Exercises, Experiments, Wargames EEW

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Exercises, Experiments, Wargames (EEW)
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• State Participation in DoD EEW

Lt Col Greg Barnhart Office of International
Security Operations Bureau of Political-Military
Affairs Department of State BarnhartGA_at_state.gov
[phone]
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Department of State Participation in Exercises,
Experiments and Wargames

• PM, the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs is
  working to rationalize State-wide participation
  in DoD Exercises, Experiments and Wargames (EEW)
  to ensure DoD/States highest EEW priorities are
  met
• Manages EEW process to prioritize or adjudicate
  value of State participation
• Facilitates specific requests for personnel with
  Regional Bureaus, Functional Bureaus, S/CRS, and
  the POLAD Reserve Corps

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EEW Process
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We encourage DoD units to submit requests through
the Catalog in a consolidated manner
1. COCOMS SERVICES submit requests for
interagency support to JFCOM Joint Exercise
Catalog
2. JFCOM issues consolidated Joint Exercise
Catalog
December 31, 2007
3. State/PM distributes Catalog within State
January, 2008
4. State Regional Functional Offices select
exercises for participation
February-March, 2008
DoD
STATE
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Requests for State Support
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Joint Exercise Catalog
COCOMS
SERVICES
Ad Hoc Requests
Requests
Department of State Political Military Affairs
Bureau
SME
Player
Developer
Liaison
Controller
S/CRS
Policy Advisor
Who
Regional Bureaus
Why
What
Where
Functional Bureaus
When
POLAD Reserve Corps
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POLAD Reserve Corps
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• The POLAD Reserve Corps is a cadre of experienced
  State Department officers, drawn from both the
  Foreign Service and Civil Service, who volunteer
  to be available for deployment to provide
  regional and functional expertise to U.S.
  military forces on short-term operational
  missions, exercises and other activities.
• Operates outside of Chief of Mission authority
  reports directly to a military commander
• Provides foreign policy advice and support
• Liaises with the Chief of Mission, Main State,
  and others, as appropriate

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Essential Elements of a Request
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• Who
• Level/Grade
• Number
• Desired experience/background
• When
• Planning conferences
• Execution
• Where
• Virtual, CONUS, or OCONUS
• Regional travel required?
• Available logistics lodging, transportation
• Required training

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Essential Elements of a Request
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• What
• Expectation management What will the State
  participants actually do?
• Exercise developer, controller, or player?
• State liaison, Chief of Mission coordinator, SME,
  policy advisor?
• Who are they responsible to?
• DoD or State funded TDY
• Why
• Exercise info
• Why should State want to participate?

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State Limitations
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• Manpower
• State does not have the depth of personnel to
  support every request, particularly for
• POLAD-level Senior Foreign Service Officers
• HDLD desk officers
• Funding
• Plan on funding all TDY costs for any request of
  State support
• By exception, State Bureaus may provide funding
  depending on the level of State interest and
  importance

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State POCs
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• PM/ISO
• Lt Col Greg Barnhart, [phone],
  BarnhartGA_at_state.gov
• STRATCOM, TRANSCOM, JFCOM, SOCOM
• Maj Andrew Brinkman, [phone],
  BrinkmanAD_at_state.gov
• EUCOM, AFRICOM, CENTCOM
• SMSgt Chuck Hollings, [phone],
  HollingsCL_at_state.gov
• PACOM, NORTHCOM, SOUTHCOM
• S/CRS
• Mr Matt Cordova, [phone],
  CordovaMA_at_state.gov
• S/CRS Civilian-Military Unit

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Questions?
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• Lt Col Greg Barnhart
• Office of International Security Operations
• Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
• Department of State
• BarnhartGA_at_state.gov
• BarnhartGA_at_state.sgov.gov
• [phone]

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