Noble Resolve 07 kicks off today
U.S. Joint Forces Command's Noble Resolve has began the first phase of its series of experiments to enhance homeland defense measures and military support in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. Robert Pursell has the story.
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Narrated by Robert Pursell, USJFCOM Public Affairs
Featuring: Navy Lt. Cmdr. Chris Oden, the military lead for Noble Resolve 07-1
Pursell: U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) kicked off its series of experiments here today aimed at enhancing homeland defense measures and military support in the event of a natural or man-made disaster.
Noble Resolve, sponsored by USJFCOM, is an experimentation campaign plan supported by U.S. Northern Command to develop solutions for U.S. agencies and organizations by providing the means to deter, prevent, and defeat threats and aggression aimed at the U.S., its territories, and interests.
This week's event, known as Noble Resolve 07-1, is the first of what will be a series of experiments to be held over a number of years on this topic. The Noble Resolve campaign will be managed by USJFCOM's Joint Innovation and Experimentation Directorate or J9.
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Chris Oden, the military lead for Noble Resolve's initial experiment which will last through the end of the week, explained the significance of the event.
Oden: It's the first homeland defense and defense support to civil authorities experiment that we're conducting within J9 that has a lot of modeling and simulation support and potential that's going to be built into the Noble Resolve campaign.
Pursell: Noble Resolve 07-1 will bring more than 125 people from across the United States and a number of other countries to develop solutions to provide improved defense support to civil authorities and build upon global partnerships.
Throughout the Noble Resolve campaign, USJFCOM will also partner with the U.S. Transportation Command, and other federal agencies such as the Dept. of Homeland Security, the FBI and Customs and Border Protection. It will also team with individual states such as the Commonwealth of Virginia and Oregon, as well as multinational participants to include Canada, Germany, Singapore, Finland and Sweden, amongst others.
For more information on this and other ways U.S. Joint Forces Command is supporting the warfighter, visit us on the web at www.jfcom.mil.
For U.S. Joint Forces Command, I'm Robert Pursell.
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