Information Age Metrics Working Group
The Multilateral Interoperability
Programme
“The Nature of Things”
(Part 1)
COL Stuart A. Whitehead
Director
TRADOC Program Integration Office for
Battle Command
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Agenda
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Background
MIP Program
JC3IEDM
Configuration Management
Leveraging MIP
Battle Command Vision
COL Whitehead
Mr. Ulrich
Mr. Simaitis
Mr. Simaitis
COL Whitehead
Ms. Wortman
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Sun Tzu: The Art of War
“If you know the enemy
and know yourself, you
need not fear the result
of a hundred battles.”
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The Commander
Washington's first successes at Boston. Lithograph by Turgis.
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General Meade and His Staff
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The Modern Division Staff
FM 6-0 AUG 2003
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Army Battle Command System Overview
GCCS-A (Global Command and
Control System - Army)
ASAS (All Source Analysis System)
GCCS
-AA
AMDPCS (Air and Missile Defense
Planning and Control System
AMDWS
AMDPCS
ASAS
CSSCS
AFATDS (Advanced Field Artillery
Tactical Data System)
CSSCS (Combat Service Support
Control System)
AFATDS
AFATDS
MCS
IMETS
DTSS
TAIS
IMETS (Integrated Meteorological
System)
DTSS (Digital Topographic Support
System)
TAIS (Tactical Airspace Integration
System)
MCS (Maneuver Control System)
FBCB2
FBCB2 (Force XXI Battle Command
BDE & Below)
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Linearity in Theory
Proportionality
Additivity
Y
Input
X
Output
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Non-Linearity
“You think because you understand one you
must understand two, because one and one
makes two.
But you must also understand and.”
Ancient Sufi text.
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The Human Dimension of “AND”
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The Linear Battlefield
XXX
X
X
X
XXX
X
XX
1 US AR
X
V US
V US
1 US AR
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X
X
X
X
XX
2 GE IN
X
2 GE IN
V US
XXX
X
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The Non-Linear Battlefield
2
X
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Expeditionary Capability
Full Spectrum: JIM Environment
XXX
JTF
XXX
XX
X
CORPS
DIV
BCT
X
X
BCT
MEU
UA
• Plug and Play Units with C4I
• Asset Visibility Through Alerts and Deployments
•Simultaneous deployment from several bases
• Planning and Distributive Training
• Modular Organization
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Laying the Foundation for Effective
Future Systems
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Leader-centric network-enabled Battle
Command
Warfighter involvement from concept to
employment
New thinking – holistic context
Governance/consensus in a JIM
environment
Interoperability
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Operational View
“Aggregation”
X
Corps View
II
Division View
Brigade
View
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II
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II
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“Look two down, order one down.”
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Simultaneous Multi-Echelon Operations
X
PLAN
ASSESS
PREPARE
EXECUTE
PLAN
II
ASSESS
PREPARE
EXECUTE
PLAN
I
ASSESS
PREPARE
EXECUTE
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Information Interoperability
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Organizations (Military)
 (Friendly, Enemy, Neutral,
Unknown )
 Unit Location
 Unit Holdings
 Unit Status
Establishment Info (TOE)
Action/Activity
 Action Task
 Action Event
Plan/Orders
 Header
 Commander’s Intent
 Rules of Engagement
Task Organization
Messages:
 Alerts (e.g.,NBC msgs)
 Plans/Orders
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Control Features (all types)
 Control Feat Location
 Control Feat Status
 Geometry
 Point, Line, Area and Volume
Meteorology Features
Facilities
 (Bridge, Minefield, Obstacle,
Airfield)
 Facility Location
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Facility Status
Communications Network
Materiel
 Equipment
 Consumables
Personnel (type only)
 What’s Authorized
Commander’s Assessment
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INITIAL TYPEFILL
CBT
CS
CSS
Leopard2 A 5
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ORGANISATION ESTABLISHMENT
X
42 GE
421
423
422
424
O I L
OF-2 OR-5 OR-4 OR-1
425
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PERSONEL MATERIEL HOLDING
422
EQUIPMENT
Personal
OFFICER
NCO
ENL
Material
TANK
AFV
TRUCK
ANTITANK WEAPON
MG
RIFLE
PISTOL
POL
AMMUNITION
AUTHORIZED LEVELSTOCK ON HAND
DETACHMENT ATTACHMENT
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78
231
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67
215
1
4
24
46
34
26
34
200
100
2000
16000
20
43
34
26
32
178
89
1200
12300
2
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ORDER OF BATTLE
attachment
X
42
422
234
5
5
detachment
directive to cooperate
423
4
421
424
4
422
423
4
421
5
423
424
4
422
5
424
425
directive to cooperate
(-)
231
attachment
421
detachment
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231 3
234
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ORGANISATION LOCATION
STATUS
X
42
24AHE7980056400
0
50
100
Status
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ACTIVITY REPORT
X
42
?
24UHU2350078400
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CONTROL FEATURE REPORT
SL
FLOT
421
422
422
425
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AD WEAPON CONTROL-FEATURE
HOLD
FIRE
NOT
KNOWN
234
WEAPONS
TIGHT
WEAPONS
FREE
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FACILITY REPORT
ASSEMBL AREA
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ASSEMBL AREA
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MATERIEL LOCATION
X
STATUS
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24AHE7980056400
24AHE7650053400
0
50
100
Status
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COMMUNICATION STATUS
Online
3
42
Offline
1
42
32UTN3240076500
32UTM2250045000
2
42
32UTN3040056500
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT
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COMMANDERS ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT
/EXER/......../.........//
/OPER/......../.........//
/MESSID/....../.......//
/CONTXT/....../.....//
/CONTOIA/...../.....//
/CONTASES/..../...//
COMMANDER
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OPERATIONAL ORDER HEADING TASKING RULES
OF ENGAGEMENT
X
?
42
24UHU2350078400
ROE
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DOCUMENT REFERENCE
DOCREF
/EXER/......../.........//
/OPER/......../.... ...//
/MSGID/......../......//
/RFFNC/......../......//
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OPERATIONS ORDER
ORDER
/EXER/......../.......//
/OPER/......../.......//
/MSGID/......../.......//
/ORDPLAN/...../....//
/MSGREF/....../......//
/UNITORG/....../....//
COMMANDER
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ACK
/EXER/......../.........//
/OPER/......../.........//
/MSGID/....../........//
/MSGREF/....../.....//
/DTG/........./..........//
/UNITORG/..../.....//
OFFICER
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Data Strategy Options
Data Model Convergence
Battle
Command
Data Model Mapping
Simulations
Geospatial
Terrain
…and others!
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Information Exchange Standard
Multi-National
NATO
JOINT
C2IEDM
JC3IEDM
JBCIEDM
Mission Capability Package Extensions
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Questions?
COL Stuart A. Whitehead
Director
TRADOC Program Integration Office for
Battle Command
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