USDELMC Overview Brief

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NATO
US MILITARY REPRESENTATIVE TO NATO Information
Exchange In Coalition Operations From Guarding
to Sharing 1 June 2006 LtGen Ed Hanlon, USMC
OTAN
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EUROPE 1945 - 1990
Threat
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Cold War Comms

• Static
• Robust
• Redundant
• Oriented on territorial defense
• More military than civilian
• Heavy reliance on message traffic (TARE, AUTODIN,
  etc)
• Some data comms
• Survivable against extreme challenges (EMP, EW)

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ARTICLE V
11 Sep 01 12 Sep 01
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Kosovo Operation
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Current ACE Operations
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2006 A Year of Transition Operation Enduring
Freedom (OEF)andThe International Security
Assistance Force (ISAF)

• ISAF Stages 3 and 4
• Increased role of NATO / ISAF in Afghanistan
• Increased need for communications and
  coordination between OEF and ISAF

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Technical Result

• Need for Greater Integration of ISAF and OEF
  Communications
• Need for increased information exchange

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2 Aspects

• Technical Aspect
• Policy Aspect
• Policy is harder than technics

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Information Releasability

• US to OEF Coalition
• OEF Coalition to ISAF
• NATO to ISAF
• ISAF to OEF Coalition

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Examples

• Situational Awareness Locations
• Intelligence
• Special Operations

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Post Cold War NATO Comms

• Still redundant and robust
• Covering greater distances
• Deployable
• More civilian, less military
• Reach back capacity
• More data, less voice
• Video

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Challenge Will We Remain Ready? Will We Stay
Ahead?

• What will the world look like in 5, or 10, or 15
  years?
• How can communications and technology help meet
  these challenges?
• How can AFCEA influence the technological
  developments demanded by future developments?

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NATO Future CommsSome Ideas

• Light
• Mobile
• Quick to install
• Hand held
• More nodesplug and play
• Voice, data, VTCall in one small and light
  package

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US MILITARY REPRESENTATIVE TO NATO Information
Exchange In Coalition Operations From Guarding
to Sharing 1 June 2006 LtGen Ed Hanlon, USMC