Maj Gen Catton's Welcome Remarks

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Worldwide Joint Training and Scheduling
Conference 2006-1
RADM Richard J. Mauldin Director, Operational
Plans and Joint Force Development (J-7) The Joint
Staff
28 March 2006
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Overview

• Welcome
• Chairmans Guidance
• Joint Learning Continuum
• Conference Objectives
• Expectations

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Welcome Remarks

• My thanks to.
• The National Guard Professional Education
  Center, our host for the WJTSC 06-1, the 5th year
  they have supported this key event
• The USJFCOM/JWFC for their support to the
  Chairman in conducting the WJTSC 06-1
• Combatant Commands, Combat Support Agencies, the
  Services, OSD the National Guard, and the
  Department of Homeland Security 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 Learning Continuum
• Enhance the Joint Training System
• Participate fully in the TIM2 Construct
• Design, develop, and publish the Next Generation
  UJTL

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Joint Learning 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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Joint Learning Continuum
Performing
Learning
Education
Certification
Familiarization
Execution
Individual Training
Individual Preparation
Self Development
Joint Duty
Integrated and disciplined preparation to defined
performance standards
Mission Ready
Experience
Staff Training
Joint Operations
Collective Preparation
Unit Training
Collective Training
Qualification
Indoctrination
Validation
Time
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The Challenge
UCP
DOD Directive 1322.18
Training Transformation Strategic Plan

Joint Learning Continuum
CJCSI 3500.01 JTPG
DRRS
Training FCB
TIM2
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
• Update the Joint Community on current
  actions/initiatives ongoing with T2, the Joint
  Learning Continuum, the Next Generation JTIMS,
  the future UJTL, and DRRS linkage
• Provide a forum to resolve joint training issues
  
• Establish a plan of action and milestones to
  resolve remaining joint training issues
• Provide update on current Due Outs/Deliverables

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Expectations

• What you can expect
• Issue-oriented status briefs on JTS, JTIMS,
  UJTL, DRRS, JLLP, and from JFCOM, CJCS lead agent
  for joint training
• Combatant Commands, Combat Support Agencies
  and Services top 3-5 joint training issues
• What we expect to come away with
• A framework for fixing the shortfalls in joint
  training individual, staff, collective and
  component command levels
• A gameplan how training enablers (JTIMS, JNTC,
  UJTL, JKDDC, etc.) evolve to support emerging
  Joint Training Requirements
• A conceptual framework for the Future JTS
• Your ideas on how to align CJCS Exercise Program
  and the JTS to better support GWOT, HD, T2, the
  CJCS, and the Combatant Commanders