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This Briefing is Classified UNCLASSIFIED
ALAMO CHAPTER AFCEA
COL FergusonARNORTH G626 Feb 08
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Why Practice Interoperability
“… Moreover, plans had not been tested with a robust exercise program. None of the exercises that were conducted prior to Katrina called for a major deployment of DOD capabilities in response to a catastrophic hurricane. As a result, a lack of understanding exists within the military and among federal, state, and local responders as to the types of assistance and capabilities that DOD might provide in the event of a catastrophe, the timing of this assistance, and the respective contributions of the active-duty and National Guard forces.”
UnitedStates
Senate
GAO
“… Though much attention had been paid to addressing communications shortfalls, efforts to address interoperability as well as simply operability were inadequate.”
WhiteHouse
“… To restore operability and achieve interoperability, there is a strong need for rapidly deployable, interoperable, commercial, off-the-shelf equipment that can provide a framework for connectivity among Federal, State, and local authorities.”
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The Challenge of Disaster Relief
Federal Agencies
DHS DOJ
DOD(NG – Title 10)
State& Local Agencies
(NG – Title 32)
COP
JRIES
DCTSNCES
DSEL
Chat
Numerous Players, Systems, Domains, and Enablers
The Common Ground
SIPRInternet
Telephone
RadioWeb Browser
VTC
NEMISNAWASLEO
GEO
NGO
PVO
GuardNet
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Disaster Communications Response
Incident LMR
WMDCST
JISCC
National Guard
DHS/FEMA
MERS
DISA NORTHNCS
AT&TDCT
Commercial
N-NC AssetsN-NC Assets
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N-NC Communications Response
Incident
CAE
DCO
JCSESC2IP
DSCA EXORD
LNOPackage
JACC/CP
DCCV
DCT
ARNORTHOCP
JTF-CSTACPAC
JFHQ-NCRMCP
ROVER
MARFORCOM
Catastrophic RFF
11th Sig BDE
3rd CCG
35th Sig BDE
Fly-Away Tm
Fly-Away Tm
Fly-Away Tm
Fly-Away Tm
Fly-Away Tm
Fly-Away Tm
Responsiveness & Control
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InmarSat Commercial Ku
PSTN
Internet
DSN
DRSN
SIPR
VTC
NIPR
PSTN
Internet
InmarSat
DISA Teleport Incident
LandMobileRadio
CAE
DCO
Tactical Inter-connectivity among responding forces is effected by connecting ACU-1000s through the deployed IP infrastructure.
Note: This is not “inter-talkability”, it only allows inter-connection of disparate radio systems.
Enabling C2
JISCC
DeployableCellular
JTF-HQsDeployable
Cellular
JISCC
CST
National Guard
DeployableCellular
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DOD Interoperability Communication Exercise (DICE)
• For almost two decades, the Department of Defense (DOD) Interoperability Communications Exercise (DICE) has been conducted annually as the only DOD exercise whose primary purpose is to certify systems for joint interoperability. Starting with FY08, JITC will be conducting DICE Working Group and EXERCISES three times per year to accommodate the growing need for joint interoperability certifications, assessments and training. DICE builds upon the successes realized during other DOD technology demonstration and risk mitigation events. As the sole interoperability certifier of DOD Information Technology Systems (ITS) and National Security Systems (NSS), the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) conducts DICE in support of DOD joint interoperability testing, training, and exercise transformation initiatives.
• DICE employs a robust and operationally realistic Joint Task Force (JTF) architecture that provides the necessary opportunities to vigorously exercise and evaluate non-secure and secure command and control voice, data and video services and interfaces, which are critical to split-base operations. Actual operational units install, operate and maintain the equipment and systems used in the exercise. These configurations are characteristic of those used in real world combat and contingency operations by the warfighting community and provide sufficient data to assess the interoperability of the systems and determine if anomalies experienced in the past were corrected. Additionally, DICE provides Joint and Service communicators an opportunity to achieve a degree of comfort using the new versions of hardware and software. This is achieved through JITC’s emphasis on the three components of interoperability: the Forces, the Procedures and the Equipment.
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DICE Venue
• Technology is not usually the problem to interoperability; its normally Policy, Tactics, Techniques, or Practices that hinder interoperability.
• Inter-talk-ability is often the first step toward interoperability.
• Without the pressure of operations, DICE provides an environment for communicators to practice inter-talk-ability.
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USNORTHCOM DICE Objectives
• Interagency communications training, practice, and experimentation.
• Identify inter-talk-ability shortfalls; for instance:• Firewalls blocking mission traffic
• Radio encryption mismatches
• Dialing instructions
• Identify quick-fixes to issues, or• Identify resources to fix issues.
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Fort Sam Houston, Texas
24 Mar - 28 Mar: DICE participation at Fort Sam Houston
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This Briefing is Classified UNCLASSIFIED
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