Live
Multinational Coalition Partners
Integrating Architecture
User Services
Design
Analyze Evaluate
Plan
Execute
Prepare
Knowledge Management Assets Authoritative Sources
DRRS JTS Ph IV
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What are the MS problems?

• Keep up with accelerating requirements
• Test, train, experiment and rehearse in a
  continuously
• available environment
• Reduce time and cost to set up exercises
  /simulations
• Encompass all real-world environments
• Provide interoperability across the Unified
  Action partners,
• Interagency multinational
• Standards are key to interoperability
• Develop a focused National investment strategy

The Training World is Transforming but MS is
Evolving
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What are the issues?

• Money and resources required to set-up each
  exercise (40 exercise/yr)
• Man-Hours, Government and Contractors
• Funding for MS support to Joint Training is
  constant
• Requirements for MS support continue to increase
  in complexity and quantity
• A Sum Zero game
• Where do we make up the difference?
• Develop standards to reduce cost and man-hours to
  prepare for each event
• Build the system once instead of repetitively for
  each event
• Allows plug and play interoperability among MS
  systems

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What Are the Solutions?Production Focus Areas

• Rapid Database Development

Execution
IPC
MPC
FPC
CDC
ET1
ET2
ET3

• Collaboration Tools

Execution
IPC
MPC
FPC
CDC
ET1
ET2
ET3

• AAR System

IPC
MPC
FPC
Execution
CDC
ET1
ET2
ET3

• Common Entry Client

IPC
MPC
FPC
CDC
ET1
ET2
Execution
ET3

• Network transparency

Execution
IPC
MPC
FPC
CDC
ET1
ET2
ET3

• Effects Based Approach to Operations

Execution
MPC
FPC
IPC
CDC
ET1
ET2
ET3
Definite savings
Potential savings
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Solution - JRSG

• Joint Rapid Scenario Generation (JRSG)
• Data Standards
• Establish data repository
• Enables all MS programs to talk to each other
• Reduces/eliminates the need/costs of Event
  Testing
• Drag and Drop units/forces from
• Re-useable Data

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Solution - Collaboration

• Collaboration Tools
• IWS Next or future system
• Critical component of distributed exercises
• Reduces Forward Footprint
• Saves Travel Dollars
• Reduces Instructor/Controllers Travel Tempo
• Must be effective enough to negate need for face
  to face meetings!

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Solution - AAR

• After Action Review
• Distributed/collaborative tool for Deployable
  Training Team (O/Ts, SMs, Analysts)
• Reduces personnel requirements forward (analyst
  can stay at home)
• Saves travel dollars
• Scalable and easily accessible

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Solution Common Entry Client

• Common Entry Client
• Intuitive, easy to use
• Standardized console/computer interface
• Reduces cost and man-hours for training
• Only need to train once, then the user is good
  for life

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Solution - NOSC

• Network Operations Security Center
• Tools
• Information Assurance
• Multi-National Information System/Multi-level
  Security
• Network Maintenance
• 24/7 operations
• System availability

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Solution EBAO

• Effects Based Approach to Operations
• Intuitive, easy to use
• Standardized interface
• Reduced cost and dollars for system training

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So what does all this mean?

• Issue
• Past event success paved by pre-event testing
  rigor
• This approach cannot support increased event
  schedule
• Solution
• Operationalizing MS Standards
• Ease testing burden
• Shorter setup/prep time
• Minimize systems training
• Simplify exercise execution
• Reduce JELC

Make Better Use of Available Tools and personnel
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Other Options or Ideas?

• Any thoughts from the audience?

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Questions?
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What are the Solutions?

• How do we do this?
• Network Operations Security Center
• Joint Rapid Scenario Generation
• Collaboration Tools
• After Action Review
• Common Entry Client
• Effects Based Approach to Operations