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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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

Yes No No No No

Selected by AFRICOM staff as its non .mil collaborative platform

Yes No No No No

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.