Energizing Command and Control Panel Discussion Presented at the Defense M&S Conference May 2007

1. Energizing Command and Control Panel DiscussionPresented at the Defense M&S ConferenceMay 2007 by: BG Arthur Bartell, USA Vice Director, Joint Staff J-7

2. Agenda • Background Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) 101 • Scope • Adaptive Planning and Execution, and Net Enabled Command Capability (NECC) • Description of gaps in tools, data & services • Summary

3. Ground Forces and SOF Ground Forces and SOF Coalition Ground Forces Operation Iraqi Freedom • Options • Civilian leaders wanted multiple options • Civilian leaders wanted risk assessments for each option • Assumptions/Assessments • Some wrong, outdated or not applicable • Cumbersome planning process and outdated planning technology • Difficult to modify plan quickly and put into execution • Bottom Line: • Extraordinary effort to adapt plan to rapidly changing strategic circumstances “Today’s environment demands a system that quickly produces high-quality plans that are adaptive to changing circumstances.” -- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, AP Roadmap, 13 Dec 2005

4. Revolution in Planning • Cold War Planning Construct • Assumed Forces would be ready and available • Static conventional threats • Forces postured to mitigate time-distance challenges and convey resolve • Assumed little strategic change during a 2-3 year planning cycle • APEX Planning Construct • Long-term commitment of large portion of forces to Counter-insurgency (COIN) Operations • Force Rotations regardless of posture • Dynamic / Global unconventional and conventional threats • < 6 month planning cycle Implications for Planning Joint Operations: - Need a force management construct that decrements for forces otherwise not available due to commitments and constraints - Need a mission-based readiness reporting system and a global visibility capability - Need capability to rapidly adapt and assess plans in light of changing situations

5. Past Deliberate Planning Crisis Action Planning E X E C U T I O N Contingency Planning Crisis Action Planning Today Common Adaptive Planning (AP) process and collaborative tools Near Crisis Action Planning Contingency Planning Common AP process, collaborative tools, databases, and info grid Future Adaptive Planning & Execution Seamless, “End-to-End” Planning & Execution Future Transform Operational Planning

6. Background: Definition • Plans developed rapidly and adapted continually • Real-time collaboration and iterative planning • Parallel planning across multiple echelons to the maximum extent possible • Frequent harmonization of planning considerations (e.g. approaches, courses of actions) at all levels throughout the process – even after the plan is “completed” • Plans with more options, adaptable to a variety of changing circumstances • Plans, planners, planning tools and relevant data bases networked • Automatic triggers alert planners for possible modifications, adjustments, or revisions • Integrated tool suites for faster analytical feedback and broader collaboration • “Living plans” are maintained continuously to reflect changes in guidance and/or the strategic environment Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) is the Joint capability to create and revise plans rapidly and systematically, as circumstances require. M&S is a critical function across the spectrum of APEX

7. POTUS Wholesale Systems National Security Stragy Defense Strategy Theater Intel SecDef Strategic Direction Services Logistics Systems Nat’l Intel Defense Logistics Systems Defense Intelligence System Retail Systems Allied Intel COCOM “Living Plans” AMC US Army Defense Transportation System Defense Readiness System TRANSCOM US Navy Global Force Mgmt MSC SDDC US Marine Corps US Air Force US Coast Guard Networked System of Systems This Business Plan addresses the uses of M&S in support of members of the Joint Planning and Execution Community (Source: Planning Community M&S Business Plan, paragraphs C1.1. and AP1.37.)

8. NECC CDD OCT 2006 Draft

9. APEX Attributes APEX Attributes: NECC must provide planning with the following attributes: • Rapid – Produces military plans in six months or less. Rapidly revises plans as circumstances demand. • Focused – Prioritizes plans and planning efforts to best support the strategy. • Flexible – Produces multiple, fully-developed military options that enable senior leaders to respond to changing circumstances. • Iterative – Enables key senior leaders and planners – through regular dialogue – to shape the plan during development. • Feasible – Determines the practicability of the commander’s concept of operation, including whether it can be supported by available forces, logistics, and transportation assets • Collaborative – Enables parallel and concurrent planning (Synchronous and asynchronous collaboration services) among all echelons of command involved in the development of the plan. • Comprehensive – Addresses the full array of contingencies that could be reasonably anticipated for a given threat . • Networked – Links operational planning, the readiness status of • forces, resource and force management processes, and data in a virtual environment. NECC CDD OCT 2006Draft

10. Technology Integration Strategy Planning-Centric Technology NECC Execution-Centric Technology Increment 1 of NECC? 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 • Strategy • Near-term (06 - ?): Build connectivity between all AP Technology. Use APEX Technology to support Global Force Management contingency sourcing solutions. • Planning and Execution communities build common set of requirements for planning and execution support technology/systems that will reside in NECC. • Continue to support development of authoritative databases for planning and execution tools (e.g., Global Force Management Data Initiative and Defense Readiness and Reporting System).

11. Force Capabilities Force Readiness GFM Strategic Guidance Force Availability Force Apportionment Force Location Transportation COP Works-in-Progress Increment 1Force Projection MCP Capabilities CONDUCT PLANNING Checklists Orders Generation & Mgmt • GAPS: • War Gaming • Intel Planning • Living Plan • Strategic • Guidance COA Development & Selection Force/Log Selection Workflow Arrival of Forces Logistics needs CONOPs development Command Relationships Initial Mobilization Force Conversion Data Unit Deployment Monitor/Coordinate CESP Change Notification Crisis Mgmt Info Blue = NECC Increment 1 Shared Planning Data PROVIDE TOTAL FORCE VISIBILITY OF GFM CONDUCT TPFDD DEVELOPMENT/MAINTENANCE Force Structure Transportation Needs Transport Feasibility Estimates Sustainment Estimates Force Modules In-Transit Visibility Cross-linkage of Force Mov’t Needs Continuous Asset Visibility Adaptive/Exercise Planning Transport Viz Change Notification Deployment Data Linkage to Execution not well Defined NECC CDD May 2006 Draft

12. Summary We consider the Planning Community Business Plan a work in progress since we are experiencing rapid change and transformation in the face of an uncertain development future: • Secretary Gates re-affirmed APEX as critical need—continued pressure to continue, if not speed up, the pace of transforming planning • APEX transitioning into Net-Enabled Command Capability (NECC) • NECC still largely undefined • Uncertain fiscal environment as APEX merges into NECC • On-going development and coordination of new APEX Roadmap II to address the range of DOTMLPF issues • Results of OUSD(AT&L)-led APEX AoA/Technology Study Recommendations & APEX Quick Start Pilot

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