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Sounding off about the Army Service Uniform
The U.S. Army wants YOU to Sound Off about your Army Service Uniform.
In an effort lead by U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, a survey site has been developed to get feedback from the field about the Army Service Uniform. This survey is for all Soldiers, and you must have AKO access to participate.
The ASU survey is part of the Army's effort to solicit continuous feedback on the equipment it provides to the Soldier. The feedback gathered by the survey will be used to determine possible adjustments or improvements that can be made to the ASU.
The survey site officially launches Sept. 17, 2012 and will remain active until Oct. 9, 2012, so make sure to take the time to offer your input and make your voice heard.
The following are links to the survey:
1. CAC enforced
2. Non-CAC:
For more information, contact Doug Graham,703-704-4763 or Email.
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Social Media Spotlight
Soldier Suicide through a mother's perspective
Fort Benning TV concludes their three part series on suicide and how it affects others through their official YouTube page.
"After hearing from specialists and the command about Suicide Prevention, we turn our focus to how one soldier's actions can affect so many. In the conclusion to our suicide prevention series, Melissa Bell brings us the tragic story of one soldiers suicide from his mother's perspective."
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Doctrine 2015:
Delivering Doctrine to the
Point of Need
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Military Intelligence
This week in history Sept. 15, 1945
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Field Station Kagnew in Asmara, Eritrea, 1958.
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Sixty-seven years ago this week, the Army established the Army Security Agency. During World War II, control of communications intelligence collection assets had been split between the Signal Security Agency and the theater commanders. This arrangement had created significant problems, since it was impossible to neatly separate the tactical aspects of communications intelligence from the strategic ones. Consequently, on 15 September 1945, the Signal Security Agency was separated from the Signal Corps and became ASA, assuming command of all signals intelligence units, and personnel in the Army. The agency's primary collection assets were a number of large fixed field stations that stretched from the U.S. to Germany to Turkey and Africa to the Pacific. Supplementing these resources, smaller mobile formations operated from semi-fixed locations. Over the ensuing decade, ASA became the largest Army intelligence organization.
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Cone presents award, participates in Intelligence Senior Leadership
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VIDEO: Click on the image to watch and listen to Gen. Robert W. Cone's presentation during the Senior Intelligence Leadership Conference Tuesday morning. (Produced by Fort Huachuca Public Affairs Office)
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Gen. Robert W. Cone, commanding general of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, visited Fort Huachuca earlier this week to speak at the Intelligence Senior Leadership Conference and present a safety award.
Within minutes of landing at Libby Army Airfield on Monday afternoon, Cone presented Company E, 305th Military Intelligence Battalion, 111th MI Brigade, with the Lt. Gen. Allen M. Burdett Jr., Army Aviation Flight Safety Award for maintaining a pristine safety record for fiscal year 2011. First awarded in 1970, the Burdett award is presented annually to the Army aviation training unit, judged by TRADOC's commanding general, to have the most effective aircraft accident prevention program. During 2011, Company E, 305th MI Bn., had a perfect safety record. Cone not only presented the company with an award, but was also the first to present at the Intelligence Senior Leadership Conference Tuesday morning. During his presentation Cone discussed the modern-day complex war environment and the strategic levers that compel the United States to get involved in conflict. He said the U.S. Army's strength does not come from specialized teams, but its greatest strength lies in its platoons, companies, battalions and brigades. He said the Army needs to focus on "prevent, shape and win" as a war strategy with the main focus on preventing and shaping. The correct regional alignment of forces, culture and language training are methods of "preventing" and "shaping." The general also said the Army could not rely on a single type of brigade for warfare, citing the need of at least Stryker, infantry and armor brigades. He said the intelligence structure will have to be wired to support the brigade and division commands. On talking about the changing military, Cone described the Army's need to return to thinking about itself as being a profession. He described the Army as being a career, a "profession of arms" and said Soldiers should be going to schools and training to get both the education commensurate with their ranks and accountability training. Promotions, he said, should not be solely based on the need to maintain numbers. Cone cited the rank of captain as an example. "It should be about having professional captains, not about having enough captains," he said. The Army has developed standards, disciplines and values. Soldiers, especially those in leadership positions, need to live up to them, Cone said. He also explained the importance and need to return to mentorship, something he believes fell away during frequent deployments. "We've got the time to do it now. Deployments are not so quick. Somebody did it for you. We've got to provide guidance beyond the job. We've got to help design career paths and get Soldiers started on it." Cone said the Army is a standards- and doctrine-based Army. It is in the process of writing doctrine by using the best and brightest of its Soldiers to capture and document experiences with broad application so the Army can apply the experience of the past 11 years to the future. Cone said the Army is going to continue to reduce and restructure focusing on reducing redundancies. "The best Army in the world should have the best training in the world," he said, adding this includes both continued culture and language training. "Leaders will need to be adaptive. "TRADOC is a support command, and I'm here to support you. Thanks for what you do."
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Brig. Gen. Donald MacWillie, 1st Infantry Division deputy commanding general for support, talks about the background of the purple heart before awarding it to Sgt. Joshua Nunley, a section chief assigned to B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Aug. 17 here. Nunley's wife, Trista, son, Jacob, niece Jazmin and his mother-in-law, Libby attended the ceremony. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nathaniel Foster)
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"Attention to orders!" said 1st Lt. Miguel Arroliga, the human resource officer in charge assigned to 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery. "By orders of the President of the United States of America, the Purple Heart Medal, established by Gen. George Washington, is awarded to Sgt. Joshua Nunley; given under my hand at Fort Sill, Okla. this 17th day of August 2012, signed the honorable John McHugh, Secretary of the Army."
Before a crowd of fellow service members and Nunley's family, Brig. Gen. Donald MacWillie, 1st Infantry Division deputy commanding general for support, awarded the Purple Heart to the Soldier, a section chief assigned to B Battery, 2-18th FA at the battalion's war room. Nunley was wounded in action while conducting combat operations in a convoy May 22, 2010 in Gardez, Afghanistan.
He then served with A Battery, 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery at Fort Lewis, Wash., in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The unit's mission on the day of the attack was to help recover some Afghan troops and their vehicles, which were hit by an improvised explosive device. MacWillie and Command Sgt. Maj. Miguel Rivera, the 1st ID CSM, presented Nunley with a Purple Heart, as his wife, Trista, son, Jacob, and niece, Jazmin, stood beside him. "The medal is not an award Soldiers strive to earn, but I am grateful to have it presented to me before my family and fellow Soldiers," said Nunley.
"I was the gunner in a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle when a rocket-propelled grenade hit the vehicle's turret," said Nunley.
Luckily, he had his secondary weapon in the turret with him, which was the squad automatic weapon.
The RPG hit the butt stock of the weapon which took most of the blast, said Nunley.
After realizing the fact that he could have lost his life, he said it was the scariest moment in his life.
"I am glad that I am healthy and still living to receive it, said Nunley.
As for his family, the moment stirred various emotions.
"I am extremely proud of him," said his wife. "But wish he would have never had to get it."
Following the formal ceremony, MacWillie, as well as dozens of service members lined up to shake Nunley's hand.
"Just as an American citizen, I am extremely proud of him," said Libby Horn, Nunley's mother-in-law and a retired senior noncommissioned officer who was also in attendance.
"Joshua is a wonderful father, son and, he is my hero," said Horn.
His niece shared similar feelings of pride in her uncle.
"My uncle is my hero and a picture of him hangs in my school," said Jazmin.
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Check out the NEW online home of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command!
Be sure to check out TRADOC's new look at www.tradoc.army.mil, your link to the latest news throughout U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. The site provides an overview of TRADOC's top priorities as well as current command initiatives. The new look also provides access to other TRADOC Public Affairs products, including TRADOC This Week and TRADOC Daily News. |
Brig. Gen. Pete Utley, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command's deputy chief of staff for operations and training, consoles retired Navy Senior Chief Larry Sticklen, who lost his son in the attacks on September 11, during the 11th Annual Day of Remembrance and Hope ceremony at Gosnold Hope Park, Hampton, Va. (U.S. Army phto by Sgt. 1st Class Kelly Bridgwater)
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Photo Gallery: Basic Training at Fort Jackson
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TRADOC Trivia: This artifact comes from one of TRADOC's branch museums. Can you guess what this instrument was used for?
A. Determining latitude and longitude from stars.
B. Tracking weather balloons.
C. A prototype ambient light magnifying device.
D. An anti-tank laser.
E. It is the gun sight for the experimental T7 towed 90mm antitank gun.
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 Republic of Korea delegation visits TRADOC
A delegation of Soldiers from the Republic of Korea lead by Maj. Gen. Kim Geon Bai, Director of Training, (left) receive an overview of the Army Training Support Center from Col. Stanley Reedy (right), U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Capability Manager, at the ATSC Building Sept. 11. (U.S. Army photo by Christian Deluca)
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Program helps veterans get commercial drivers licenses
by Peter Bacque, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Military leaders, trucking company executives and government officials say the state's new program to make it easier for service members to get commercial driver's licenses helps veterans and the trucking industry.
"We have over 500 openings for truck drivers," said Rob Estes, president and CEO of Richmond-based Estes Express Lines, said Friday. "I cannot think of a better group to draw from to be truck drivers" than members of the U.S. military.
"This is a solution to a problem that, frankly, Washington has not been able to address adequately," said Rep. Eric Cantor, R-7th.
The unemployment rate among veterans is "disgraceful," Cantor said at an event Friday promoting the state's Troops to Trucks initiative at Estes' West Broad Street headquarters.
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has joined forces with the military and transportation-related businesses to put former servicemen and servicewomen, and members of the National Guard and reserves, to work in the transportation industry.
Through Virginia's first-in-the-nation program, DMV is making it easier for personnel trained by the military to operate heavy vehicles to obtain civilian commercial driver's licenses.
As a first step, DMV has certified the Army's Fort Lee and the Marine base at Quantico as third-party testers to train more personnel to operate commercial motor vehicles, and the Virginia National Guard is joining the program.
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Lt. Gen. David Perkins, commanding general of the Combined Arms Center, talks about the Army training strategy at the Combat Training Center Commanders Conference at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Col. (P) Mike Lundy, deputy commander of the Combined Arms Center for Training, is at the right. (U.S. Army photo by Mike Casey)
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The Combat Training Center Commanders Conference discussed how the Army will adjust live training events and exercises to respond to the post-Iraq and soon to be post-Afghanistan operational environments. Representatives from the Army, sister services and international partners met Sept. 5-6 to discuss a wide range of issues as the Army adapts its training strategy to meet future requirements. Lt. Gen. David Perkins, commanding general of the Combined Arms Center, opened the conference, saying the roles of the CTCs, home station training, the Army Force Generation cycle and other issues are interconnected. "We're talking about all these topics within the larger training strategy," Perkins said. He added that the training strategy also is connected to the Army's leader development strategy. One issue facing the Army is how to prepare Soldiers for future operations now that the war in Iraq is over and combat operations in Afghanistan are winding down. Col. Michael Barbee, director of the Combat Training Center Directorate, noted that Army warfighting doctrine requires forces to conduct Decisive Action -- simultaneous offensive, defensive, and stability operations--in Unified Land Operations. "The Army is determining the home station capabilities necessary for units to train to standard before they deploy to the CTCs for intense live training exercises," he said. "Live training at the CTCs uses the Decisive Action Training Environment to build challenging high-resolution exercises to develop adaptive leaders and versatile units." In future operations, units will face a dynamic hybrid threat consisting of conventional and irregular forces, terrorists, and criminal elements, which may or may not be unified. "That type of threat is the most complex and cannot be fully replicated in training at home station," Barbee said. "And because we expect funding to diminish as the troops redeploy from Afghanistan, we are also growing our ability to integrate both simulations and virtual training at the CTCs. This improves the overall quality and complexity of the training we provide at the CTCs, but at less cost than with live-only training."
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MP Corps to celebrate 71st anniversary, hold annual conference
by Martha Yoshica, Fort Leonard Wood Guidon
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U.S. Army Military Police Soldiers are scheduled to observe the 71st anniversary of the Military PoliceCorps Regiment Sept. 17-22 on post. The purpose of the week is to provide events that motivate, celebrate, exchange knowledge and pay tribute to those who have made significant contributions to the MP Corps. (U.S. Army photo by Michael Curtis)
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Fort Leonard Wood is scheduled to host the annual gathering of the U.S. Army's Military Police Soldiers from Sept. 17-22 on post.
This year marks the 71st anniversary of the U.S. Army Military Police Corps Regiment. The theme is "Balancing the Force for Decisive Action." "We have worked very hard this past year to modify the strategic narrative of our regiment," Brig. Gen. Mark Inch, U.S. Army Military Police School commandant said. "We must demonstrate to our Military Police force that there are no seams between policy and resourcing--that is a consistent message which is key to our approach and what we are doing." In addition to gathering lessons learned in support of current operations and to prepare the future force, the MP Corps Regiment will observe the anniversary with events that motivate, celebrate, exchange knowledge and pay tribute to those who have made significant contributions to the MP Corps. Military Police conduct policing, security, and detention operations across the range of military operations to support protection, to enable mobility, and to promote the rule of law. The three primary Military Occupational Specialties are: 31B, Military Police; 31D, Criminal Investigations; and 31E, Corrections Specialist. 2012 MP Corps Regiment 71st Anniversary key events calendar: * MP Regimental Golf Tournament, 10 a.m., Sept. 14, Piney Valley Golf Course * MP Warfighter Competition, Sept. 15-18 * MP Memorial Tribute, 7:45 a.m., Sept. 17, MP Memorial Grove * Military Police Regimental Association Vendor Displays, 1 to 5 p.m., Sept. 17 and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sept. 18, Nutter Field House * Start of 71-mile MP Regimental Run, 12 p.m., Sept. 17, Gammon Field * 4-Mile Regimental Run, 5 a.m., Sept. 18, Gammon Field * Regimental Senior Leaders Conference, Sept. 18-19 (by invitation only) * Warfighter Competition awards ceremony, 6 p.m., Sept. 18, Abrams Theater * Hall of Fame Induction, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sept. 21, Pershing Community Center * Hall of Fame Photo Hanging, 1:30-2 p.m., Sept. 21, John B. MaHaffey Museum Complex * MP Regimental Ball, 6 p.m., Sept. 22, Nutter Field House The MP Regimental Ball is scheduled to include special recognition and presentation of campaign medals to America's oldest known living Military Police Army veteran, Gene "Tex" Stephens who was inducted into the Army January 1941, and served in World War II. Stephens conducted motorcycle escort services and other security duties for dignitaries including General Eisenhower, Frank Sinatra and President Franklin Roosevelt.
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3rd Chemical Brigade preps for Ranger school
by Patrick Buffett, Fort Lee Traveller
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2nd Lt. Sam Betar, CBRN BOLC student, balances a 40-pound weight on his head as part of the pre-Ranger school training. (U.S. Army photo by Melissa Buckley)
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Concealed in the darkness of Missouri's early morning hours, on a training area in the heart of Fort Leonard Wood, the Ranger Creed shatters the silence as it's roared by Soldiers longing to one day wear the prestigious Ranger tab. This is how the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School's Basic Officer Leader Course Soldiers, who are competing to attend Ranger School, start their mornings. "We run this program for a few reasons. One - to maintain a pool of Ranger-qualified CBRN officers to serve in 75th Ranger Regiment later in their careers; and two - to provide our best candidates additional training in small unit tactics and leadership to posture them for success as company grade officers in the operational force," said Maj. Peter Zappola, U.S. Army CBRN School Ranger Program coordinator. "In addition, we occasionally have permanent party Soldiers on Fort Leonard Wood, who received school slots from their units, participate in our program to get prepared." Zappola said currently there is one CBRN officer at each of the four Ranger Battalions in the Army and one at the 75th Ranger Regiment Headquarters. All of them are Ranger qualified. "They are recruited, assessed and selected by 75th Ranger Regiment once they are a first lieutenant or captain. By ensuring we have Ranger qualified CBRN officers available, the 75th Ranger Regiment will have a sufficient population from which to recruit potential Rangers," Zappola said. Zappola is Ranger qualified, meaning he graduated from the U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Ga.
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Kick, punch, slam: Soldiers learn Level II Army Combatives
by Robert Johnson, Fort Leonard Wood Guidon
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Level II Combatives students wrestle a suspect to the ground as part of the 3rd Chemical Bridage's training. The training elevates Soldiers' skills in combatives with more physical contact and is less restrictive than Level I training. (U.S. Army photo by Robert Johnson)
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Soldiers train on a daily basis to face combat, and when that combat is measured in inches, it's Army combatives that can mean the difference between success and failure on the battlefield.
"Combatives prepare Soldiers for combat on multiple levels," said Staff Sgt. Christopher Massey, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Chemical Brigade combatives instructor. "It teaches them techniques to use when they can't use their weapons, but more important, it teaches them to overcome their fears when faced with combat situations, whether that fear is hand-to-hand fighting, a firefight or just entering the unknown.".
Recently, 31 Soldiers from across the installation in a variety of jobs and units came together for 3rd Chemical Brigade's Level II Combatives Training. With Massey as their chief instructor, the group spent two weeks developing the skills necessary for them to become Level II instructors in their respective units.
"We take Soldiers with Level I skills - the basic take downs, some grappling, holds and submission holds - and elevate their skills to Level II with additional holds, punches, kicks and leg techniques. When they graduate, they can go back to their unit and help instruct combatives," said Capt. Jason Gramling, 3rd Chem. Bde. training officer.
"In Level II instruction, there are a lot more questions and answers," Gramling said. "Rather than 'do this,' Level II training explains why we do things a certain way."
Despite the kicks, slaps, punches to the face and body slams by the aggressor, students worked through the distractions to subdue the subject - the objective of the combatives.
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AG School builds esprit de corps
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Capt. Khalid El Abbassi, left, and Capt. Clint Campbell carry 1st Lt. Treka Henry on the litter carry for the Charlie Centurion team. The warrior challenge also included a high crawl, a 1.4-mile run and a water jug carry. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Brian Hollandsworth
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Students of the Adjutant General Captains Career Course, Class 902-12, participated in a warrior challenge event at Weston Lake, Aug. 23. This event, which is designed to challenge physical fitness while also refining team building and esprit de corps, serves as a hands-on experience for the students' Captains Career Course common core leadership lessons.
The course consisted of a high crawl, a 1.4-mile run, a litter carry, a water jug carry, and a canoe race. Three teams of nine students completed the relay by successfully navigating all obstacles in the timed event.
Completing the challenge in 41 minutes, the Charlie Centurions won with a commanding lead. They were followed by the Alpha Assassins with a time of 48 minutes. The Bravo Bulldogs finished the event in 80 minutes -- making sure they finished the event despite some setbacks on the course.
One aspect of the challenge is learning to solve problems as a team. Each team had unique challenges it had to overcome, and through teamwork, all teams completed the course successfully.
Capt. Kevin Sudsberry, Alpha Assassins, said the canoe event particularly emphasized working as a team.
"The entire course was a challenge and a test of endurance, but I found the canoe event to be the toughest since I have never canoed before," Sudsberry said.
Capt. Jerry Lindsey, Bravo Bulldogs, said the event had a positive effect on his team.
"The warrior challenge made our team bond even stronger," Lindsey said.
Capt. Tamarrow Climes, Charlie Centurions, shared a similiar sentiment.
"I would say that it brought together everything our team has been working to build over the past six weeks and gave us an opportunity to demonstrate how strong we really are," Climes said.
The Warrior Challenge also afforded the students the opportunity to plan a safe, challenging event. The class operations officer, Capt. Adam Katz, said the key to success was making sure that all the pieces were in place to execute the training effectively.
"The evaluation of safety for the course was also an in depth process," Katz said. "Navigating both water and terrain obstacles can present some risk and this has to be extensively mitigated."
Just six weeks into their 21-week course, the students built bonds that will enhance the learning environment for the remainder of the course while also building professional relationships.
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U.S. Army Intelligence software flexes some new capabilities during Enterprise Challenge
by Ray K. Ragan, Joint Interoperability Test Command
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"Director of Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Programs within the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Gary C. Wang receives a brief from U.S. Army Spc. Marquis D. Lane, operator, Tactical Intelligence Ground Station, Development, Test and Training Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, United States Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca before a night-time demonstration of the "Intelligence on the move" capability of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army, during Exercise Enterprise Challenge 2012 at the Joint Interoperability Test Command's test site on Aug. 28. EC12 is an exercise executed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency under the authority of the Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Programs, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence at several locations and allows agencies and coalition partners to test and evaluate technologies in an engineering focused environment. (courtesy photo)
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The primary U.S. Army intelligence system demonstrated some of its capabilities for program managers and U.S. Army military intelligence students alike during Exercise Enterprise Challenge 2012, here, last week. Exercise Enterprise Challenge allows agencies within the Department of Defense, including coalition partners to test new and existing technologies in an operationally realistic environment. The exercise is executed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency under the authority of the Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Programs, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Several locations hosted this year's exercise, including the Joint Interoperability Test Command's Fort Huachuca test site. One of this year's participants was the U.S. Army's Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A). This system allows soldiers and intelligence analysts to share information across a broader intelligence network that integrates with other services allowing for real-time information and intelligence sharing. For U.S. Army Maj Shermoan Daiyaan participation in EC12 was a welcome opportunity. Daiyaan is the assistant product manager for the DCGS-A Tactical Intelligence Ground Station at the Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, but is the Army's Lead for EC12. "There's basically a DCGS for each of the services, including SOF [Special Operations Forces]," said Daiyaan. "It [Enterprise Challenge] is an opportunity and venue for all of us [DCGS family] to start sharing data, to work together to being more interoperable." During this year's Enterprise Challenge, Daiyaan said that DCGS-A has four major objectives to accomplish. Among the efforts are to document feedback from soldiers on the ease of use of the system, mitigate risk on a test cloud network and to work with JITC for information exchange and interoperability capabilities. The final and most important priority is to develop tactics, techniques and procedures for soldiers on how to perform intelligence on the move. For the rest of this story, click here .
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Army evaluates coalition communications through NIE process
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A company command post is shown at the Network Integration Evaluation 12.2. During a recent lab-based risk reduction event held as part of the Network Integration Evaluation process, the Army demonstrated the ability to share information at the company level across the various mission command systems used by the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. (U.S. Army photo by Amy Walker)
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The U.S. Army is bringing coalition partners into its future tactical communications network through the Network Integration Evaluation process.
During a risk reduction event held last month at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., the Army demonstrated the ability to share information at the company level across the various mission command systems used by the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. The laboratory assessment will feed into the Army's execution of the Network Integration Evaluations, or NIEs, a series of semi-annual, Soldier-driven field evaluations designed to further integrate and mature the Army's tactical network, and accelerate and improve the way network technologies are delivered to Soldiers. To date, the NIEs have focused on establishing an integrated network baseline that links all echelons of the brigade combat team from the static tactical operations center to the commander on-the-move to the dismounted Soldier. Future NIEs will connect partner nations to that network. "The NIE will allow us to evaluate communications solutions for coalition forces in a realistic operational environment, and quickly improve them based on Soldier feedback," said Brig. Gen. Daniel Hughes, director of Army System of Systems Integration, or SoSI. "By using the Aberdeen Proving Ground network labs, we get an early look at potential solutions in preparation for future NIE operational exercises, and allow the coalition partners to share lessons-learned on both technology capability and integration challenges. " The demonstration scenario required the Army to transmit messages between company command posts for each nation, using industry radios that are under evaluation as part of the NIE. The goal was to combine the information from each country's mission command technology into a shared commander's vision of the battlefield, so "(you're) seeing the same picture I'm seeing," said C.A. Aiken, a senior systems engineer for the Canadian National Defence Department. The scenario reflects the reality of circumstances faced by partner nations in theater today, where the force elements they contribute may be task organized at levels far lower than previously envisioned and yet need to communicate with one another directly and dynamically, said UK Lt Col Philip Deans, SoSI international embedded officer. Performing such tests helps determine "how to be interoperable using our native systems, thereby reducing training times and removing costs," he said. Senior representatives from the visiting nations said the event offered an opportunity to collaborate on budget and requirements challenges as well as on innovative technology. They expressed interest in the Army's new Agile Process approach to acquisition, which is designed to procure critical capabilities in a more rapid, cost-effective manner by soliciting mature solutions from industry, then integrating and evaluating them at NIE. The strategy of integrating network technologies earlier in the development cycle will pay dividends not only for the U.S., but across the coalition, said Brigadier Barry Neil McManus, Australia. "The ability for us to do this from the start of an opportunity is the very clear emphasis here," he said. "It's activities like this that bring us closer and closer together."
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TRADOC Trivia: Answer
The correct answer is A. - Determining latitude and longitude from stars. The artifact pictured is a Wild T-4 Universal Theodolite. The T-4 was used by Army Engineer Surveyors to record astronomic latitude and longitude. It could measure ... to an accuracy of six meters. The T-4 was part of the Army inventory from the 1950s to the 1980s. Prior to the introduction of the T-4, Army Engineer Surveyors used the Bamberg "Broken-Telescope" Geodetic Transit. The T-4 is very rare, only 439 were made, and the Army purchased only 12. In an age when satellites provide us with global positioning, it is important to keep examples of such technology in our TRADOC museums for research purposes.
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