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Long-distance virtual connections came online as simulations began to support decision-making and working together in a crisis situation as U.S. Joint Forces Command's Noble Resolve 07-2 started in Suffolk, Va. Robert Pursell has the story. Listen
to the podcast Narrated by Robert Pursell, USJFCOM Public Affairs Pursell: U.S. Joint Forces Command's Noble Resolve 07-2 kicked off today and will conduct a series of simulation-driven experiments throughout the week to enhance homeland defense measures and military support to civil agencies during natural or man-made disasters. Noble Resolve, sponsored by USJFCOM, is an experimentation campaign plan supporting 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. Noble Resolve 07-2 will use intricate computer-based models and long distance virtual connections to provide the environment for participants to make decisions and work together as they would in the case of a real crisis. By using the models, no troops or emergency personnel will actually have to deploy or respond to events, saving money and time. Navy Capt. John Kersh, the experimentation director of Noble Resolve, discussed the purpose of the campaign. Kersh: We’re trying to enhance homeland defense by putting together an experimentation venue that allows interested parties to work research objectives of mutual interest. We’re actually distributing the game itself with this series of vignettes so that organizations do not have to leave where they normally work, which is gigantic. Pursell: Noble Resolve 07-2 will bring approximately 100 people from across the United States and abroad to develop solutions to provide improved defense support to civil authorities and build upon global partnerships. Kersh said throughout the campaign, USJFCOM will benefit not only from the opportunity to work with partners in this collaborative environment, but also from the chance to apply some of its own modeling and simulation products. 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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