Maj Gen Catton's Welcome Remarks

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Worldwide Joint Training Conference 2004
Maj Gen Jack J. Catton Director, Operational
Plans and Joint Force Development (J-7) Joint
Staff
31 August 2004
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Welcome Remarks

• My thanks to.
• The National Guard Professional Education
  Center, our host for the WJTC 04, the 3d year
  they have supported this key event
• The USJFCOM/JWFC for their support to the
  Chairman in conducting the WJTC
• Combatant Commands, Combat Support Agencies, the
  Services, OSD and the National Guard for
  attending and adding their collective wisdom to
  improving joint training and readiness
• All the officers, enlisted and civilians who
  work behind the scenes to make this a world class
  training conference
• Transformation is now a way of life in DOD
  Concepts, Ideas, Processes, Organizations,
  Training, Readiness and Programs
• I challenge you all to help us transform joint
  training to make our Joint Force even better and
  more lethal than it is today

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Chairmans Guidance

• Vision
• Everyone required to conduct military operations
  will be trained, under realistic conditions and
  to exacting standards, prior to execution of
  those operations. People selected for joint
  assignments will be trained prior to reaching
  their duty location.
• Goals
• Broaden Joint training focus and link to
  readiness assessment
• Build an integrated live, virtual and
  constructive training environment
• Implement Training Transformation tasks to
  support DOD Strategy
• Implement the Joint Training Continuum
• Enhance the Joint Training System
• Participate fully in the TIM2 Construct
• Design, develop, and publish the Next Generation
  UJTL

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Conference Theme
The Future Joint Training Continuum
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Joint Training Continuum
General
Specialized
Mission Rehearsal
Certification
Familiarization
L E A R N I N G
Education
Individual Training
Preparation
Operations
Integrated and disciplined preparation to defined
performance standards
Collective Training
Execution
Staff Training
Experience
Qualification
Indoctrination
Validation
Time
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Expectations

• You will receive information, updates and status
  briefs on T2, TC AoA, DRRS, JLLP, the Joint
  Training FCB, Joint CBRNE Capability Team support
  to Combatant Commanders
• You will receive Combatant Commands and Combat
  Support Agencies top 3-5 joint training issues
• You will participate in one of three focused
  Breakout Groups the heart and sole of this
  WJTC
• Breakout Group 1 Joint Training Enablers
• Breakout Group 2 Joint Training Requirements at
  the Individual, Staff and Component Level
• Breakout Group 1 JFCOM Role as CJCS lead for
  Joint Training, the Joint Force Integrator, and
  Joint Force Provider
• Get to the issues, determine the inhibitors,
  enablers, desired capabilities
• Develop a Plan of Action and Milestones to
  address the issues focus on the How To not
  the What is
• Your ideas are needed, we need to know what we
  must do to enhance your warfighting capability
  through joint training

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Outcomes

• A framework for fixing the shortfalls in joint
  training individual, staff, collective and
  component command levels
• How are combatant command Joint Training
  Requirements linked to service component commands
  
• How should training enablers (JTIMS, JRAT, UJTL,
  AoA etc.) evolve to support emerging Joint
  Training Requirements
• How should the JTS support Plans and Readiness
• Establish the foundation/framework for the
  Future JTS
• Align CJCS Exercise Program and the JTS to
  better support T2, the CJCS, and the Combatant
  Commanders

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Warrior Spirit
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who
points out how the strong men stumbled, or where
the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in
the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat
and blood who strives valiantly, who knows in
the end the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while
daring greatly, so that his place shall never be
with those cold and timid souls who know neither
victory nor defeat. Theodore
Roosevelt Police Commissioner, NYPD
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Overview

• Welcome
• Chairmans Guidance
• Conference Theme
• Conference Objectives
• Expectations
• Outcomes

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Joint Training Continuum
Vision
The Armed Forces of the United States,
individuals, staffs, and units, continuously
trained to standard and certified ready to
execute the integrated application of Joint Force
capabilities.
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The Challenge
UCP
DOD Directive 1322.18
Training Transformation Strategic Plan

Joint Training Continuum
CJCSI 3500.01 JTPG
DRRS
TC AoA
Training FCB
JNTC
JKDDC
JAEC
OPMEP JPME
Joint Lessons Learned
JTS
UJTL
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Conference Objectives

• Provide the Combatant Commands a forum to present
  their joint training requirements and issues
• Provide a forum for OSD, Joint Staff, JFCOM and
  others to update/inform the joint community on
  joint training issues, initiatives and on-going
  programs
• Update the Joint Community on current
  actions/initiatives ongoing with T2, DRRS and TC
  AoA
• Provide a forum to resolve joint training issues
• Establish a plan of action and milestones to
  resolve remaining joint training issues