Joint Training Experimentation Program JTEP Exercise Support at Twentynine Palms

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Joint Training Experimentation Program (JTEP)
Exercise Support at Twenty-nine Palms
May 11, 2005
XCTC Final Planning Conference
COL (Ret) William Hatch Program Manager
John Shockley Project Leader
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Outline

• Introduction
• JTEP Support Concept
• Exercise AVIs
• Applicability to XCTC

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What is JTEP?
A Joint National Guard Bureau/California National
Guard program to link existing training systems
in a Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) environment
to improve overall readiness of Guard forces
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JTEP Support to 29 Palms Exercises

• 29 Palms Exercise Requirements
• Instrumented both Mounted and Dismounted
• O/Cs Tactical Training Exercise Control
  Group (TTECG, aka Coyotes)
• Take Home Package
• OPFOR JCATS
• Tasks trained IAW Mobile Assault Course (MAC)
  and Convoy Course Handbooks (MAGTF Training
  command)

• Exercise Dates 26-29 April (MAC) 4-6 May
  05 (Convoy Course)
• Location MCAGCC, Twenty-nine Palms, CA
• Units 13th MEU (MAC) 2-2 (Camp Lejeune)
• Exercise Director TTECG

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JTEP System Components
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JTEP System Components Used for 29 Palms
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JTEP 29 Palms Configuration
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29 Palms Convoy Course
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Exercise Provided Excellent Preparation for XCTC
Exercises

• Shakedown of key JTEP technologies to be used
  in XCTC
• DFIRST
• IGRS
• JTEP Executive Control
• UAV
• DAAR
• Support and operations concept
• JTEP as product for training operations
• JTEP use in live-fire training (XCTC will use
  MILES 2000)
• Cross-country DAAR
• 2D/3D display
• Video feed of AAR to Web

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Conclusions

• 29 Palms Exercises provided great opportunities
  for JTEP
• Support of Joint Training
• Several JTEP Firsts
• Exercises provided excellent preparation for
  future operations
• XCTC
• Camp Roberts
• Exercises provided an introduction to 29 Palms of
  LVC capabilities that are applicable to Range
  Modernization

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• BACKUP

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Support Concept Summary

• JTEP provided technology and instrumentation
  support to Mobile Assault Course (MAC) exercises
  (April 26-29) and Convoy Course exercises (May
  4-6)
• Support at no cost to Marine Corps or Twenty-nine
  Palms
• Supported Joint training
• Provided field test for JTEP team prior to XCTC
• Provided initial look at LVC for Twenty-nine
  Palms Range Modernization Effort

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JTEP System Support Concept

• DFIRST
• Real-time vehicle tracking (all vehicles)
• Vehicle gun pointing angle (M1A1) all live fire
• Geo-pairing with JCATS commanded engagement
  results
• IGRS
• Real-time dismount tracking (in or out of
  vehicles)
• JCATS
• Mimic live-fire targets appear in UAV view and
  2D/3D AAR
• Used to show shoot back
• OPFOR
• Civilians in Convoy Town

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JTEP System Support Concept (continued)

• Virtual-Constructive UAV
• Real-time intelligence gathering and situational
  awareness
• JTEP Executive Control
• Provides remote subsystem (e.g., gateway, DAAR
  displays) control
• Enables operation with fewer support personnel
• Provides for robust (fault tolerant)
  system/subsystem operation
• AAR/DAAR
• 2D/3D AAR
• DAAR via IC4U to SRI-WDC
• Video feed of AAR to Web
• JTEP Take Home Package (THP)
• CD ROM Take-home Package of 2D display for
  participants

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JTEP Firsts

• First JTEP Joint Training Exercise
• USMC MAC and Convoy Operations
• CA ARNG IC4U
• First use of JTEP LVC for live-fire operations
• Live (DFIRST IGRS)
• Virtual (UAV)
• Constructive (UAV, OPFOR live-fire targets,
  yodas)
• First extended (2 weeks) JTEP training support
• Test of JTEP Product concept

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JTEP Firsts (continued)

• First cross-country JTEP DAAR
• 29 Palms (in the field) to SRI WDC (via IC4U)
• 2D and 3D display for real-time monitoring and
  AAR
• Video feed of AAR to Web
• First use of JTEP Executive
• First use of JTEP urban terrain
• Convoy MOUT
• JCATS OPFOR and yodas

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Lessons Learned Coyote Comments

• Useful capabilities provided by JTEP technology
• Vehicle/dismount tracking
• 2D and 3D displays
• Vehicle spacing
• Sight/fire lines
• Enemy viewpoint
• UAV view
• AAR
• THP
• Identified enhancements
• Live air tracking
• Live-fire safety fans
• Coyote radio traffic (incorporated in the field
  after first run)

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Lessons Learned Unit Comments

• Confusion on what system does/doesnt do
• Suspicion that system listens to intercom
• No time to learn about system capabilities
• Very little time for JTEP-based AAR
• Increases importance of THP
• 2D and 3D AAR was very useful
• Can see spacing between vehicles (2D and 3D)
• Can see enemy perspective (3D)
• Can see impact of terrain features (3D)

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Lessons Learned Program Comments

• Need to have more advance coordination and buy-in
  from users
• Rapidly changing schedules/plans required extreme
  flexibility
• Little opportunity to educate/train users
• Not all PIPs turned on
• Skepticism of system (some thought system
  recorded intercom turned it off)
• JTEP-based AARs not planned in advance
• Initial runs had little-to-no unit JTEP-based
  AARs
• Needed to sell system in the field in order to
  schedule JTEP-based AARs
• Joint training at 29 Palms provided new
  perspective on requirements
• Automatic PIP activation?
• Use of tactical radio retransmission capability?
• Exercises provided an excellent opportunity to
  prepare for upcoming events
• XCTC
• 149 AR and USMC Reserve AT at Camp Roberts
• Shakedown of CA DFIRST