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 USJFCOM
assumes responsibility for key Defense Department training
capability
U.S.
Joint Forces Command has assumed responsibility for
one of the key pillars of the Department of Defense's
Training Transformation program, the Joint Knowledge
Development and Distribution Capability.
By JOC(SW/AW) Chris Hoffpauir
USJFCOM Public Affairs
(SUFFOLK,
Va. – Feb. 9, 2006) – U.S. Joint
Forces Command’s (USJFCOM) Joint
Warfighting Center (JWFC) became the office of primary responsibility for
the Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability
(JKDDC) Joint Management Office (JMO) here starting this
month.
According
to JKDDC JMO Program Manager Joseph Camacho, Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Readiness Dr. Paul
Mayberry directed the move in August 2005 to better integrate
JKDDC with the Joint National
Training Capability (JNTC) and the
entire spectrum of what USJFCOM and the JWFC provides.
“USJFCOM takes programs and operationalizes them,” Camacho
said. “That’s what we’re doing with this
program. There are a lot of operational efficiencies we
can realize by putting JKDDC with JNTC at the same command.”
JKDDC
and JNTC are two of the three capabilities that form
the foundation of DoD’s Training Transformation
(T2). JKDDC addresses individual training and education,
developing and distributing joint knowledge through a dynamic
global network.
“Personnel can go onto a Web portal and have access
to joint knowledge at any time, anywhere,” Camacho
said. He said individuals can use the capability to get
training tailored to their specific needs.
The second part of T2, JNTC, addresses collective training,
preparing forces by providing command staffs and units
with an integrated live, virtual and constructive training
environment in an appropriate joint context and perspective.
The third is the Joint Assessment and Enabling Capability,
which will assist leaders in assessing the value of transformational
initiatives on individuals, organizations, and processes
and provides essential support to enable and enhance JKDDC
and JNTC.
According
to Camacho, his office manages and oversees the JKDDC’s development. JMO’s
responsibilities include:
• Collecting and consolidating requirements from combatant
commands
• Identifying common education and training objectives
• Identifying common metrics
• Developing and distributing joint education and training
content, tools, and services
• Identifying common technology
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Collaborating with research & development communities
and other organizations to make use of existing capabilities
as much as possible
USJFCOM’s
JWFC also works with existing programs and other DoD
systems to help develop the multinational
aspects of joint knowledge development and distribution.
It collaborates with program managers and personnel from
the services, combatant commands, National Defense University,
senior service colleges, and regional centers, among others.
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