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LTC Joseph M. Nolan FA57, Proponent Officer

FA57 Simulation Operations Proponent Brief. LTC Joseph M. Nolan FA57, Proponent Officer. MOVES Institute, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 14 JUL 11. M&S Congressional Caucus Challenge.

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LTC Joseph M. Nolan FA57, Proponent Officer

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  1. FA57 Simulation Operations Proponent Brief LTC Joseph M. Nolan FA57, Proponent Officer MOVES Institute, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 14 JUL 11

  2. 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.

  3. Acquisition AT&L Analysis PA&E & JS Planning JS & Policy Testing DOT&E & AT&L Training P&R 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. Experimentation JS J7 Common and Cross-Cutting M&S Tools Common and Cross-Cutting M&S Data M&S Practices Common and Cross-Cutting M&S Services (SE FORUM) (JADM) (AP EXCOM) (T2 ESG) (JCDE EC) Components OSD, Joint Staff, COCOMs, Services 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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 6

  7. 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

  8. 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)

  9. 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 worldmeans of providing information to people to make a decision • What is knowledge management? • A method of providing information to people to make a decision Simulation Operations Knowledge Management Art Battle Command Science Straight Talk Definitions – Not Official Army Doctrine (yet)

  10. 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

  11. FA57 Force Structure

  12. FY11 FA57 Force Structure ARNG ACTIVE DUTY USAR ARNG COL 17 4 71 16 LTC 84 74 130 MAJ 3 28 50 CPT 106 103 268 TOTAL 477 total authorizations * CPTs and AGR included in Totals

  13. Officer DevelopmentEducation, Training & Career Path

  14. FD FA57 Career Path PZ MAJ BZ LTC PZ LTC PZ COL BZ COL Pin On LTC Pin On MAJ SSC SEL 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 SSC ACS SOC / BCOIC ASC JCWS (JPME II) ILE/AOWC 3rd Assignment (MAJ/LTC) 4th Assignment (LTC) 5th Assignment (LTC/COL) 1st Assignment (CPT/MAJ) 2nd Assignment (MAJ) BASIC BRANCH DEPLOY JOINT FA57 SIM DEV/TNG FA57 CORPS/ DIV/BDE CORPS Needs of the Army ASCC FA57 BASIC BRANCH NON- DEPLOY DA STAFF FA57 SIM DEV/TNG FA57 CORPS/ DIV/BDE SIM SPT/CBT DEV/MAT DEV Build multi-skilled/ leadership competencies through education, training and experience Apply acquired leadership/ functional competencies in Senior leadership positions Gain functional competencies

  15. Graduate Education GOAL: To provide officers with a deeper technical understanding of Modeling and Simulation • 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

  16. Tactical, Operational & StrategicCommunicationsKnowledge Sharing

  17. The Forums https://forums.bcks.army.mil

  18. 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

  19. Questions?

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