Joint Warfighter Support

Abstract

The Joint Warfighter Support budget project (MD03) is comprised of three primary responsibilities: Wargames and Exercises, Warfighter Operational Support, and Warfighter Strategic Integration. Wargames and Exercises Functions: -Support the Warfighter in planning and conducting worldwide Wargames and Exercises in support of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) development and fielding. -Enable the Warfighter to define, test, and deploy, and employ new missile defense capabilities. -Support the Joint Functional Component Commander for Integrated Missile Defense BMDS Table Top Exercise(s) to facilitate the Global Missile Defense Capability and to refine the European Capability Concept of Operations through low fidelity demonstration modeling simulations and MDA coordination. -Examine current and future BMDS operational capabilities for geographical and strategic Combatant Commands. Warfighter Operational Support Functions: -Provide direct planning and integration support, including travel, for all Geographic Combatant Command Senior Leadership engagements by the MDA. -Support requirements for exercises, wargames, planning and technology conferences. -Support the Geographical Combatant Commands (GCCs) in Warfighter Involvement Process (WIP) activities to generate the Prioritized Capabilities List (PCL), Achievable Capabilities List (ACL) and the Modification and Fielding Request List (MFRL). -Provide Huntsville MDA Operational Center (HMOC) Contingency Operational Support for MDA Executive Leadership. The Warfighter Strategic Integration part of MD03 is comprised of four primary functions: (1) Geographic Combatant Commander Support; (2) Joint Staff, Military Service, Strategic Command (STRATCOM), Northern Command (NORTHCOM), and Joint Functional Component Command (JFCC) Integration; (3) Current Operations Support; (4) BMDS Training and Education. (1) Geographic Combatant Commander Support The Warfighter Strategic Integration Directorate is responsible for interfacing with Geographic Combatant Commands (GCCs) for BMDS capabilities delivered and for assessing MDA`s ability to provide current and future capabilities to meet war fighting needs. -The Warfighter Strategic Integration Directorate coordinates with the GCCs for asset management processes and assisting in planning, capability delivery and fielding assets as required -The Ground Test Execution Directorate interfaces with the Combatant Commands at US Pacific Command (PACOM), US European Command (EUCOM), and US Central Command (CENTCOM) -Provides operational readiness reporting in accordance with United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Instructions on BMDS assets -Synchronize the execution of Warfighter Operational and Sustainment Requirements -Maintain BMDS Configuration Control through the positive control of test, development, and operational activities in accordance with USSTRATCOM Instruction 538-1 and approved configuration documentation -Provide Asset Management training and support in response to Warfighter requirements -Manage the MDA process for responding to Warfighting Requests for Analysis and Requests for Information (RFA/RFI) (2) Joint Staff, Services and Combatant Commander Integration The Developer-Warfighter Interface continues to be critically important for the effective and efficient fielding of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) capabilities worldwide. To this end, the Warfighter Interface Integration Directorate maintains a Joint Staff, Service and Combatant Commander integration responsibility resulting in major functions, products, and tasks which focus on cross-Departmental initiative (such as the transition of BMDS Elements to the Services and emergency deployments of BMDS capabilities), and cross-Departmental Corporate Boards; Enable Joint Staff and Service collaboration on BMDS issues by providing strategic level interfaces from the MDA, to the Military Services, Combatant Commanders (COCOMs), the Joint Staff, and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (OSD (P)). (3) Current Operations Support The Warfighter Strategic Integration Directorate provides around the clock BMDS Operations Support to Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Warfighter stakeholders, Combatant Commander staffs, Functional Component Commands and military units. Current operations support includes but is not limited to: maintaining the MDA Operations Support Center at the Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center (MDIOC) at Schriever AFB, CO 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and the MDA Mission Operations Center at MDA Headquarter 5 days per week, 16 hours per day; maintain the Integrated Scheduling Tool (IST) to include the planning and execution of scheduled maintenance, upgrades and testing using the Asset Management System; maintaining strict control of BMDS architecture configurations consistent with the Operations Capacity Baseline and Event Owner needs as properly scheduled; the measurement and accounting of BMDS Operational Availability, Equipment Readiness Rates and Warfighter Availability through the execution of BMDS Operational Readiness Reporting System (BORRS); reporting Commanders Critical Information Requirements as defined by MDA leadership; maintaining a current and accurate BMDS Handbook; and readiness to support Warfighter Exercises or Real World Contingencies on short notice; Manage the MDA process for responding to Warfighter Requests for Analysis and Requests for Information (RFA/RFI); Perform BMDS Strategic Planning in concert with Joint Functional Component Command Integrated Missile Defense (JFCC IMD); Provide Geographic Combatant Command (GCC) Asset Management Training and staff augmentation as required. (4) BMDS Training and Education This activity develops and maintains BMDS Training and Education at the system level that is not conducted by the Services. The training focuses on how the elements of the BMDS interact in the joint environment and what is needed to employ those individual elements effectively as an integrated BMDS. A key part of this activity includes developing and updating BMDS educational courses and conducting education and training of select BMDS stakeholders, staffs and organizations on emerging BMDS capabilities development. As new BMDS capabilities are transitioned to the field, upgrades and improvements will be incorporated to maintain the requisite level of training. Joint Warfighter Support acts as the Agency coordination element to provide Executive secretarial support to Operational Forces Standing Committee as required and coordinate Agency internal coordination for the Warfighter Involvement Process (including Primary Capability List/Modification and Fielding Request List element workups).

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: MD03_0603898C_4_0400_PB_2014

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• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
• Missile Defense Systems.