Joint Warfighter Support

Abstract

There are five primary functions in Joint Warfighter Support (MD03): (1) CCMD support, including United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM); (2) Joint Staff engagement; (3) Military Services engagement; (4) current operations support; and (5) Warfighter training support. CCMD engagement entails: supporting the WIP; assisting Warfighters with the annual BMDS Prioritized Capabilities List (PCL) and Modification and Fielding Request List (MFRL); sharing information and knowledge with CCMDs to help develop common BMDS operational procedures; coordinating with USSTRATCOM regarding the Operations Forces Standing Committee (OFSC) and Departmental Corporate Boards (e.g., the Missile Defense Executive Board); supporting Assistants to the Director (ATDs) and Liaison Officers (LNOs) in communication with CCMD staffs on BMDS capabilities and deployments; supporting Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense (JFCC-IMD) integration efforts; and coordinating the CCMD inquiries into RFA/RFIs. In FY 2015, CCMD engagement activities supporting Warfighter operational support; Geographic Combatant Command (GCC) engagement, integration, and synchronization; MDA senior leadership engagement with GCCs; and wargames and exercise support will transfer from budget project MD03 to budget project MT03. Joint Staff engagement support entails: facilitating and coordinating Joint Staff interactions with the MDA; responding to BMDS capability delivery process inquiries and transition and transfer actions from the Military Services; maintaining daily, strategic-level interfaces with the Joint Staff; providing critical information required to plan for fielding and operation of BMDS capabilities; and coordinating Joint Staff inquiries into RFA/RFIs. Military Services engagement entails: facilitating and coordinating the Service Boards of Directors (BODs); supporting the BMDS capability delivery process and transition and transfer to the Military Services; establishing and updating annexes for transitioned and transitioning BMDS capabilities; maintaining daily, strategic-level interfaces with the Military Services to provide critical information required to plan for the delivery, fielding, and operation of Lead Service BMDS capabilities; and coordinating Military Service inquiries into RFA/RFIs. The current operations support function entails: operating the MDA Operations Support Center (OSC) on a 24/7 basis; staffing and operating two MDA Operations Centers (MOCs) in VA and in AL five days per week; serving as the office of primary responsibility for MDA participation in the BMDS asset management (BAM) scheduling and execution process; collecting and reporting BMDS operational availability and readiness data; leading the MDA operations support task force to support real-world contingencies, crisis events, and exercises; and leading the staffing and processing of Warfighter RFA/RFIs. Warfighter training support entails: providing technical and programmatic updates on BMD systems; providing Missile Defense Space Warning tool (MDST) support; coordinating Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) training; coordinating Distributed Multi-Echelon Training System (DMETS) and other BMD training; and developing the BMDS Handbook.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2016
• Source ID: MD03_0603898C_4_0400_PB_2016

Tags

Readers

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

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Space