USJFCOM gets approval to connect U.S., Australian networks
U.S. Joint Forces Command’s recently received approval to connect the Joint Training and Experimentation Network and Australia’s Defence Training and Experimentation Network , allowing the two countries to link simulation networks and efficiently train together across long distances. Chief Petty Officer Chris Hoffpauir has the story.
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Narrated by MCC(SW/AW) Chris Hoffpauir, USJFCOM Public Affairs
Featuring: John Vinett, Deputy for the Joint Warfighting Center’s Joint Training Technologies Group, and Lt. Col. Roger Symons, Australia’s liaison officer at USJFCOM
Hoffpauir: The Defense Information Systems Network Security Accreditation Working Group recently approved U.S. Joint Forces Command’s request to connect the Joint Training and Experimentation Network and Australia’s Defence Training and Experimentation Network.
The connection will allow USJFCOM, U.S. Pacific Command and the Australian Defence Force to continue work on Australia’s Joint Combined Training Capability, or JCTC.
The new Australian capability will allow U.S. and Australian forces to link simulation networks so they can train together in a live, virtual and constructive environment, which blends live tactical forces with manned simulators and sophisticated computer models.
JCTC will connect to the United States’ Joint National Training Capability for Exercise Talisman Saber 2007, a U.S. - Australian joint exercise that starts in may 2007.
John Vinett, deputy for the Joint Warfighting Center’s Joint Training Technologies Group said that for the United States, the goal is to eventually make these types of connections throughout the pacific.
Vinett: We see this as a first effort, and we’ve got some very unique support in that area because of our relationship with Australia, which make this a little bit easier than some of the other efforts that we’ll pursue. It’s the first in a series that we’ll be able to connect networks to other networks to expand the reach of joint and combined training.
Hoffpauir: Lt. Col. Roger Symons, Australia’s liaison officer at USJFCOM, said Australia’s goal is to be able to train more effectively for combined operations with the United States.
Symons: The United States and Australia have a very long history of cooperating in armed conflict together. What this is really about is learning to train the same way we fight.
Hoffpauir: The plan to develop Australia’s Joint Combined Training Capability began in 2004. The Australian government funded the program through its initial operating capability in Exercise Talisman Saber 2007. The Australian government will decide whether or not to continue development after proving the concept in the exercise.
Vinett said the benefits of a networked training capability far outweigh the costs of development.
Vinett: You save lots of dollars and time and effort if you can leave them at their home station instead of having to move them forward to support a mission rehearsal exercise.
Hoffpauir: For more on this and other ways U.S. Joint Forces Command is supporting the development of joint and combined warfighting capabilities, visit us on the web at www.jfcom.mil. For U.S. Joint Forces Command, I’m Chief Petty Officer Chris Hoffpauir.
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