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USCENTCOM CCJ7

CENTCOM Integrated Operations Through Exercises and Training

Colonel Ted BaleDeputy Director, Exercises and Training

1 April 2010

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Meaning of Integrated Ops at USCENTCOM

CCJ7 views integrated operations during training and exercises to include Interagency and Coalition participation

• Interagency participation is important for the “Whole of Government” approach

• USCENTCOM exercises are designed to encourage multi-national and interagency participation– military, ministries, and international partners

• USCENTCOM regularly conducts exercises and training as part of a Regional Security Architecture– Building partner capacity– Improving communication and relationships– Develop and exercise access and contingency planning

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CDR USCENTCOM JMETL Integrated Ops

• ST 8.1 – Coordinate Coalitions or Alliances, Regional Relations and Security Assistance Activities

– Majority of joint exercises include interagency tasks, coordination,

and participation

– Interagency partners contribute to USCENTCOM planning efforts

– USG agencies coordinate operations throughout the AOR with the military

• ST 8.5 – Integrate Military Ops w/Regional Interagency Activities

– Interagency partners represented on the USCENTCOM staff: DIA, CIA, Treasury, FBI, Dept of State, USAID, NGIA, NGIC

– USCENTCOM staff LNOs present at USG agencies in DC area and forward in the AOR

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RESOURCES• USCENTCOM JECG

• USNAVCENT MOC

• USJFCOM JWFC

• UN/OCHA

• USAID

• DOS

GOALS• Prepare NAVCENT battle staff for JTF-Crisis

Response duties

• Exercise Foreign Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief CONPLAN

• Exercise JTF-CR CONOPSUSAID OFDA-DART conducting assessments and liaison.

• Improve interoperability between component staffs

INTERNAL LOOK 09, JTF-HA/DR TRAINING

5Ws• WHO: USCENTCOM/USNAVCENT Crisis

Response

• WHAT: HA/DR Regional Event -Earthquake

• WHEN: DEC 2008

• WHERE: USNAVCENT, USCENTCOM FWD

• WHY: Primary focus was to ‘Improve interagency interoperability (USAID and UN/OCHA)

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LEADING EDGE 10

5W’sWho: CENTCOM AOR and out of region nations (PSI Operational Experts Group)

What: multi-lateral PSI exercise designed to develop capabilities with partner nations to deter and disrupt WMD proliferation and transportation. LE 10 will consist of LIVEX; PORTEX; International Post-interdiction TTX (Phase II).

Where: Abu Dhabi, UAEWhen: January 2010

Why: Strengthen coalition partnerships and demonstrate continued determination to prevent WMD proliferation within the region.

END STATE: Develop an exercise focused on critical weaknesses in PSI process and encourage signing of non-endorsing nations.

ResourcesINTERAGENCY TASK FORCEOffice of Secretary of Defense (Policy) Naval War CollegeDept. Of Homeland Security FBIU. S. Customs and Border Protection DIAU.S. Dept of StateDOD AGENCIESUSCENTCOM Joint Staff J5USSTRATCOM (SCC- WMD) USNAVCENT

-Prevent/Interdict WMD proliferation

- Exercise intergovernmental and interagency

information sharing and decision making

- Explore national legal and liability issues - seizure and possible disposition of WMD

related material

5 W’s Resources

GOALSPhase II Exercise

Location

Participants: Gulf Cooperation Countries

30 total nations participatingCENTCOM Invited: AOR countries except IRN, SYR.PSI OEG Facilitators (Int’l TTX): GBR, AUS, FRA, CAN.

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Integrated Ops Lessons Learned

+ Interagency participation enhances exercise realism and improves expected results

+ Coalition participation improves overall mil-to-mil relations, enhancing US interoperability, AOR access and security

– Interagency capacity to support exercises often limited by personnel and funding shortages

– Interagency needs training objectives, and they must be facilitated in scenario to ensure future participation

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QUESTIONS