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LTC Joseph M. Nolan FA57, Proponent Officer

FA57 Simulation OperationsProponent Brief

MOVES Institute, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA

14 JUL 11

M&S Congressional CaucusChallenge

“I challenge the M&S communities to better communicate in simple terms the importance of modeling and simulation and to describe its value as a nationally critical technology.”

Congressman Randy Forbes

If we don’t begin to describe the value of M&S we will increasingly lose support.

ComponentsOSD, Joint Staff, COCOMs, Services

New M&S Governance and Management Structure Organized by Communities.Designed to Support & Integrate M&S Activities across the Department.

Led by a 1 to 2 Star M&S Steering Committee (M&S SC) to provide governance.

AcquisitionAT&L

AnalysisPA&E& JS

PlanningJS

& Policy

TestingDOT&E & AT&L

TrainingP&R

ExperimentationJS J7

M&

S Pr

actic

es Common and Cross-Cutting M&S Tools

Common and Cross-Cutting M&S Data

Common and Cross-Cutting M&S Services

(T2 ESG)(JADM) (AP EXCOM)(SE FORUM) (JCDE EC)

Goal: Establish corporate M&S management to address DoD goals: Leads/guides/shepherds the $Bs in DoD M&S investments; adds value

thru metrics & ROI-driven priorities; and seeks to provide transparency.

Weathering the Perfect Storm

Budget Cuts

Loss of Live Training

Resources

Reset to Full Spectrum

Operations

Returning to Pre-War Training

Methodology

Troop Redeployment of over 100K

Demand for more Blended (LVCG) Training

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Agenda

History of the Program FA57 Proponent

▬ Mission▬ Core Competencies▬ Value to the Warfighter

FA57 Force Structure Officer Development, Timeline, Education and Training Knowledge Sharing Closing comments Questions

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History• 1997 - The Director, National Simulation Center (NSC) designated as the

proponent for FA57 to provide the Army with officers to assist CDRs to integrate simulations into training programs and military ops

• AUG 2000 - Army G-3 became proponent by CSA decision with increased focus on the tactical army and joint warfighting organizations

• NOV 2003 - CSA directs that FA57 Officers attend ILE Common Core & AOWC

• 2006 - The Vision, Roles, and Force Structure requirements expand to include Battle Command specific objectives

• 2009 – Transfer of authority for Army Modeling and Simulation from DCS G-3/5/7 to DCS G-8

• 2012 – Acquisition Force Structure implementation

In 12 years, FA57 went from an initial structure of 65 to over 400 Active and Reserve Component officers throughout the Army

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FA57 Proponent Mission

Develop Army Officers who:▬ Employ Simulation Tools and Services, Battle Command

systems and Knowledge Management principles for training, acquisition, experimentation and testing

▬ Integrate People, Process, Technology, and Organizations in support the full scope of military operations

▬ Are educated, trained and tested on the application of M&S across all domains

http://www.ms.army.mil/library/fa57_video.html

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FA57 Core Competencies

Simulation Operations▬ The art and science of applying live, virtual, constructive and

gaming simulation technologies in support of military operations, training and acquisition activities which include, testing, experimentation and analysis (BCTS, 2010)

Battle Command▬ The art and science of understanding, visualizing, describing,

directing, assessing, and leading forces in operations against a hostile, thinking, and adaptive enemy (FM 3.0)

Knowledge Management▬ Art of creating, organizing, applying, and transferring knowledge

to facilitate situational understanding and decision making (FM 6.0-1)

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Making the Link

Knowledge Management? Battle Command? Simulations? What is a model or simulation?

▬ A synthetic means of providing information to people to make a decision

What is battle (mission) command?▬ A real world means of providing information to people to make a

decision What is knowledge management?

▬ A method of providing information to people to make a decision

Straight Talk Definitions – Not Official Army Doctrine (yet)

SimulationOperations

Battle CommandScience

Knowledge ManagementArt

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FA57 Value to the Warfighter

We create the operational environment where leaders use all available training resources to:▬ Plan▬ Train▬ Test ▬ Experiment ▬ Learn ▬ Operate

FA57’s enable knowledge creation for the Warfighter

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FA57 Force Structure

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COL

71

130

268

LTC

MAJ

TOTAL

4 16

74 84

106 103

ARNG

CPT

17

50

* CPTs and AGR included in Totals

FY11 FA57 Force Structure

ACTIVE DUTY ARNG USAR

28 3

477 total authorizations

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Officer DevelopmentEducation, Training & Career Path

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5th Assignment(LTC/COL)

4th Assignment(LTC)

ACSILE/AOWC

SSC

JOINT

CORPS

ASCC

DA STAFF

SIM SPT/CBT DEV/MAT DEV

FA57 Career Path

SSC SEL

FD BZ LTC

PZ LTC

BZ COLPin On

MAJ

Pin On LTC

PZ COL

PZMAJ

JCWS (JPME II)

1st Assignment

(CPT/MAJ) 2nd Assignment

(MAJ)

3rd Assignment

(MAJ/LTC)

Gain functional competencies

Build multi-skilled/ leadership competencies through education,

training and experience

Apply acquired leadership/functional competencies

in Senior leadership positions

FA57

BASICBRANCHDEPLOY

BASICBRANCH

NON-DEPLOY

FA57 CORPS/DIV/BDE

FA57 CORPS/DIV/BDE

FA57 SIMDEV/TNG

FA57 SIMDEV/TNG

06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22SOC / BCOIC ASC

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Needs of the Army

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Graduate Education M&S focused ACS

▬ Naval Postgraduate School▬ Old Dominion University▬ University of Central Florida

Online M&S Degrees▬ Old Dominion University▬ University of Central Florida

Certificates, Fellowships, Broadening Experiences▬ Looking to use/develop more of these (NPS, OSD, DHS)▬ Revitalize Training with Industry

GOAL:

To provide officers with a deeper technical

understanding of Modeling and Simulation

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Tactical, Operational & StrategicCommunications

Knowledge Sharing

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The Forumshttps://forums.bcks.army.mil

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Final Thoughts

We are Capability Providers in the Areas of Simulation, Battle Command and Operational Knowledge Management

We are Joint and must operate in the M&S domain that way▬ Development▬ Configuration Management Boards▬ Standards, break stove-pipes, common tools▬ The Services’, Industries’, and Academia’s NIH Program has

been defunded

Modeling and Simulation, and training/educating of M&S professionals is the only way we will maintain readiness of the future force during the Perfect Storm

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Questions?