13TH FINANCE GROUP

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13TH FINANCE GROUP
Transformation Brief
CSM IAN A. TONEY COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR
COL MICHAEL A. SHALAK GROUP COMMANDER
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OUTLINE

• MISSION
• VISION
• AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
• COE
• TRANSFORMATION LINKAGES
• FINANCE TEAM CONCEPT
• PHANTOM FINANCE WARRIOR CENTER
• FISCAL FORMATION

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ENSURE THE FINANCIAL READINESS OF III CORPS
UNITS. ON ORDER, PROJECT A FINANCE CAPABILITY
AND CONDUCT FINANCE SUPPORT FOR ALL SOLDIERS AND
UNITS IN THE III CORPS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.
MISSION
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ORGANIZE, TRAIN, EQUIP, DEVELOP, AND SUSTAIN A
RELEVANT FINANCE FORMATION CAPABLE OF PROVIDING
FULL-SPECTRUM FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN AUSTERE
LOCATIONS, UNDER CONDITIONS OF UNCERTAINTY, WHILE
FACING THE ASYMMETRIC THREATS OF TODAY AND
TOMMOROWS BATTLEFIELD
VISION
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Effective 15 Feb 03
15th
Total Accounts 94,496
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13th Finance Group Assumed C2 on November 1, 2000
Provides Finance and Accounting Support
throughout ARCENT
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COE
CONDUCT OF WAR IS CHANGING

• Terrorism
• Access to Space
• Weapons of M.D.
• Info Technologies
• Theater Missile Defense
• Anti-access Defense
• Asymmetric/adaptive
• Precision kinetic energy munitions

• Complex relationships
• Sanctuary in urban terrain
• Night vision capability
• Mobile/mechanized reserves
• Guerilla warfare
• Threatened homeland
• Dispersed formations

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COE
THREAT TACTICS

• Maintain viable conventional military to
  destroy forces,
• secure territory and maintain regime security
• Employ stand-off for operational shielding of
  forces/capabilities
• Seek to prolong the conflict, and avoid
• decisive battle
• Avoid the massing of large forces

• Marginalize high-tech advantage
• Preserve military capabilities
• Web Like Defenses
• Patternless operations
• Maneuver tied to opportunity
• Cause mass casualties
• Maintain threat and presence of WMD/E.

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TRANSFORMATION
Selfless-Service
Shaping the Future
Loyalty
Honesty
Transform the Force
Duty
Forge the Discipline
Integrity
Respect
Personal Courage
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TRANSFORMATIONLINKAGES
Threat/Operating Environment Characteristics
Army Response/ Transformation
13th Finance Group Impact/Response

• Conduct of War
• - Terrorism
• - WMD
• - Asymmetric
• - Opportunistic
• - Pattern less Ops
• Operational Environment
• - Sophisticated opponents
• - Geographic dispersion
• - Operational exclusion
• - Military systemology
• - Limited access
• Battlefield Conditions
• - Urban combat
• - NGOs and media
• - Humanitarian issues

• Conduct of War
• - C2 on the move
• - Maneuver/mobility
• - Force dispersion
• - Force Protection
• Operational Environment
• - Leader/Soldier development
• - Force Dispersion
• - Company centric
• - Rapid deployment
• - Anticipatory logistics
• - Commercial support
• - Decrease tail to tooth
• Battlefield Conditions
• - Urban warfare
• - Infodominance
• - Multifunctional

• Conduct of War
• - Smaller formations
• - Lighter, leaner
• - Situational Awareness at all times
  
• Operational Environment
• - Phantom Finance Warrior
  Center
• - Junior Leader Empowerment
• - Train, Alert, Deploy
• - Rigorous, dynamic training
• - Failure in training is OK
• - Finance Team centric design
• - Relationships w/supported units
• - Focus on CVS/procurement (FF)
• - Relevant/lean formations
• Battlefield Conditions
• - World-wide connectivity
• - Optimal force structure
• - Increase procurement support

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Transformation Vision
Finance Team-Centric Ops
COE/Threat
Multi-Functionality -- Phantom Finance
Warrior Center
Doctrine FM 3.0 FM 14-100
Army Transformation
Fiscal Formation
ASYMETRIC THREAT CONDITIONS OF
UNCERTAINTY AUSTERE ENVIRONMENTS.
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FT-Centric Operations
THE FINANCE TEAM CONCEPT (STRUCTURE AND
IMPLEMENTATION)
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FT-Centric Operations
Geographic Dispersion Enemy Threat Structure
Reductions
Increased Reliance on Finance Teams

• Empowered NCO Leadership
• Ownership of Mission and Equipment
• Cohesive Teams
• Well Trained
• Capable of Exercising Initiative Within Intent

Finance Teams are the Bedrock of Finance
Operations
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FT Concept (ENDSTATE)
13th Finance Groups battalions comprised of
Finance Teams that are effectively manned,
lightly but potently equipped, realistically
trained, and dynamically led supporting III Corps
soldiers, formations, and AORs.
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FT Concept (RULES)

• All soldiers will be part of an Finance Team
• Units will maintain FT integrity to the maximum
  extent possible
• The FT will be led by a SGT/SSG empowered to make
  decisions
• The FT ownsall equipment, vehicles, etc
• The FT maintains a habitual relationship with
  supported units support forward (on-site)
• The FT is responsible for all support to that
  unit confirmed kill concept

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FT Concept (TRAINING)

• Multi-functionality 80 proficiency in all
  technical areas
• Phantom Finance Warrior Center Training enabler
  for the FT concept
• Initial training with annual recertification
• Detachments/Battalions responsible for
  sustainment training
• Tactical training in units focused on the basics
• Situational awareness is essential

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FT Implementation Plan

• All BNs organized into teams
• ID team mission and concept of support for each
  team
• Resource teams
• ID requirements/develop the standard
• Fill shortages
• Battalion generated TTPs (bottom-up generation of
  good ideas)
• All teams trained by the PFWC
• Sustainment training packages
• Data collection by FT

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Future

• Recertification program/Det EXEVALS
• FT competitions
• Team integrity on deployments

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13th Finance Group
UNCLASSIFIED
MULTI-FUNCTIONALITY The Phantom Finance Warrior
Center
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Mission Statement
Provide critical go to war deployment training
for 13th FG soldiers using the Phantom Finance
Warrior Center (PFWC) as a primary training
enabler relevant to war-winning readiness
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Phantom Finance Warrior Center Objective
To develop the most effective finance formations
in the world lean, deployable, highly trained,
and ready to face uncertainty at all times to
support the Phantom Warriors of III Corps and any
other units as directed. The Objective Group
will possess the ability to provide world-class
finance support any time, any place, under any
conditions, with a minimal footprint. It will be
a multifunctional and relevant force in service
to the Corps, the Army, and the Department of
Defense.
Train Alert Deploy
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Phantom Finance Warrior Center Principles

• We are soldiers first. Warriors with expertise
  in finance operations.
• The bedrock of the Objective Group will be the
  Finance Team (FT).
• The FT, as the building block of our structure,
  will live, train, eat, conduct PT, maintain, and
  work together.
• The FT will be trained in critical finance
  functions, including CVS, disbursing, and MIL Pay
  (RC)
• The FT will be led by a SGT/SSG, empowered to
  make decisions without fear of reprisal.

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Phantom Finance Warrior Center Concept

• The 13th FG will provide standing cadre for the
  PFWC.
• The PFWCs initial focus will be on technical
  training.
• PFWC standards will be high. Individuals and
  teams will be certified through a rigorous
  certification exercise at the end of the training
  program.
• Certification of an FT will be conferred in a
  formal ceremony.
• Once certified the FT will be ready to deploy.

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Phantom Finance Warrior Center Endstate
All subordinate units of the Objective Group will
have gone through the PFWC. The PFWC will be the
finance testing ground for the Group, spanning
all components (AD, USAR, ARNG). The PFWC will
be the premier location for a finance soldier,
team, detachment, or unit to prove its mettlein
the Finance Crucible.
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WARRIOR COURSE (12 Days In Duration)

• Disbursing (4 days)
• Military Pay (RC) (2.5 days)
• Commercial Vendor Services (3.5 days)
• Certification Exercise (CERTEX) (1 day)

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PFWC Structure
MAJ Chambliss FINOPS
SFC 1 SSG 1 SGT 2
SFC Stewart NCOIC
Commercial Vendor Services Cell
Disb Cell
Mil Pay Cell
SSG Booker
SGT Houseright
SGT Herod
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PFWC Phases

• Phase I (Stand Up PFWC/Implement Train-Up)
• Soldier and Team
• Phase II
• Annual Recertification
• Technical/Tactical (Detachment)
• Phase III
• Annual Recertification
• Battalion EXEVALs

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Issues and Concerns

• Remote Site Considerations
• Sustainment Package
• RC course 2 week AT

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13th Finance Group
UNCLASSIFIED
THE FISCAL FORMATION (CONCEPT AND IMPLEMENTATION)
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Fiscal Formation

• COE
• Asymmetrical Threat
• Terrorism/WMD/Rear Threat
• Operational Exclusion
• Geographic Dispersion
• Uncertainty
• Austere Environments

• ARMY COUNTER-ACTIONS
• Increased Mobility
• Rapid Deployment
• Force Dispersion
• Minimal Logistical Footprint
• Anticipatory Logistics

Travel Light Get in Fast Procure as You Go
Warfighter Requirements
THE FISCAL FORMATION Finance Contracting Resource
Management
Logistician Capabilities
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Fiscal FormationDEFINITION
The Fiscal Formation (F2) is a triad force
comprised of contracting, resource management,
and finance capabilities, with the mission to
provide the delta (difference) between what the
Army supply channels provide and what is needed
for shaping, decisive, and sustaining operations
for engaged formations.
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Fiscal FormationConcept (1 OF 3)
Finance
PROVISION OF FUNDS PAY AGENT SUPPORT
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS TRACK COSTS
FISCAL FORMATION
Contracting
RM
PROCUREMENT SUPPORT
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Fiscal Formation (F2) Concept (2 of 3)

• Currently a local initiative on Fort Hood
• Provides the logistics delta on the battlefield
• Creates and solidifies synergy between the triad
  of finance, resource management, and contracting
• Heightens the awareness among III Corps
  commanders of F2s contributions to the fight
• Serves as a combat multiplier to warrior and
  sustainer alike
• In the future, will join resource management in
  replacing MILPAY as the Finance Corps main core
  competencies

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Fiscal Formation (F2) Concept (3 of 3)

• F2 is not a separate entity
• F2 does not require additional personnel or
  equipment
• F2 does not imply or require command and control
  relationships between Finance, RM, or Contracting
  organizations
• F2 does not require change to doctrine

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F2 Implementation Plan

• Began initial coordination with RM, Contracting,
  and COSCOM in Sept 01
• Signed memo b/n RM, Contracting, 13th FG
• F2 exercised in DCXII in Oct 01
• F2 conference with AOs from RM, Contracting, G4,
  and G5 in mid Dec

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F2 Implementation Plan

• Integrated F2 into EFWX RU and EFWX (25 Jan 4
  Mar)
• Coordinated with Contracting, RM, G4, and G5
• Developed MESL play for procurement
• Create F2 cell within 13 FG CP
• Integrated actual play into the EWFX scenario
• Integrate F2 in NTC rotations
• Working with 230th FB, 4ID RM, and Corps
  Contracting
• Requires restriction of IMPAC use and close
  coordination with DFAS IN
• Positive acceptance by CGs of III Corps, 1CD,
  4ID, and 13th COSCOM

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Future Of The F2

• F2 fully integrated in III Corps major exercises
  and deployments
• Continue to market F2 through command briefs and
  articles
• Dovetails with the FIRM concept as the natural
  core competency for the future Finance Objective
  Force

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FINANCE WARRIORS!
HOOAAHH!!!!!