IAMD tabletop exercise identifies future joint requirements Published Feb. 25, 2010 By 505th Command and Control Wing Public Affairs HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- Fifty-five joint service and DoD agency subject matter experts gathered here Feb. 2-4 for the second of three tabletop exercises aimed at integrating air and missile defense operations and procedures. On behalf of the Headquarters Air Force Plans and Requirements Division, the 505th Command and Control Wing hosted the participants while Air Mobility Command's Mobility Operations School, Detachment 1 provided administrative and facilitator support to conduct the exercise. The decision to conduct tabletop exercises originated at the Joint Services Warfighter Talks last year. Service leaders agreed on the need to define, develop, field and sustain an integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) command and control structure to mitigate threats to the U.S. homeland and worldwide national interests. The U.S. Navy led the first exercise at the Naval War College last October where participants drafted a framework of command relationships for IAMD processes. The objectives of last week's tabletop were to identify critical information exchange requirements between the services and deficiencies associated with IAMD command and control (C2). The group was also responsible for assessing IAMD C2 organizational structure, doctrine, training, personnel and materiel requirements. Scenarios were presented to stimulate discussion and generate recommendations to defeat air and missile threats. The experts agreed on the importance of defining IAMD in joint doctrine and expanding training and interoperability across the services and areas of responsibility. They recommend leveraging existing courses and exercises to develop a training program that certifies and monitors individual's currency in IAMD operations. The group stressed the need for all services to work with the Missile Defense Agency on development activities and to expand and exploit synergies between the various service Operations Centers. The U.S. Army will lead the final tabletop exercise in March. Results from all three exercises will be summarized with recommendations in a report to the Joint Chiefs of Staff later in May. Lt. Col. Christa Machado contributed to this report.
IAMD tabletop exercise identifies future joint requirements Published Feb. 25, 2010 By 505th Command and Control Wing Public Affairs HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- Fifty-five joint service and DoD agency subject matter experts gathered here Feb. 2-4 for the second of three tabletop exercises aimed at integrating air and missile defense operations and procedures. On behalf of the Headquarters Air Force Plans and Requirements Division, the 505th Command and Control Wing hosted the participants while Air Mobility Command's Mobility Operations School, Detachment 1 provided administrative and facilitator support to conduct the exercise. The decision to conduct tabletop exercises originated at the Joint Services Warfighter Talks last year. Service leaders agreed on the need to define, develop, field and sustain an integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) command and control structure to mitigate threats to the U.S. homeland and worldwide national interests. The U.S. Navy led the first exercise at the Naval War College last October where participants drafted a framework of command relationships for IAMD processes. The objectives of last week's tabletop were to identify critical information exchange requirements between the services and deficiencies associated with IAMD command and control (C2). The group was also responsible for assessing IAMD C2 organizational structure, doctrine, training, personnel and materiel requirements. Scenarios were presented to stimulate discussion and generate recommendations to defeat air and missile threats. The experts agreed on the importance of defining IAMD in joint doctrine and expanding training and interoperability across the services and areas of responsibility. They recommend leveraging existing courses and exercises to develop a training program that certifies and monitors individual's currency in IAMD operations. The group stressed the need for all services to work with the Missile Defense Agency on development activities and to expand and exploit synergies between the various service Operations Centers. The U.S. Army will lead the final tabletop exercise in March. Results from all three exercises will be summarized with recommendations in a report to the Joint Chiefs of Staff later in May. Lt. Col. Christa Machado contributed to this report.