Defense Threat Reduction Agency: Joint Training System

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Defense Threat Reduction Agency Joint Training
System Agency Initiatives

• Ms. Linda Qassim
• Lt Col Craig Hess
• Mr. John Mafnas
• Mr. Kurt Heinz

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AGENDA

• Internal Exercise Programs
• White Cell Development
• AMETL Development

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Internal Exercise Programs

• MIGHTY ARCHER (MA) exercise series
• Evaluate AMETs not exercised in COCOM exercises
• Culminating event executes annually
• Use SLS or TTX, CPX or FTX as build-up training
  events
• Agency Readiness Preparedness Exercise Program
  (ARPEP)
• A minimum of one per quarter
• Seminar, workshop or small TTX format
• Also serves as a build-up to MA culminating event
• Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercises (EDRE)
• No-notice event to exercise readiness to deploy
• Focus on DTRA deployable teams

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White Cell Development

• Decision to have internal exercises requires
  development of an exercise control group
• Requires simulation of multiple facets across
  federal, state, and local organizations for
  realism
• Approach requires budget line for outreach, TDY,
  and infrastructure

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The Challenge An Example
NORTHCOM
USSTRATCOM
NSC
OSD
DNI
JS
NRC
FBI
DHS
DOJ
DOT
SIMULATION CELLS
EPA
CBP
DOE
LNOs
JTF
TRAINING AUDIENCE
Police
OPS CENTER
CAT (Level I-III)
SITE WEST
EUROPE
SOUTH EAST
SUPPORT CELLS
OBSERVER CONTROLLERS
IT CELL
LOG CELL
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AMETL Development

• Robust series of individual workshops and
  meetings from Feb through Sep every year This
  process works!
• Written business rules with responsibilities and
  deliverables known in advance No surprises!
• Periodic progress reports delivered to Enterprise
  and Directorate level leadership Engaged
  leadership!
• Aggressive outreach to COCOMs for command
  linkages through visits and LNO participation
  We go to them!
• Introduced in 2010 DTRA subordinate units
• Deployable teams considered subordinate units
  with their own METL Structure will be built
  within DRRS
• Possibility now exists for deployable teams to
  build their own JTP within JTIMS We are
  exploring this concept

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Summary

• Internal Exercise Program
• Stable schedule crawl, walk, run approach
• White Cell Development
• Very challenging requires outreach and budget
• AMETL Development
• Subordinate units introduced separate JTPs
  possible

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Defense Threat Reduction Agency Joint Training
System Agency Initiatives

• Questions?