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Joint Logistics Environment
and GCSS-J
An Overview
24 June 2010
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The Joint Staff, Directorate for Logistics (J4)
Knowledge-Based Logistics Division
The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20318
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Operational Logistics
Implications to theWarfighter
Without Operational Logistics the Warfighter will NOT be able to:
 Move to the Fight / Mission Area – Strategic Lift
Sea Bridge; Prepo Materiel and Forces
 Move in the Mission Area – Ground mobility
Ground Bridge; Convoy Control; Movements Control
 Arm the Force – No weapons, no protection, no fight
Precision Guided Munitions (PGM), Bullets, Bombs, Missiles
 Fuel the Force – No fuel, no fly, no mobility
Air Bridge – Fighters, Transport and Fuelers
 Maintain the Force – No fix, no fight
 Sustain the Force – No replacements, no staying power
 Medically Support the Force – No medics, no aid
 Replenish / Reconstitute the Force – Weapons, Personnel & Materiel
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Bottom Line: Operational Logistics IS Warfighting !
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Joint Logistics - Definition
What is it?
…coordinated use, synchronization, and sharing
of two or more Military Departments’ logistic
resources to support the joint force…ability to
project and sustain a logistically ready joint force
through sharing of DOD, interagency and
industrial resources…
-Joint Publication 4-0
Why do we need it?
…Services, by themselves, seldom have sufficient
capability to independently support the JFC...
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Joint Logistics Imperatives
 Unity of Effort
• Process definition
• Roles and responsibilities
• Process transparency
• Common output metrics
 JLE Visibility
• Enterprise data architecture
• Authoritative source data
• 24/7 access to network
 Rapid & Precise Response
• Velocity, Reliability, Visibility
• Efficiency
• Performance tracking
• Process analysis
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Expand Art of the Possible
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Joint Logistics – Delivery
 Manage supplies & equipment
 Inventory Management
 Manage supplier networks
 Unity of
Effort
• Maintenance Operations
 Conduct field repair operations
 Manage Depot repair operations
 Manage lifecycle systems readiness
• Deployment and Distribution
 Move the Force
 Sustain the Force
 Operate the JDDE
• Health Service Support
 Casualty Mgmt
 Patient Mvmt
 Preventive Med
 Medical Log
 Operational Engineering
 Combat Engineering
 General Engineering
 Geo-spatial Engineering
 Logistics Services
 Mortuary Affairs
J4
 JLE-wide
Visibility
 Rapid &
Precise
Response
Joint Force Commander’s Rqmts
• Supply Operations
 Field Services
 Operational Contract Support
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 Contract Support
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 Contractor Mgmt
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Joint Logistics Environment - Attributes
• Global Dispersion - Demands globally-distributed concept of support
 Rapid & Precise Response is THE operational metric
• LOCs - Tenuous; Commercial reliance; Logistics is a lucrative target
• Complexity - Joint, Interagency, Multinational, NGOs all play; complicated
politically and operationally
 200-300 systems contractors at the support battalion level; multiple supply
chains; complicated tactically
• Enemy - Sophisticated, educated, digitally mature; he knows logistics gives
us staying power
• Resources / Scope - At least $130B in FY07 (w/o Supplemental)
 1.1M personnel
 We’re big & expensive, and must become more efficient
• Legal
/ Title X - Service responsibility to train, equip, sustain, but . . .
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 COCOM authority to execute operations, to include directive authority
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for logistics (DAFL)
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Joint Logistics Challenges
• Optimize the Defense Supply Chain
– Achieve Unity of Effort among the players
– Agree on common metrics focused on the warfighter
– Provide the customer an EDD and meet it
• Deliver Enterprise-wide Visibility
– Provide access to real-time, shared information about requirements,
resources & processes
– Improve decision making
• Establish a Life-Cycle Systems Approach
– Link acquisition to sustainment
– Manage our systems as fleets – “cradle to grave”
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– Use life-cycle sustainment metrics during development
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Joint Logistics Challenges
• Improve Joint Operational Contracting
– Manage as a joint, centralized capability
– Optimize mix of military and contract capabilities for the future
– Include contract support and contractor management
• Optimize Redeployment
– Achieve Unity of Effort among the players
– Adjust supported and supporting command relationships
– Improve processes from FOB to home station
• Integrate Readiness, Reset, and the Depots
– Balance and integrate time, capacity, and resources to sustain joint
force readiness
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– Provide a consistent baseline resource stream driven by requirements
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Global Combat Support System
(GCSS-J)
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Why GCSS?
• COCOMs and other stakeholders need visibility /
decision support tools
• Services / DLA own feeder systems (Authoritative Data
Sources) and data
• DoD is implementing a Net-Centric Services Strategy
• Effective implementation requires synchronization
needed throughout the logistics community
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Joint Pub 4-0 recommends a single access point to
joint logistics capabilities and data
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• Visibility
• Decision Support Tools
- Collaborative Planning
- Course of Action Development
- Course of Action Analysis
- Adaptive Planning
Logistics Transformation
through Real-Time
Situational Awareness
&Visibility
GTN
Navy
Initiatives (Distribution)
GCSS-AF
(Air Force)
GCSS-MC
(Marines)
SALE
(GCSS-Army)
DLA IDE
(Logistics)
DLA-AV
(Asset Visibility)
Any Authorized Box
Anywhere
TMIP
(Medical)
One Picture
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GCSS
Visibility
&
Decision
Support
SOF-TAV
(SOCOM)
DIMHRS
(Personnel)
DMDC
DFAS (Personnel)
(Finance)
ZERO LATENCY
Any Authorized User
NET-CENTRIC
WEB-BASED
APPLICATIONS
(normalized data)
GCSSCC/JTF
Fused
Log
C2
Intel
GCSS-J
NET-CENTRIC
PORTAL / SERVER
CrossDomain
Security
Solution
NET-CENTRIC
WEB-BASED /
WEB-ENABLED
BROWSER
Actionable Warfighter
Logistics Information
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Program Background
• JROC-Approved Program -- DJS MNS (1997) and JROC Approved
Capstone Requirements Document (2000) Baseline the Requirements
• Assigns J4 as Functional Proponent
• Establishes DISA as Materiel Developer
• Defined “family members” & approved Key Performance
Parameters
• COCOM 129 Requirements – 2000 / 01 / 03 / 05
• COCOM, Joint Staff and OSD Originated
• Broad Spectrum – Focused (Joint) Logistics-wide
• GCSS-J -- Designated ACAT1AC
• Operations Requirements Document - JROCM 116-03 May 2003
• Initial Capabilities Document – 2004
• NII Delegated MDA to DISA CAE
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The Data We Need
Real-time, map-based displays and charts
(on-going)
Real-time connectivity to services/agency
data sources, data bases, systems
(on-going)
Plan, manage, and track movements
and distribution (on-going)
Mapping capability using Google
Provide timely & accurate information on
Earth
location and status of supplies (on-going)
(Transitioning to Adobe Flex)
Provide status of deployment & distribution
nodes (In Progress)
Conduct real-time supportability analysis of courses of action
(In Progress – Adaptive Logistics Planning System/ALPS)
Provide retrograde status & control information
Provide capability to track NEO, humanitarian assistance support, and
personnel
Estimate & track costs associated with logistics support
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Warfighters Require Logistics Information and Data to
Conduct Operational Planning and Execution
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So What Are The ADS’s?
• Army: Global Combat Support
System-Army/Field Tactical
(GCSS-Army/FT)
• USSOCOM: Special Operations
Command Total Asset Visibility
(SOF-TAV)
• Air Force: Global Combat Support
System-Air Force (GCSS-AF)
• Defense Health Information
Management System (DHIMS)
• Marine Corps: Global Combat
Support System-Marine Corps
(GCSS-MC)
• Defense Integrated Military
Human Resources System
(DIMHRS)
• Navy: Net-Centric Data Initiatives
• Defense Manapower Data Center
(DMDC)
• DLA: Asset Visibility (DLA-AV)
• DLA: Integrated Data Environment
(DLA-IDE)
• USTRANSCOM: Global
Transportation Network (GTN)
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• Defense Finance and Accounting
Service (DFAS)
• IDE / GTN Convergence (IGC) -An emerging integrated data set
of combined operational data and
services of these two programs of
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Global Combat Support System – Joint Vision
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Global Combat Support System – Joint Vision
Deliver a Joint Logistics Environment decision support application that
supports logistics planning and execution at the operational level
Where We’re Going
How We Get There
• Real-time, dynamic
access to authoritative
data via map-based
displays & user-defined
views
• Leverage an agile
development process
that yields quality
products every couple
of months
• Include functional users
in the development
process (rather than
wait until OT&E) to
define views and assess
progress
• Lead the net-centricity
charge through use of a
standards-based COTS
infrastructure, a
Services Oriented
Architecture and web
services to subscribe to
and provide data and
applications
• Tools and views that are
intuitive, easy to use,
require virtually zero
training and support the
way joint logisticians do
their work
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• Designed for customers
on the COCOM J-4 staff,
a Joint Task Force staff,
or any other joint
logistics organization
(i.e., a Joint-enabled
Theater Support
Command)
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TOOL KIT
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GCSS-J SIPR
GCSS-J User
Global Information Grid Content Delivery Service (GCDS)
Security: DoD PKI and Basic Authentication
Policy Decision Point – AquaLogic Enterprise Security (ALES)
GCSS-J Portal
Announcements / Chat / Data Source Availability / Discussion Forums / Calendar / Admin
Single-Sign-On
Logistics Management / Deployment & Distribution / Logistics Operations /
Logistics Planning / Engineering / Health Services
Electronic Battle Book
Query / Reports
WatchBoard
Report Assistant / Graph Assistant
Order of Battle
Mapping
Knowledge Management System
Joint Logistics Management
Adaptive Planning and Execution System
Joint Engineer Planning & Execution System
Google Earth
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Web Service
Consumer
Functional Area Tabs
Family of Systems
Single Sign On
Palanterra
SIPRNet Integrated Data Environment (SIDE)
Oracle
Includes ABFC, GEOBEST,
JEPES, JLM, OOB, FAD, FES,
& other local data
MetaMatrix
GTN
AV
JOPES GSORTS
GDSS
NGA
DMDC
CFDB
GIDE
DataPower
Architected
to be
consistent
with the
DOD NetCentric
Services
Strategy/Vis
ion: adopt,
adapt,
create
GCSS Preview
WebREPOL
MIDB
TCMS
ITV
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What We Are Showing You Today
• Joint Logistics Management (JLM)
– Watch Board-based view of COCOM Theater Fuels
– Watch Board-based view of COCOM Theater Munitions
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Watch Board-based view of DODIC-centric Munitions
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Views & parameters established by COCOM JMO
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DLA AV for Army and USMC data
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Navy or AF Complete Rounds in development
– Each product built within a 1 month sprint
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Leveraging existing GCSS-J infrastructure
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Capitalizing on frequent interaction and engagement between
development team and subject matter experts
• Mapping
• Queries / Reports
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GCSS-J DEMO
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Take Aways
• Without Logistics we have no ability to sustain our
forces and fight.
• GCSS-J is focused on providing standardized and
integrated data and views for use by the joint logistician.
 We need real time access from Authoritative Data
Sources.
 We need modern systems that can operate in a SOA.
• Culture change from managing my own ‘ricebowl’ to
information sharing is key to future success. Need to Share
not Need to Know.
Operational Effectiveness
Achieved Through Common Views and Shared Knowledge
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Summary
“When thinking about the range of threats, it is common to divide
the "high end" from the "low end," the conventional from the
irregular, armored divisions on one side, guerrillas toting AK-47s on
the other. In reality, as the political scientist Colin Gray has noted,
the categories of warfare are blurring and no longer fit into neat,
tidy boxes. One can expect to see more tools and tactics of
destruction -- from the sophisticated to the simple -- being
employed simultaneously in hybrid and more complex forms of
warfare..”
Robert M. Gates is U.S. Secretary of Defense
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GCSS-J Effectively Providing Capabilities
to the Joint Warfighter
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DISCUSSION
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BACK-UP SLIDES
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GCSS Acronym List
AT 21
CFDB
DLA-AV
DFAS
DIMHRS
DMDC
ELIST
GCSS
GCSS-AF
GCSS Air Force
GCSS Army
GCSS-DLA
GCSS-CC/JTF
GDSS
GSORTS
GTN
IDE
IRRIS
JAV
JDST
JFAST
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Agile Transportation for the 21st Century (ACTD)
DLA Asset Visibility
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Defense Information Management Human Resource System
Defense Manpower Data Center
Enhanced Logistics Intratheater Support Tool
Global Combat Support System
Global Combat Support System Air Force
Global Combat Support System Air Force
Global Combat Support System Army
Global Combat Support System - Defense Logistics Agency
Global Combat Support System Combatant Command / Joint Task Force
Global Decision Support System
Global Status of Resources and Training System
Global Transportation Network
Integrated Data Environment
Integrated Road and Rail Information Server
Joint Asset Visibility
Joint Decision Support Tool
Joint Flow and Analysis System for Transformation
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GCSS Acronym List
JL ACTD
JTL ACTD
JOPES
MIDB
NEP
NGA
P3I
RF ITV
SLDW
SMS
SORTS
TCMS
TMIP
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Joint Logistics Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
Joint Theater Logistics Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
Joint Operation Planning & Execution System
Modernized Integrated Data Base
Navy Enterprise Portal
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Pre Planned Product Improvement
Radio Frequency In Transit Visibility
Special Operations Logistics Data Warehouse
Supply Management System
Status of Resources and Training System
Theater Construction Management System
Theater Medical Information Program
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