Deputy Commander in Chief, US Pacific Command

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Interoperability defined

• The ability of systems, units or forces to
  provide services to and accept services from
  other systems , units or forces and to use the
  services so exchanged to enable them to operate
  effectively together

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Is interoperability achievable?

• ALMOST NEVER
• Places to start
• SOPs, Checklists with common objectives
• STM project
• SPHERE, ICRC UN humanitarian performance
  standards

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What level of interoperability?

• Objective(s) to be achieved
• preventive, response, capacity
• Performance standards
• Time based, personnel based
• Scope of performance What subject population(s)?
• Who is responsible for what

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Challenges to Interoperability

• National political interests
• NGO interests
• Cost
• Established national military doctrine
• Civil tradition, regulations and culture
• Responder and recipient
• Loss of control in operations

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Degrees of Collaboration

• Interoperability
• Standardization
• Rationalization
• Harmonization

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Interoperability

• Total integration of capabilities (policies,
  procedures, techniques, and equipment) to achieve
  broadly defined goals under a doctrinal framework.

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Standardization

• Policies, procedures and resources jointly
  defined to facilitate operational behaviors and
  procedures with external forces or entities

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Rationalization

• Temporary adjustment of tactics, techniques and
  procedures to meet specific objectives during a
  mission, typically centering on division of labor
  and sharing resources

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Harmonization

• Informal information sharing and collaboration
  without altering established mission mandate or
  objectives

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Methods to enhance collaboration

• Technical consultations between partners
• Normalizing information sharing in operations and
  planning
• Communicate with civilian relief organizations
• Video teleconferencing
• Cross-national Games, exercises and seminars
• Education and training programs that promote
  collaboration

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Continuing Challenges

• Defining areas of best return for cross
  collaboration
• Finding the optimal balance between
  interoperability and harmonization
• Maintaining continuity/momentum of coalition
  doctrine despite personnel rotations
• Identifying resources to enhance
  interoperability

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New challenges in a changed environment

• Military doctrine must adapt to new complexities
  of humanitarian/political crises, so must
  military medical corps
• What, how much care to needy civilian
  populations?
• Harmonization or rationalization with multiple
  independent civil organizations?
• How to tailor resources and configurations to
  meet broader mission requirements?

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Thank you.
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