COCOM Exercise Engagement and Training Transformation (CE2T2)

Abstract

These programs are part of a coordinated effort to develop and deploy capabilities for rapidly linking and integrating Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) forces for Services, Combatant Commanders (COCOMs), coalition, and other government agencies. These programs will create a realistic battlespace environment in which to train as a Joint Warfighting force to meet emerging mission requirements including the Long War. These investments support the Secretary of Defense’s (SECDEF) Commanders Exercise and Engagement Training Transformation (CE2T2) initiative to enable and enhance Joint Warfighting readiness by training as we intend to fight. The elements associated with this coordinated effort consist of: - Joint National Training Capability (JNTC) - Joint Innovative Training Methods & Tools (JITMT) - Joint Simulation Systems (JSS) - Irregular Warfare Functional Training Capability (IW) - Joint Knowledge Development & Distribution Capability (JKDDC) - U.S. Forces Korea Training & Exercise Support (USFK) - Immersive Trainer - Air Force JNTC JNTC: Initially established in 2003, JNTC continues to develop and integrate Advanced Training Technologies into a seamless Joint training environment. JNTC establishes the overarching Joint framework and context necessary for COCOMs and Services to achieve a Joint training environment through an integrated network of training sites and nodes. JNTC provides the common standards, architecture, and development processes required to link Joint training programs. By leveraging existing training programs or initiating specific actions, JNTC is developing credible opposing force capabilities and expanded access to assets typically unavailable to the training audience by developing and integrating modeled and simulated representations of these capabilities. This furthers the integration of Joint training objectives into Service training events, while capturing the objective data necessary to provide a complete and accurate after action review. This program develops and enhances current and future Joint training enterprise capabilities. JITMT: This effort provides innovative acquisition strategy to foster reuse of data, software and components to support a modular joint training system toolkit and reduce the cost of training. JITMT also has a component that reengineer’s joint training for more effective learning in realistic environments, enables individual and collective training and mission rehearsal through performance based learning in virtual, gaming and mixed reality environments and develops efficient next generation agile architectures and common standards that provide flexibility and adaptability as required by the CCJO and next generation training strategy. These efforts increase warfighter Joint training capabilities with improved constructive simulations and streamlined acquisition processes, leveraging industry training methodologies and technologies to provide on-demand Joint training tailorable to COCOM requirements for Joint Task Force headquarters staffs and individuals. JSS: This effort provides warfighters with enhanced Joint Live, Virtual, and Constructive (JLVC) based training capabilities resident in the Joint Force Trainer Toolkit (JFTT). The JFTT is a set of training enablers, and “certified systems” that are interoperable and acceptable for usage within the Joint training environment. The JFTT is a one-stop shop that enables Services, COCOMs, Agencies and Coalition partners to deliver trained, capable, and interoperable Joint Forces. IW: This research and development effort closes training gaps at the tactical and operational level and ensures our General Purpose Forces (GPF) receive immersive, pre-deployment training equal to that provided to Special Forces. This effort researches, develops and integrates human terrain/cueing/profiling training, enhanced and distributed interagency team training, cultural awareness training, mixed reality training, and distributed training technologies that enhance IW training for GPF. As part of a national effort, IW will integrate and leverage Joint, Service, Interagency and academic initiatives for improving ground combat performance of small unit individuals, leaders and teams in the operating environment-focusing on the hybrid threat-to avoid duplication of efforts can achieve integration and synergy. JNTC IW integrates human, cultural and social science subject matter experts, establishing laboratory and training facilities with access to urban live fire, and maneuver training facilities and civilian population centers. Develop rapid reach back and reach forward mechanisms to convert current operational practices into training practices, and by providing state of the art simulations on par with aviation and maritime simulation and training capabilities. JKDDC: Develop a Joint Individual Training Toolkit of web enabled individual and small group training products and services. Products and services developed in response to JKDDC stakeholder (COCOMs, Services, and Combat Support Agencies) prioritized training requirements. JKDDC supports a career-long joint learning continuum, joint professional military education and tailored common training standards to Service members for tasks that are jointly executed, resulting in trained, capable, and interoperable joint forces. This supports advanced technology development and enhancement for the Joint Advanced Distributive Learning training community. JKDDC advanced technology initiatives principally include the Virtual Cultural Awareness Training (VCAT) web-based gaming and Small Group Scenario Trainer (SGST), both accessible via the Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) Learning Management System. This capability facilitates the training and preparation of tens of thousands of military and civilian personnel deployed to combat theaters of operation prior to serving in their assigned Joint Task Force (JTF) billets. Specifically, VCAT supports one of the top three identified training shortcomings of returning warriors from United States Central Command (CENTCOM) based JTF cultural awareness training. JTF ‘battle staffs’ will be adequately trained warriors, as individuals and the staffs collectively based on SGST development and overcoming existent training inadequacies for joint warriors. USFK: This program will develop a Jointly Accredited and Supported Modeling & Simulation federation of constructive simulations capable of satisfying all joint exercise training requirements in the Korean Theater of Operations that is interoperable with the Republic of Korea developed Korean Simulation System. This solution will be capable of interoperating in a common battlespace that realistically represents the operating environment to all levels of training audiences, tactical to strategic, in Korean theater exercises. While supporting USFK’s specific requirements, this solution will contain enhancements that will benefit all users of the JLVC. Immersive Trainer: As part of the Department of Defense’s shift to building Irregular Warfare (IW) capability and recognizing the percentage of casualties taken in close combat will support development of infantry immersive training simulators as part of a broader national effort for small unit excellence. While highlighted by the need to adapt simulation now to IW demands, the value of enhanced infantry small unit immersive simulation will contribute to small unit proficiency and survival across the range of military operations, from irregular to conventional. Air Force JNTC: Supports the SECDEF's Transformation in Training/Joint National Training Capability (JNTC). Develops capabilities that integrate live, virtual, and constructive elements into a seamless joint training environment. Using a scientific and phased approach and focusing on modeling air and space capabilities, researches new technologies and methods that provide a crucial technology-based fondation supporting all JNTC operations.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: 0804767D8Z_6_0400_PB_2012
• Change Summary Explanation: 1. Efficiencies: Eliminates 4 of the 15 Joint Force Trainer functions: joint intelligence training/standards; joint forces intelligence school; field assessment of joint fires training; and training on selected joint fires issues. Reduces the remaining Joint Force Trainer functions by 38 percent, and reduces Special Operations Command Joint Force Command (SOCJFCOM) by 30 percent. Eliminates the Joint Task Force Headquarters Readiness (JTF HQ) function. 2. Agile Software Capability Intervention (ASCI) $1.200 - The ASCI is a process and development activity that provides a distributed testbed solution to the complex software development in the Modeling & Simulation (M&S) domain. Focus is on the JLVC federation and requirements to represent the federation on an Enterprise level in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). In addition, ASCI principles are applied to process and development activities to provide database initialization solution for complex software development in the M&S domain. Focus is on the Joint Rapid Scenario Generation requirements to represent the capability on an Enterprise level in a SOA. Provides subject matter expertise, rapid reconfiguration laboratory assessment and certification of distributed test bed, products, and documentation review supporting productivity enhancements through use of ASCI in the Joint Training Environment. The ASCI project will focus on 30-day development sprints culminating in deliberate distributed test events supported by the Joint Advanced Training Technology Laboratory (JATTL). The outcome of this effort will result in demonstratable events in the JATTL using the new SOA JLVC federation supporting Political, Military, Economic, Information, and Infrastructure capability. 3. Integrated Analysis Environment $2.000 - Provides enhanced joint training capability for the Home Station Training Program. Supports virtual worlds concept and distributed units in a LVC synthetic training environment. Integrate future immersive training capabilities into the joint operational environment. Builds upon USJFCOM M&S vision through development of an implementation plan and proof of concept demonstration. Supports J7 move towards Service construct (freeform type training) and Unified Agile Architecture. Consolidates and aligns USJFCOM Modeling and Stimulation Support Activities including Training, Exercises, Mission Rehearsal, Mission Planning, Experimentation and Rapid Scenario Generation. 4. Playas Training and Research Center (PTRC) Joint Training Experiment $3.200 - PTRC Joint Training Experiment provides a platform for training, evaluation and/or certification of Active and Reserve Component joint formations in intergovernmental and interagency missions. Integrate with JNTC architecture and standards. Adapt and enhance PTRC capabilities to meet the evolving needs of Active and Reserve Component joint formations in intergovernmental and interagency missions. Enhance government infrastructure capability at PTRC. Become an accredited, integral component of the Joint Training Environment (JTE) and provide dedicated program management and coordination with research institutions and JTE representatives. Monitor execution, perform analysis, conduct tests and establish transition strategy and support. Partnership between New Mexico Tech, New Mexico State University (NMSU) and White Sands Missile Range (WSMR).
• Service Agency Name: Office of Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Counter WMD
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Force
• Civilian Personnel
• Combatant Commanders
• Department Of Defense
• Distance Learning
• Financial Management
• Military Education
• Military Science
• Prototypes
• Simulators
• Software Development
• Students
• Tactical Training
• Test And Evaluation
• Unified Combatant Commands
• United States Central Command
• Warfare

Readers

• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
• Military Training and Readiness Simulation

Technology Areas

• Space