Army Network Centric Operations and Warfare: Putting Power to the Edge

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Army Network Centric Operations and
WarfarePutting Power to the Edge
MILCOM 2003 Transformational Strategies Panel

• LTG Steven W. Boutelle
• CIO/G-6
• 16 October 2003

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Evolving IT War Fight A Changed Paradigm
Yesterday..
.Tomorrow
Contiguous Areas of Operations
Linear Operations
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Driving the C4 Evolution

• Emerging Strategic Environment
• Enhanced Nationalism Rejection of the West
• Ungoverned groups terrorism
• Readily available information technology
• Technological acceleration
• Unstable power balances

Information Age (R)evolution
1977 1987
1997 2007
Main Mini- Personal
Network Ubiquitous Frame Computing
Computers Computing Computing
From 1989-1999, there were 38 US military
deployments ..about once every 14 weeks
Just Cause Provide Comfort


Allied Force Enduring Freedom
Network-Centric Information Advantage
The two truly transforming things, conceivably,
might be in information technology and
information operation and networking and
connecting things in ways that they function
totally differently than they had previously.
- Secretary Rumsfeld, Aug 2001

• Information
• Quality
• Content
• Accuracy
• Timeliness
• Relevance

Network Centric Operations The Way Ahead
Local Regional Global
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Exploiting Lessons Learned
Joint COP
Air Force COP since Circa 1948 - Thousands of
Aircraft
BDE COP 2003
LDOCS
OEF/OIF
MCO 2

• Validating the process
• Scale and Improve product for IBCT

DCX 2
DCX 1
Satellite Based FBCB2
ELB
Army/USMC Integration at BDE/BN
JCF AWE Sep 00
Navy COP since Circa 1990s - Hundreds of Ships
and Aircraft
Circa June 1997 CSA Decision Digitize III Corp

• EMPRS
• Dismounted Soldier
• Light TOCS

Prairie Warrior May 98
DAWE Nov 97

• Land Warrior 200X

Grenadier Brat and A2C2
Army COP since 2003 - Tens of Thousands of
Vehicles, Aircraft, Units, etc.
Task Force XXI Mar 97
Prairie Warrior May 96
Warrior Focus Fall 95
Demonstrated Light Warfighter Issues and
Digitization
Focused Dispatch Aug 95

• Mobile Strike Force
• Army After Next
• Strike Force

TMD Spring 95
Prairie Warrior May 95
Army bottom up approach took too long
Desert Hammer May 94
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Balkan Digitization System

• 500 Systems in Kosovo
• 71 in Bosnia
• Displayed in JointCOP Feb 2001!!!

Virtual PrivateNetwork
Germany
Kosovo
Bosnia
Camp Bondsteel Montieth
Tuzla Camp Mcgovern Camp Dobol
Macedonia
Camp Able Sentry
HQ USAREUR
Live at NTC JVB
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OEF BFT - CJTF 180 Command Center

• Servers, Projectors, etc
• Blue Force Tracking
• Avn Ground
• AH 64, CH 47, UH 60
• Soldiers - Grenadier Brat (GB)

Building the Joint Common Relevant Operational
Picture - CROP
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OIF Blue Force Tracking
Baghdad
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The Global Information Grid
Sustaining Base Home Station Operations Center
ISP
Joint Enterprise DISN GIG-BE GBS STEP/TELEPORT TC
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Joint Enterprise DISN GIG-BE GBS STEP/TELEPORT TC
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Army Knowledge Enterprise
Air Force Enterprise Architecture
FORCENet
GuardNET
ARNET
TRI-TAC MSE
WIN-T FCS JTRS
MCEN
ACUS-MOD
ACUS-MOD Army Common User System Modernization
DISN Defense Information Switched
Network JTRS Joint Tactical Radio System
GBS Global Broadcast System GIG-BE Global
Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion MSE Mobile
Subscriber Equipment
STEP Strategic Tactical Entrance
Point TCS Transformational Communication
System TRI-TAC Tri-Service Tactical
(Communications System)
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JBFSA Roles and Responsibilities
JFCOM
ARMY

• Oversight directive authority for FIOP IAW MID
  912
• Develop JBFSA Joint CONOPs, Joint Op Arch, IERs,
  TTPs, Joint MNS/ICD and ORD/CDD/CPD
• Coordinate Joint training

• Lead the JBFSA IPT
• Manage coordinate JBFSA efforts
• Develop JBFSA System Architectures - As-Is and
  Objective configurations
• Recommend improvements to interoperability
• Lead engineering efforts

AIR FORCE

• Lead FIOP efforts IAW JFCOM and USAF MOU
• Coordinate picture efforts

SERVICES, SOCOM

• Participate in all aspects of JBFSA
• Acquisition of Service-specific JBFSA equipment
  (maintain Title 10 authority)

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Army IT Transformational Accomplishments to Date

• Established Network Enterprise and Technology
  Command - (NETCOM)
• Created Integrated Theater Signal Battalions and
  Tactical Installation Networking Companys
• Merged ARNG (GuardNet) and USAR (ARNet) with
  Army Strategic Networks (under NETCOM) USAR MOA
  June 03/NGB MOA Sept 03
• Merging AC and RC Network Operations Centers for
  Integrated AC/RC NETOPS In planning stage
• Implementing Army Knowledge Management via Army
  Knowledge Online single Army Knowledge Portal
• Rapidly fielded Blue Force Tracking capability
  for OEF/OIF moving quickly towards Joint Common
  Operational Picture Expanding Globally Across
  Army JROC ..Army Lead Service - June 03

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This is Not Just About Technology
Global Terrorist Incidents 1968-1997 8509 (20
Years) 1998-2003 7053 (6 Years)
OCT 23, 1983 Marine Barracks 242 Marines killed

• Al QaidaIslamic Jihad
• Hamas
• Hisbollah
• Palestine Liberation Front
• Etc., Etc.

Aug 7 1998 U.S. Embassies In East Africa 54
killed 5000 Injured
Oct 12, 2000 USS Cole 17 Sailors killed 39 Injured

• Trained and Educated Phds, Engineers,
  technicians
• Highly Dedicated

Sept 11, 2001 WTC/Pentagon 3000 killed
thousands more injured
335 Terrorist Attacks Worldwide Since 9-11
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Questions?
LTG Steven W. BoutelleCIO/G-6
Signal Symposium 2002
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