us africa command all partner’s access network’s (apan) utility in support of exercises and...
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US Africa CommandUS Africa Command
All Partner’s Access Network’s (APAN) utility in support of
Exercises and Training
Thom ActonJoint Force Development
Training
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Agenda• Background
• APAN at AFRICOM
• Proposed use of APAN for JFD
• Current Status of APAN at JFD
• Current usage by AFRICA ENDEAVOR
• Way Ahead
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APAN Background
• Established in 2000 as Regional Security Cooperation Network for PACOM (then called Asia-Pacific Area Network)
• Validated as a an operational network during OPERATION UNITED ASSISTANCE for use during contingencies involving foreign military, NGO/IO, and interagency partners and again in OPERATION UNIFIED RESPONSE
• Introduction of Web 2.0 technologies
• Selected by Joint Staff as Joint Capability Technology Demonstration in 2009
• Selected by AFRICOM to be the non .mil network for collaboration, coordination and planning with Allies and partner nations
• Actively being used by AFRICAN ENDEAVOR participants for exercise planning and data repository
• 258 groups, 10 of which are AFRICOM
• AFRICA ENDEAVOR has 116 active members, AFRICOM Training and Exercise Group has 65
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APAN in the News – Haiti HA/DR
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APAN at AFRICOM
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APAN use within AFRICOM JFD
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ExerciseHA/DR - Noble Piper TOs - Nectar Bend TOs - Eager Initiative TOs - other
PKO - Shared Accord TOs - African Lion TOs - Noble Piper TOs
Training - HA/DR curriculum - PKO curriculum
Training venues - Marshall Center - NATO School - JKO - POTI - JWFC
Exercise 1JELC Events - TOW - MDW - IPC - MPC - FPC - etc
Exercise 2JELC Events - TOW - MDW - IPC - MPC - FPC - etc
Exercise 3JELC Events - etc
APAN - RFI - RFA - Info Sharing - Coordination -etc
Using Web 2.0 - Blog - Wiki - Forums - Files - Chat
For exercise and operationsExamples:OPERATION UNIFIED ASSTOPERATION UNIFIED RELIEF
Training Gateway Exercise Development Information Sharing
Training Audience
Control Group Response Cell Operations
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AFRICOM Sponsored Exercises
Exercise Multilateral PKO HA/DR CM/FCM
NATURAL FIRE X X
SHARED ACCORD X X
AFRICAN LION X X
NOBLE PIPER X X
MEDFLAG X X
MEDLITE X X
NECTAR BEND X X
EAGER INITATIVE X X
AFRICA ENDEAVOR X
Training Objectives
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Training Resources
Resources Online Resident Mobile POCs
Marshall Center X
NATO School X X X
Joint Knowledge Online (JKO)
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Peace Operations Training Institute (POTI)
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Joint Warfighting Center (JWFC)
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Last year, POTI provided training to over 40,000 individuals on the African continent completing over 150,000 courses. All training is online
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Training Class Synopsis
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Exercise Summaries
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Selected Information - Exercises
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AFRICA ENDEAVOR on APAN
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Proposed Way Ahead
• Continue use of APAN to support AFRICA ENDEAVOR
• Expand exercise planning and support for more exercise, one at a time
• Integrate training opportunities with initial focus on PKO, HA/DR, interagency training
• Monitor and track training (maybe LMS)• Develop training plan to help meet training objectives• Integrate Joint Training Applications – JTIMS, JLLIS,
etc
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Backup Slides
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APAN
Harmonie Web
JNTC Global Action
JWFC
Selected by Joint Staff for JCTD as non .mil collaborative platform
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Selected by AFRICOM staff as its non .mil collaborative platform
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No requirement for persistent and /or non-persistent nodes
Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Hosting is DISA and NSA compliant and includes current IAVA implementations and OSD GIG wavier
Yes Unk Unk Unk Unk
Proven in real world operations for IA, military, NGO/IO, etc collaboration/coordination
Yes Limited No No No
Use of Web 2.0 technologies Yes No No No No
Integration of real time collaborative technologies Yes No No No No
Use of metrics for data management , data tagging and geospatial data presentation
Yes No No No No
Ability to handle classified information No No No No No
COMMENTS:
Information Sharing and Collaborative Technologies
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Notes from Information Sharing / Collaboration Technologies
• APAN – Can be used for exercise planning, as a training gateway, information sharing portal (already chosen by AFRICOM as such). Successfully used and validated by USPACOM and USSOUTHCOM in training and real world ops.
• Harmonie Web – Used for information sharing , but to a much lesser extent.
• JNTC (JTEN) – Joint Training and Experimentation Network. Primarily used with persistent nodes requiring network installation. Used successfully in providing LVC elements into training exercises.
• Global Action – EUCOM Share Point Portal. Not enough information of where and how it is hosted. Primary use is information sharing.
• JWFC – JKO for pre-exercise on-line training for the training audience. Possible use by exercise controllers and/or observer/trainers.
• NOTE: None of the above systems work in a strictly classified environment.