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Experiment looks to inform future joint force operations USJFCOM's Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate recently completed an experiment to develop and assess processes and technical capabilities to improve the execution of joint future joint distributed operations. The experiment, running for almost two years and ending soon, brought a human element together with previous simulations conducted during the project. • Comment on this article at USJFCOMLive

Simulation operators run models of the Hampton Roads area of Virginia as part of Noble Resolve 07. (Click on this official photo by Air Staff Sgt. Joe Laws to download a high quality version.)

Noble Resolve 07 enhancing homeland defense

U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Noble Resolve experiment campaign continues to look at ways of enhancing homeland defense and support in the event of a natural disaster or man-made disaster here this week.

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By Robert Pursell
USJFCOM Public Affairs

(SUFFOLK, Va. - April 26, 2007) -- U.S. Joint Forces Command's (USJFCOM) Noble Resolve experiment campaign continues to look at ways of enhancing homeland defense and support in the event of a natural disaster or man-made disaster here this week.

This first experiment, Noble Resolve 07-1, brought in more than 125 people from across the United States and other countries 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.

Rear Adm. James Winnefeld, director of the Joint Innovation and Experimentation Directorate (J9) said the overall mission of Noble Resolve was to improve homeland defense in depth, and improve the defense support to civil authorities. This week's experiment will focus on two separate fictional scenarios.

"We're doing two scenarios. One is a hurricane coming from west Africa that's going to impact Hampton Roads and the other is a terrorist attack coming from a ship that is sailing from the western African region and it's going to potentially arrive in the Hampton Roads area with a type of a radiological device on it that might cause a real problem in the area," he said.

Winnefeld said the Virginia Fusion Center, located in Richmond, is working in conjunction with Noble Resolve on the terrorist scenario. The center is in the process of running its annual exercise called the Virginia Emergency Readiness Exercise at the same time. Noble Resolve personnel will communicate with Virginia officials and share information regarding a potential attack. Once the week is over, they will evaluate everything.

Throughout the Noble Resolve experiments, USJFCOM will also partner with both U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and the U.S. Transportation Command, and other federal agencies such as the Dept. of Homeland Security, the FBI and Customs and Border Protection.

The work USJFCOM is doing during Noble Resolve will support NORTHCOM as the command develops joint operations concepts for homeland defense.

During Noble Resolvem USJFCOM 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.

"We have a whole host of people participating," said Winnefeld. "They're all here in this building right now working away on these problems."

Participants have teamed up throughout the experiment to use a number of modeling and simulation (M&S) tools to get a read on what will happen in both scenarios. Winnefeld explained the progress made so far.

"We've had a great convergence of modeling and simulation tools to come together where we can explore the art and the science of homeland defense experimentation. We're very pleased at the progress of the experiment thus far."

Winnefeld said at the end of the week, analysts will gather all of the information and come up with an after action report. This will then be sent to all participants, as well as Virginia officials, to include Governor Tim Kaine and mayors of the cities in Hampton Roads.

The next phase of the experiment, in August, will likely focus on a threat in the Pacific theater. Those involved will include the state of Oregon, the city of Portland, the Oregon National Guard, as well as Joint Task Force Homeland Defense, located in Hawaii.