USJFCOM's Joint Concept Development and Experimentation News Channel
This channel provides the three latest joint concept development and experimentation news stories from U.S. Joint Forces Command.
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USJFCOM conducts MNE 6 seminar in Belgium
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11/05/2010 07:12 PM
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USJFCOM’s Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate and partners from around the world focused on developing improved coalition capabilities to counter the activities of irregular adversaries during a senior leader seminar at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
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Experiment looks to inform future joint force operations
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08/12/2010 08:48 AM
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USJFCOM's Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate recently completed an experiment to develop and assess processes and technical capabilities to improve the execution of joint future joint distributed operations. The experiment, running for almost two years and ending soon, brought a human element together with previous simulations conducted during the project.
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Experiment helps Afghanistan efforts
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03/11/2010 11:11 AM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate recently finished an experiment that evaluated how civil-military partnerships plan security sector reform efforts. The results have already borne fruit with aid to Task Force 435 in Afghanistan.
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Project results lay path for cyberspace operations
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01/29/2010 07:21 AM
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A cyberspace operations project recently completed by a team from U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate delivered several documents which will help shape the future of joint cyberspace operations.
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Command names Junior Civilian of the Quarter
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09/22/2009 10:29 AM
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A program analyst with the Joint Capabilities Development and Experimentation Directorate was recently recognized for her work during the third quarter of 2009.
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Situational awareness experiment prepares for real world crises
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07/30/2009 04:58 AM
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During the recently completed Interagency Shared Situational Awareness (IA SSA) Limited Objective Experiment (LOE), U.S. Joint Forces Command and its partners addressed standards, policies and procedures involving sharing of information with interagency, multinational and non-government agencies during crisis operations.
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Joint wargames test today's, tomorrow's security challenges
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06/04/2009 08:52 AM
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Representatives from the United States military, government, and foreign militaries have gathered to test the Department of Defense's (DOD) recently-revised Capstone Concept for Joint Operations (CCJO) in war games which look ahead to 2020 and feature scenarios that pit U.S. joint forces against three types of threats: a globally networked terrorist threat, a peer competitor, and a failed or failing state.
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Joint experimentation contracts awarded
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06/01/2009 06:01 PM
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Multiple awards to four different companies will support U.S. Joint Forces Command's joint concept development and experimentation efforts.
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Experiment to examine joint operations concept
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05/28/2009 12:59 PM
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Representatives from the United States military, government, and foreign militaries will gather in McLean, Va., from May 31 - June 5 for a week-long wargame to test the Department of Defense's (DOD) recently-revised Capstone Concept for Joint Operations (CCJO).
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ACT releases Multiple Futures Project final report
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05/08/2009 10:35 AM
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Representatives from U.S. Joint Forces Command worked closely with NATO's Allied Command Transformation in the development of a report to ensure U.S. thinking about the future reflects the Alliance’s efforts.
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Technology to enable, not replace warfighters
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01/28/2009 08:41 AM
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During a recent appearance at the Brookings Institute, the commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command discussed how robots are helping to save warfighters' lives as they bring incredible new capabilities to the battlefield, but probably won't ever replace humans in combat.
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Command to begin next step in multinational experimentation
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01/23/2009 09:34 AM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) and its multinational experiment partners met to prioritize an agreed upon set of issues and experiment objectives for Multinational Experiment 6 (MNE 6), a venue to develop better methods to plan and conduct coalition operations.
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Requests for proposal released
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01/08/2009 03:14 PM
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Two requests for proposal to support U.S. Joint Forces Command's joint concept development and experimentation efforts have been released.
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Multinational conference focuses on joint solutions
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11/21/2008 11:08 AM
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More than 230 participants from 33 countries are meeting at the Concept Development and Experimentation Conference in Norway to focus on the problems facing their armed forces and to develop partnerships to solve those problems in the long term.
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Command looks at future capabilities with DoD leadership
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05/19/2008 01:18 PM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command's operational managers who oversee programs that rapidly and efficiently deliver urgently needed technology to commanders in the field met with the Department of Defense leader who oversees the efforts for the whole U.S. military.
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Joint Urban Warrior 08 comes to a close
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04/16/2008 02:10 PM
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The U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory and U.S. Joint Forces Command recently wrapped up Joint Urban Warrior 08 at the Bolder Leadership Center in Potomac, Md., a series of experiments to address and improve joint/combined urban operations concept development and experimentation.
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Phase two of Multinational Experiment 5 kicks off
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04/09/2008 01:19 PM
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The second major experimentation phase of Multinational Experiment 5, an experimentation campaign plan led by U.S. Joint Forces Command and conducted with multinational experimentation partners, kicked off this week in Enköping, Sweden.
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Phase one of Multinational Experiment 5 wraps up
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02/15/2008 03:10 PM
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The first phase of Multinational Experiment 5, an experimentation campaign plan led by U.S. Joint Forces Command and conducted with multinational experimentation partners to prevent and manage international crisis has come to a close in Paris, France.
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USJFCOM readies for Noble Resolve 08
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01/16/2008 08:13 AM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command and U.S. Northern Command recently began planning for Noble Resolve 08, a series of events designed to enhance homeland defense measures and military support during natural or man-made disasters.
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New USJFCOM super computer will enhance command efforts
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11/16/2007 12:33 PM
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A new super computer, assigned to U.S. Joint Forces Command, arrived at the Joint Training and Experimentation Center recently. Armed with the power of more than 1,000 individual computers, the new system will help joint operators enhance modeling and simulation experimentation and training efforts in support of the warfighter.
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Command continues preparations for multinational effort
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11/13/2007 11:46 AM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) and its multinational partners continue to prepare for experimentation events which focus on the processes, procedures and tools government needs in order to facilitate stability in nations wracked by war or natural disaster.
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Commands bring together experimentation leaders
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11/06/2007 12:28 PM
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Allied Command Transformation and U.S. Joint Forces Command brought together an international group of innovative thinkers to discuss various concept development and experimentation initiatives examining the dynamic face of war in a conference in Istanbul.
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Joint Force Support Component Command enhances logistical flow
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11/02/2007 08:05 AM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Experimental Deployment and Support program used a real-time evaluation in Korea to look at the Joint Force Support Component Command capability to enhance logistics and support functions for the warfighter.
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Command moves forward with Joint Urban Fires Prototype
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10/19/2007 09:47 AM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate will continue testing the technology that makes up the Joint Urban Fires Prototype, a combination of cutting edge software and the latest hardware designed to give the warfighter an edge in urban combat.
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Noble Resolve 07-2 comes to a close
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08/24/2007 04:36 PM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command's Noble Resolve 07-2 used modeling and simulation tools and long-distance virtual connections to help make an experiment possible as part of ongoing efforts to enhance homeland defense measures and military support in the event of a natural or man-made disaster.
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Liveblogging: Noble Resolve 07-2
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08/22/2007 12:44 PM
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Robert Pursell from U.S . Joint Forces Command Public Affairs is blogging live Aug. 22 from Noble Resolve 07-2, the latest in the command's series of experiments examining ways to improve information sharing between various levels of government and improve military support to civil authorities both before and after natural and man-made disasters. The experiment brings together numerous partners at the federal level, such as the Department if Homeland Security and U.S. Northern Command, and at the state level, such as the state of Oregon.
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Noble Resolve 07-2 kicks off
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08/20/2007 02:25 PM
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Long-distance virtual connections came online as simulations began to support decision-making and working together in a crisis situation as U.S. Joint Forces Command's Noble Resolve 07-2 started in Suffolk, Va.
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Noble Resolve 07-2 aims at making communication easier
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08/10/2007 01:39 PM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command's Noble Resolve 07-2 will use modeling and simulation and long-distance virtual connections as tools to help make an experiment possible as it begins later this month to enhance homeland defense measures and military support in the event of a natural or man-made disaster.
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Winnefeld nominated to command U.S. Navy's 6th Fleet
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07/27/2007 05:15 PM
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Rear Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr., director of Joint Innovation and Experimentation Directorate, has been nominated to the rank of vice admiral and assignment as the new U.S. Navy 6th Fleet commander.
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USJFCOM testing Sense Through Structures capabilities
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05/23/2007 04:35 PM
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Using aspects of an agreement with an industry partner, U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Urban Operations Office has begun initial testing of some joint capabilities that will enable detection, location and tracking of personnel, weapons and explosives inside buildings.
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Liveblogging: Joint Urban Warrior 07
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05/21/2007 05:20 PM
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MCC(SW/AW) Chris Hoffpauir from U.S. Joint Forces Command Public Affairs blogged live all day May 21 from Joint Urban Warrior 07. Co-sponsored by the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory at the Bolger Center in Potomac, Md., the latest iteration of the Joint Urban Warrior series of wargames focuses on how actions in a tactical urban environment affect operations across the whole spectrum of conflict.
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Liveblogging: Noble Resolve 2007
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04/25/2007 05:35 PM
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MCC(SW/AW) Chris Hoffpauir from U.S . Joint Forces Command Public Affairs blogged live all day April 25 from Noble Resolve 2007, the first in the command's series of experiments examining ways to enhance homeland defense and improve military support to civil authorities both before and after natural and man-made disasters. The experiment brings together numerous partners at the federal level, such as the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Northern Command, and at the state level, such as the commonwealth of Virginia.
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Noble Resolve 07 kicks off
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04/23/2007 11:10 AM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command's Noble Resolve has began the first phase of its series of experiments to enhance homeland defense measures and military support in the event of a natural or man-made disaster.
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USJFCOM gears up for Noble Resolve
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03/30/2007 12:35 PM
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Working closely with U.S. Northern Command to support its mission of homeland defense, U.S. Joint Forces Command will soon begin the Noble Resolve experimentation series which will examine ways to enhance homeland defense and improve military support to civil authorities in advance of and following natural and man-made disasters.
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Congressman calls command modeling and simulation hub
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02/27/2007 05:02 PM
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Congressional Modeling & Simulation Training Caucus Chairman Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) dubbed U.S. Joint Forces Command and their modeling and simulation efforts as the future of conflict resolution during the Second Annual Modeling & Simulation Leadership Summit.
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JPADS continues to improve the way it delivers aerial drops to the warfighter
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02/14/2007 03:22 PM
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After using limited acquisition authority to speed an earlier version to warfighters fighting the Global War on Terror in Afghanistan, U.S. Joint Forces Command continues its role in the development of the Joint Precision Airdrop System with new ways of delivering supplies to ground forces minimizing the level of risk for the warfighter.
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USJFCOM begins Integrated Battle Command Experiment Series
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01/26/2007 02:47 PM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command recently teamed with the Defense Advanced Research Products Agency for an Integrated Battle Command Limited Objective Experiment to test a whole-of-government approach to conducting stability operations in a disadvantaged country.
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2006 -- The Year in Review
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12/29/2006 01:46 PM
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During 2006, U.S. Joint Forces Command’s made great strides, working with governmental and nongovernmental agencies and other nations to develop better ways of supporting each other, forging new partnerships with industry and academia, and supporting the warfighter around the world. The command conducted experiments that investigated how the U.S. military and its allies and partners will train and operate together in the future, and its efforts in analyzing lessons learned in the Global War on Terrorism yielded a groundbreaking report on Saddam Hussein’s regime.
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Omni Fusion ties Army into UR 2015
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11/14/2006 09:28 AM
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The U.S. Army partnered up with U.S. Joint Forces Command recently when it participated in Urban Resolve 2015 through its own experiment known as Omni Fusion to help bridge capability gaps for the warfighter.
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Planning discussions continue for next multinational experiment
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11/03/2006 07:32 AM
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Officials from U.S. Joint Forces Command and countries around the world are continuing the planning process for Multinational Experiment 5, which will focus on developing a capability for effective day-to-day involvement across agencies to support crisis prevention.
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Cooperation key for partnerships
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11/01/2006 05:16 PM
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The success which comes from cooperation and interagency effort became very evident for the more than 300 attendees from 35 different nations who heard about efforts from around the world at the 6th Annual Concept Development and Experimentation Conference.
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International conference discusses current operations
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10/31/2006 04:54 PM
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Attendees to U.S. Joint Forces Command's and Allied Command Transformation's Concept Development and Experimentation (CD&E) Conference in Athens, Greece examined how the concepts of today are impacting both current operations and the operations of the near future.
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USJFCOM, ACT host 6th CD&E; Conference in Greece
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10/31/2006 08:10 AM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) and NATO's Allied Command Transformation (ACT) have brought together military innovators from around the globe to discuss the latest developments in military thought.
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Urban Resolve 2015 comes to a close
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10/27/2006 06:42 PM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command and its partners brought Urban Resolve 2015, a series of experiments designed to improve the warfighter's ability to operate in an urban environment, to a close as they revealed some initial insights.
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Urban warfare experiment draws many players
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10/24/2006 02:19 PM
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Air Force personnel are flying virtual missions from a suite of rooms in the Pentagon known as the Air Force C4ISR Visualization Center which houses one of 19 nodes during Urban Resolve 2015 (UR2015), a major series of joint urban warfare experiments involving all five U.S. military services and participants from thirteen nations.
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USJFCOM, USTRANSCOM commanders sign joint vision statement
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10/20/2006 09:49 AM
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The commanders of U.S. Joint Forces Command and U.S. Transportation Command recently signed a joint vision statement which will help to guide the two commands' partnership as they work together to improve joint deployment and distribution efforts in the Department of Defense.
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Urban Resolve 2015 leaders meet with the media
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09/20/2006 05:21 PM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Experimentation Directorate and its partners met with the media today at the Joint Futures Laboratory to show a behind-the-scenes look at Urban Resolve 2015.
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Liveblogging: Urban Resolve 2015
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09/13/2006 11:15 AM
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All day today, MCC Chris Hoffpauir from USJFCOM Public Affairs will blog live from Urban Resolve 2015's human in-the-loop experiment which looks at better ways to operate in the urban environment. Please watch http://www.jfcom.mil throughout the day for updates.
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Initial trial of Urban Resolve 2015 wraps up
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08/18/2006 10:19 AM
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The first phase provided U.S. Joint Forces Command the opportunity to work with its partners during the initial trial of Urban Resolve 2015 aimed at improving the warfighters’ ability to operate and control the urban environment and isolate the adversary.
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Value of experimentation to the joint warfighter stressed in urban experiment
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08/11/2006 02:11 PM
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Urban Resolve 2015 (UR2015), a major series of joint urban warfare experiments involving all five U.S. military services and participants from thirteen nations, has brought multiple aspects of joint experimentation together to help look at solutions for challenges warfighters face in urban environments.
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USJFCOM, Singapore Armed Forces meet to collaborate on transformation
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06/30/2006 01:03 PM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command hosted Brig. Gen Jimmy Khoo, who oversees the Future Systems Directorate of the Singapore Armed Forces, to participate in an inaugural collaboration workshop, designed to increase sharing between the two nations, particularly in joint and combined experimentation.
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Commander calls multinational experiment a success
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05/22/2006 07:48 AM
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Air Force Gen. Lance Smith, NATO's supreme allied commander for transformation and commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command, discussed the recently-concluded Multinational Experiment 4, an international test of various aspects of international power, such as diplomacy, information, military and economics, and how these variables influence the behavior of an adversary.
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Liveblogging Unified Quest 2006
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04/25/2006 10:47 AM
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JOC(SW/AW) Chris Hoffpauir will blog live Tuesday from the Suffolk, Va.-based Global Cell of the U.S. Joint Forces Command and the U.S. Army co-sponsored wargame Unified Quest 06. Check http://www.jfcom.mil throughout the day for updates from the wargame.
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USJFCOM and Army co-sponsor Unified Quest 06 wargame
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04/24/2006 11:03 AM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command and the U.S. Army are co-sponsoring Unified Quest 06, the fourth in an annual series of wargames designed determine how the joint force will conduct irregular warfighting beyond the year 2017.
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Newsmaker Profile: Duane Schattle
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03/31/2006 07:17 AM
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After decades of experience with open-field warfare, the U.S. military has realized that a majority of future operational missions will likely migrate into urban areas. Faced with operating in cities, U.S. Joint Forces Command is focused on designing and implementing successful joint warfighting processes and capabilities for urban environments. As part of a continuing series allowing command personnel to highlight command priorities, challenges, and solution paths for the future within their field, Duane Schattle, who heads the command’s joint urban operations office, discusses the challenges of urban operations as part of an ongoing series of articles profiling command leaders who are helping to deliver solutions to joint warfighters.
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Command takes industry award for wireless network efforts
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03/17/2006 06:47 AM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Experimentation Directorate recently earned recognition at a major industry trade show for trailblazing work on creating a highly secure wireless network inside of the Joint Futures Laboratory facilities.
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Commander visits Multinational Experiment 4 war simulation center
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03/15/2006 07:12 AM
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The commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command talked about the importance of working together and the role of modeling and simulation in experiments and exercises when he visited a NATO facility participating in the USJFCOM-led Multinational Experiment 4.
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A day in the life of Multinational Experiment 4
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03/01/2006 08:22 AM
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For all of March 1, USJFCOM Public Affairs writer Jennifer Colaizzi live-blogged on her experiences and discussions she had with participants at Multinational Experiment 4's U.S. node at the Joint Futures Laboratory in Suffolk, Va. Multinational Experiment 4 (MNE 4) is an international experiment scheduled to run until March 17, 2006. Led by USJFCOM’s Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate, the participating nations will examine multinational interagency group coordination, multinational logistics interoperability, information operations and medical support.
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USJFCOM, international partners begin Multinational Experiment 4
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02/27/2006 08:55 AM
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MNE4 brings together personnel from Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States and explores the full range of using an effects based approach to operations to influence an adversary's behavior.
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USJFCOM: 2005 year in review and highlights for what to expect in 2006
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12/29/2005 01:57 PM
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2005 was an active and productive year for U.S. Joint Forces Command. Throughout the year, the command's public affairs writing staff followed the command’s major efforts and milestones and provided the latest news on the many facets of the command's mission. For this story, we linked back to what we saw then and look ahead to what the command has planned for 2006.
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Knowledge support cell makes preparations for Multinational Experiment 4
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12/28/2005 06:36 AM
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This article is the first in a series profiling several of the concepts under examination in the upcoming Multinational Experiment 4 (MNE4), an event which will bring together personnel from Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States in early 2006. Personnel from these countries, along with NATO, make up a multinational team of experts that recently helped prepare the Knowledge Support cell for MNE4.
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Senior Leaders Focus On Urban Fight
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12/16/2005 06:48 AM
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Leaders from across the U.S. government and NATO gathered together at a U.S. Joint Forces Command-sponsored meeting to discuss operating in the highly challenging urban zones of today's military operations.
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Command harvesting benefits of working with academia
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11/18/2005 06:39 AM
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Armed with results of past work, U.S. Joint Forces Command officials agree that partnering with academic and educational institutions is beneficial to the command and the future of joint warfighting.
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USJFCOM, NDU and RUSI examine operations on the cusp
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11/17/2005 09:53 AM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command, National Defense University and the United Kingdom's Royal United Services Institute participate in their third conference on how to deal with adversaries who operate on the cusp of military operations.
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Experimentation chief nominated for deputy commander slot
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11/15/2005 06:43 AM
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President George W. Bush has nominated Army Maj. Gen. John R. Wood to become the next deputy commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM). Wood currently serves as USJFCOM's director for joint experimentation.
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Tour highlights advances in modeling and simulation
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11/09/2005 05:04 PM
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As the modeling and simulation field continues to develop, U.S. Joint Forces Command works with its partners to harness this technology and share the command's work in this field with a group of reporters.
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Author gives keynote speech for CD&E; 2005
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11/09/2005 05:03 PM
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A noted strategic thinker shared his impressions on the future global strategic environment with attendees at the NATO/U.S. Joint Forces Command-sponsored Concept Development & Experimentation Conference 2005 in Berlin.
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Command garners coveted award for wireless local area network efforts
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08/22/2005 10:27 AM
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The U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Experimentation Directorate has been showered with accolades for achieving a phenomenal feat—a wireless local area network that provides voice over internet protocol capabilities and a soon to be realized remote access capability. The directorate is also assisting in creating a fully mobile and deployable wireless capability for warfighters with the Deployable Experimentation Suite, which will provide high resolution streaming video capabilities and changing the way the military, industry and others envision future wireless networks.
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Newsmaker Profile: Orville E. "Bud" Hay
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08/08/2005 10:05 AM
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With the intent to raise awareness of USJFCOM's continuing transformation efforts, this is part of a series of profiles, which allow command subject matter experts to highlight command priorities, challenges, and solution paths for the future in their field. Focused on providing recommendations for where our nation should invest time and resources to ensure successful military operations in the next decade, Bud Hay, the Joint Concept Development Pathway Director shares his insights on moving joint concepts to joint warfighting capabilities.
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Unified Quest 05 insights unveiled
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06/22/2005 07:55 AM
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Findings from the latest in a series of co-sponsored joint wargames indicate the need to think globally across service, interagency and coalition lines to better accomplish major objectives both in warfare and after major conflict has stopped.
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Command advances jointness in co-sponsored wargames
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06/22/2005 07:53 AM
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U.S. Joint Forces Command's continuing series of co-sponsored wargames provides a unique avenue for creating the integrated capabilities of the future by involving all the services, allies and other government and non-government agencies.
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