Operational ASW Program Overview

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Operational ASWProgram Overview

• CDR Van Gurley
• Commanding OfficerNaval Oceanography ASW Center
  Stennis

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Who are we - What do we do?

• Basic Mission
• Provide an asymmetric warfighting advantage for
  ASW Forces through the application of
  oceanographic sciences
• Nomenclature
• NOAT
• Naval Oceanography ASW Team
• Deployed support to major ASW Commanders
• NOAD
• Naval Oceanography ASW Detachment
• Direct shore support to either P3 Tactical
  Support Center or major ASW Staff
• RBC
• Reachback Cell
• Centralized production hub ASW 911 - for the
  Fleet

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What makes this hard?

• ASW is a enabling warfare area
• Output is not measured in tonnage
• A kill may not be goodand contact may not mean
  contact
• Primary environmental impacts are derivatives of
  derived quantities
• No agreed manner to measure basic model skill
• Very spare objective observation set
• Most feedback is anecdotal
• Currently moving in multiple directions at the
  same time
• Transform what we do
• Change where we do it
• Improve the quality of the output
• Do it for less

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Organization
CNMOC
COO
ASW Director
ASW REACHBACK CELL
CO, Naval Oceanography ASW Center
Stennis Deployed ASWCs/STK GRUs
CO, Naval Oceanography ASW Center Yoko
C7F/CTF-74/CDS-15
Joint NOAC/NAVO Effort
OIC, Naval Oceanography ASW DET Pearl CPRW
2 CTF-12 Pearl Staffs
OIC, Naval Oceanography ASW Detachment Norfolk
FLTASWCOM DET Norfolk
OIC, Naval Oceanography ASW Detachment San
Diego FLTASWCOM
OIC, Naval Oceanography ASW DET Naples CTF 69
OIC, Naval Oceanography ASW DET Misawa CTF 57/72
OIC, Naval Oceanography ASW DET Kadena CTG 72.2
OIC, Naval Oceanography ASW DET Whidbey CPRW 10
CPOIC, Naval Oceanography ASW Detachment
Sigonella CTF- 67
CPOIC, Naval Oceanography ASW Detachment
Brunswick CPRW 5
OIC, Naval Oceanography ASW DET JAX CPRW
11 CDS-24
Deployed Ops Support
Major ASW Staff Support
MPRA TSC Dets
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Program Strategic Realignment
Level of Effort
COCOM Battlespace Prep Survey Program
TAS TOS Mission execution briefs
OPLAN/CONPLAN Studies
Years
Months
Weeks
Days
Hours
Strategic
Operational
Tactical
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Program Strategic Realignment
Level of Impact
Level of Effort
COCOM Battlespace Prep Survey Program
TAS TOS Mission execution briefs
OPLAN/CONPLAN Studies
Years
Months
Weeks
Days
Hours
Strategic
Operational
Tactical
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Program Strategic Realignment
Operational PlanningTeam Engagement
MissionPlanning Cell Engagement
OPLAN/CONPLAN Development
EnvironmentalReconnaissance
EnvironmentalReconstruction and Analysis
Level of Impact
Level of Effort
Trade Space
Opportunity
COCOM Battlespace Prep Survey Program
TAS TOS Mission execution briefs
OPLAN/CONPLAN Studies
Years
Months
Weeks
Days
Hours
Strategic
Operational
Tactical
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Naval Oceanography ASW Teams

• 2 to 3 person teams embarked for high intensity
  ASW
• TACON to ASWC
• Operational planning and execution
• Tether/Fly-away team strategy

CDS-7/RRSG ASWC 291717Z APRIL 06 MID-DEPLOYMENT
FEEDBACK
THE VALUE THE NOAT HAS PROVIDED THE DESRON STAFF
HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS. THE REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENTS AND TACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD
HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT AT BEST WITHOUT THEM
ONBOARD... NOAT IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN
DEVELOPING THE CARRIER STRIKE GROUPS ASW
WARFIGHTING READINESS AND SHOULD BE MADE AN
INTEGRAL PART OF EVERY CARRIER STRIKE GROUP.
CDS-15/KHKSG ASWC 220120Z JUL 06 VALIANT SHIELD
SUMMARY
THE NOAT ENVIRONMENTAL AND ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS
ENABLED THE OPTIMIZATION OF SHIP AND AIRCRAFT ASW
SENSORS AND TACTICS... FULLY INTEGRATED WITH THE
DESRON 15 WATCHTEAM, NOAT PERSONNEL WERE
STATIONED ALONGSIDE THE AZ MODULE IN CDC FOR 24
HOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT. NOAT PROVIDED DESRON 15
WITH TACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO BEST EXPLOIT THE
ENVIRONMENT
CDS-21/JCSSG ASWC 210117Z NOV 06 PERSONAL FOR
FROM COMMODORE SALVATO
...IN SUMMARY, NOAT PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE
SUCCESS OF JCSSG ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE TEAM--I
COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM.
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Tactical Asset ReallocationJCS COMPTUEX 06
Initial Screen Assignments
NOAT Recommendation
Recommended Change to FB New Plan Implemented
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Operational Maneuver PlanningJCS COMPTUEX 06
RBC Analysis 3 5 Days Prior
SG Opposed Transit Plan
Oceanographic Analysis
NOAT integrated throughout OPS Planning Processes
CZ areas
Surface duct areas
Acoustic Analysis
COA Track Analysis
Blue
No Flaming Datum - Operational Oceanography
Fully Embedded
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Optimized Force AllocationSMART SEARCH 05
Baseline no Glider data
MPA
Operational Impact
SSN
Sargasso Sea Front
Sargasso Sea Front
Cold Core Eddy
MPA
Warm Core Remnant
Warm Core Remnant
Cold Core Eddy
Asset Allocation Plan prior to IPE
SSN
MPA

• Median time to detect improves from 23 to 13
  hours at 50 Pd
• Probability of detecting both threats improves
  from 75 to 87

MPA
High Resolution Glider data experts tuning
the model
Asset Allocation after IPE
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Possible Metrics
DesiredFocus

• Level of Impact
• Improvement in search effectiveness speed
• Area selection, COA development, and sensor
  placement tuned to the environment
• Increase in CPd decrease in false alarm rates
  through exploitation of the environment
• Increase in Sea Shied force defense posture
• Use of the environment to maximize force
  protection posture
• Decrease in unintended gaps in area clearance ops
  barriers
• Decrease Blue force losses risk to HVU
• Accurately assess decrease risks due to gaps in
  environmental knowledge
• Environmental reconnaissance
• Adaptive sampling
• Level of Performance
• Accuracy of models/databases/products/assessments
• Speed of delivery of the models/databases/product
  s/assessments
• Degree of commonality across TDAs
• Level of Alignment
• of products shifted
• Degree of conformance to CONOPs
• Level of Effort

Traditional Focus
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Strategy Opportunities
Engagement at C2 Nodes with Fleet Partners
Small Mission Specific Teams Embedded Forward
Operational Oceanography For ASW
Central Mission Support Hub
Coordinated Aligned Production
Authoritative environmental knowledge Optimized
ASW plans and operations
Relentless Experimentation, Verification,
Validation