Joint Military Training in Alaska: Realizing Exceptional Potential

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Joint Military Training in Alaska:Realizing Exceptional Potential

Mr Steven Hatter, ALCOM J7, 20 Sep 2010

DoD Training Range Challenges

• “To properly prepare U.S. Forces for combat, DoD must train at ranges that encompass all the terrain, land cover, and climate conditions that military personnel and weapon systems may encounter during deployment….. sustaining these ranges is critical to ensuring readiness.”

2008 Report to Congress on Sustainable Ranges, OSD USD P&R

• Trends Shaping Range Development and Sustainment:– Encroachment challenges to existing ranges– Limited/reduced funding– New platform training requirements (UAS, 5th Gen, net-centric, etc.)– Joint training doctrine: true joint interoperability demands mission

rehearsals—tactical through operational levels of war– Electronic warfare capabilities….ours and our competitor’s– Space and Cyber domain training is a growth industry– Emerging Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) concepts and capabilities– Higher mandates: The Joint Operating Environment (JOE) 2010, The

Capstone Concept for Joint Operations (CCJO) 2009, et. al.

• How might Alaska be part of the solution needed to answer DoD range challenges

• What is the business model needed to achieve efficiencies and improved effectiveness across current Alaska capabilities, while also driving to a desired joint future?

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The Questions We’re Asking

• Alaska, perhaps could be central to DoD’s 21st century range development and sustainment strategy…..we’ve “branded” this truth as JPARC

• Compelling points: Vast all domain capacity—little encroachment

(environmental, commercial, host community)

Alaska-based Air Force and Army forces

Base infrastructure/Range instrumentation

Established joint and combined exercises

Live-virtual-constructive track record and existing architecture

“US soil” enables “US Only” vignettes—we maintain control of scenarios, but can play coalition too

Positive local/state environment for action—AMFAST = Alaska Military Force Advocacy & Structure Team (Gen Ralston, Gen Gamble, MG Hamilton, Jim Dodson…)

Why Alaska?

Why Alaska Now?

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2008

Joint Vision

Forces at work “with or without” joint vision!

Changing military footprint demands vision and leadership to meet future joint context training needs

Alaska has unique strengths and untapped potential in contrast to shrinking training space elsewhere

2010

• Created the Alaska Joint Training Program of Excellence, with JPARC as its centerpiece

– Accredited by JFCOM, December 2009 Report– A main focus is on USPACOM equities….warfighting capability gaps, war

plan mission rehearsals

• Created an Alaska Joint Range Strategic Working Group– Bring Stakeholders together; get in front of conflict; seek joint synergies

• Gained CODEL, state, local, support -- $21M added in FY 10

• Influenced activation of Governor Parnell’s Alaska Military Force Advocacy and Structure team (AMFAST)

• Gained funding for a comprehensive JPARC Environmental Impact Study (EIS).

• Engaging with DoD stakeholders at all levels6

What We’re Doing

Alaska Joint Training Program of Excellence

De-conflicted Ops and Training

Navy

USAF

ArmyJoint

Legacy Thinking:- Separate vectors

- Funding- Requirements- Goals

- Few COCOM equities- Missed opportunities- Un-forseen conflict

Yesterday Today

Air

Land

Sea

Joint Vision:- Coordinate vectors- Represent COCOMs- Pursue joint funding- Anticipate opportunities- Seek synergy- Pre-empt conflict

Tomorrow?

All Domain

JPARC

(add Space, Cyber)

21st Century Capability:- Live-Virtual-Constructive- Tactical Operational

- Service MET to Joint context - Mission rehearsals- Leaders in creativity and joint process- Exploit Alaska’s strengths

Alaska Joint Range Strategic Working Group

Integrated Ops and Training

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JPARC EIS

• Requirements + Visioning + Strategies = JPARC Master Plan; unconstrained 30-year planning horizon; 1st draft June 2010

• Master Plan Captures both Decision-ready projects and future “programmatic” projects

• Decision-ready projects in this iteration of the EIS articulated Description of Proposed Action and Alternatives (DOPAA)

• DOPAA “goes public” with formal government announcement in public register – Notice of Intent (NOI)

• Public Scoping is DoD going to impacted communities to solicit their comments

Desired Future

A world class, all domain, live-virtual-constructive, joint range that enables full spectrum 21st Century joint

and multi-national training (Alaska Joint Range Strategic Working Group [JRSWG] Charter Mar 08)

“Daily” Air/Land/Sea

Interoperability

Army Mission Readiness Ex

Air Force AEF Certifications

Navy Joint Task Force EX

War Plan

Mission Rehearsals

TACTICAL OPERATIONAL

C2ISR Integration

Homeland Security

Electronic Warfare

TOTAL FORCE TRAINING SPECTRUMSpace platforms Dedicated OPFOR

2030

JTF

“One Stop

Shopping”

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The Army’s Combined Arms Collective Training Facility (CACTF):

A JPARC Case in Point

• Maneuver Land 631,284 acres• 655,000 acres

‒ DTA East 97,802‒ DTA West 533,482‒ Gerstle River 20,589‒ Black Rapids 2,775

• 151,112 Acres of Impact Area• Capable of handling all

conventional weaponry of Army and Air Force

• Supports brigade level training year round and division level winter operations training

• Ft. Greely ‒ C-5/C-17 Capable Airfield

• Limited Support Facilities

Donnelly Training Area (DTA)

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Combined Arms Collective Training Facility (CACTF)

CACTFKEY TASKS:- Cordon and Knock

- Presence Patrols

- Surveillance

- Search

- Key Leader Events

- IED Detection and Defeat

- Establish Checkpoints

- Escalation of Force

- Employ progressive levels of force whenconfronting civilians

- Perform movement techniques during urban operations

- Aerial MEDEVAC/Resupply

- Convoy operations

North

Multi-Story Buildings Urban Sprawl / AOR VillageWalled Compounds

Market/Bazaar

Under Ground Trainer

Multi-Story BuildingsOverpass

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Market

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Questions?