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OTANOTAN

US MILITARY REPRESENTATIVEUS MILITARY REPRESENTATIVETO NATOTO NATO

Information ExchangeInformation ExchangeIn Coalition OperationsIn Coalition Operations

““From Guarding to Sharing”From Guarding to Sharing”

1 June 20061 June 2006

LtGen Ed Hanlon, USMCLtGen Ed Hanlon, USMC

EUROPE 1945 - 1990

Threat

NATO 1949 - 1989

SOVIET THREAT

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Cold War Comms•Static•Robust•Redundant•Oriented on territorial defense•More military than civilian•Heavy reliance on message traffic (TARE, AUTODIN, etc)•Some data comms•Survivable against extreme challenges (EMP, EW)

ARTICLE VARTICLE V

ARTICLE VARTICLE V

•AN ATTACK AGAINST ONE NATO ALLY AN ATTACK AGAINST ONE NATO ALLY IS AN ATTACK AGAINST ALL.IS AN ATTACK AGAINST ALL.

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Kosovo Operation

Current ACE Current ACE OperationsOperations

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

ASSISTANCE FORCE

2006: A Year of Transition Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

andThe International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

• ISAF Stages 3 and 4• Increased role of NATO / ISAF

in Afghanistan• Increased need for

communications and coordination between OEF and ISAF

Technical Result

• Need for Greater Integration of ISAF and OEF Communications

• Need for increased information exchange

2 Aspects

• Technical Aspect• Policy Aspect

Policy is harder than technics

Information Releasability

• US to OEF Coalition• OEF Coalition to ISAF• NATO to ISAF• ISAF to OEF Coalition

Examples

• Situational Awareness & Locations

• Intelligence• Special Operations

Post Cold War NATO Comms

• Still redundant and robust• Covering greater distances• Deployable• More civilian, less military• Reach back capacity• More data, less voice• Video

Challenge: Will We Remain Ready? Will We Stay Ahead?• What will the world look like in 5, or

10, or 15 years?• How can communications and

technology help meet these challenges?

• How can AFCEA influence the technological developments demanded by future developments?

NATO Future CommsSome Ideas

• Light• Mobile• Quick to install• Hand held• More nodes—plug and play• Voice, data, VTC—all in one small and light

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US MILITARY US MILITARY REPRESENTATIVEREPRESENTATIVE

TO NATOTO NATO

Information ExchangeInformation ExchangeIn Coalition OperationsIn Coalition Operations

““From Guarding to Sharing”From Guarding to Sharing”

1 June 20061 June 2006

LtGen Ed Hanlon, USMCLtGen Ed Hanlon, USMC