Coalition CBRN Information Inter-Operability Study (CCIIS) June 2007

Overview Purpose Background Goals Study Process Study Phases Today’s Objectives

Study’s Purpose Investigate U.S. Combatant Command (COCOM) needs for coalition forces collaborative situational assessment (SA), incident response (IR) and consequence management (CM) in response to CBRN incidents (and ‘all hazards’). Identify specific data and information exchange and interoperability user needs and expectations to enable successful development materiel and/or non-materiel capabilities to support enhanced SA, IR and CM.

Background Increasing need for CONUS and OCONUS preparation for CBRN CM operations Increasing likelihood that CM operations will involve interfacing with coalition organizations Joint Task Force (JTF) Alliances (NATO) Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) Joint Task Force Civil Support WMD-Civil Support Teams Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) Joint Operations Centers, Emergency Operations Centers, etc Foreign consequence management operations Domestic Civilian/ Non Government Organizations

Study Goals Characterize the U.S. Military’s ability to swiftly provide U.S. Military source information that: Has operational relevance to non-U.S. Military organizations Considers U.S. Military operational and information security requirements Understand and capture specific user information needs and expectations for CM that they cannot generate internally Identify effective and consistent methods for U.S. Military forces to rapidly assess CBRN events and share meaningful information with relevant organizations involved in the operation Materiel solutions (e.g., automated tools) Non-materiel solutions (e.g., procedures)

Study Process Collect data from COCOMs, coalition representatives, international organizations, and NGOs that operate in the COCOM Areas of Operation (AORs), including: Non-U.S. Military in CONUS Host Nation reps / first responders / etc. Leverage existing and planned allied/coalition/joint exercises, experiments, conferences, etc. Analyze data in order to identify specific user needs and expectations for CM operations, as well as information interoperability shortfalls.

Study Phases 1 – Initial Data Collection (5 months) 2 – Data Analysis and Preliminary Report (“Quick Look”) (2 months) 3 – Final Data Collection (3 months) 4 – Final Analysis and Reporting (2 months)

Today’s Objectives Complete CCIIS Questionnaire View, Identify, obtain copies of Policies Directives Procedural Documents (SOPs, CONOPs, etc.) Exercise After Action Reports Data Exchange Tools Identify additional POCs (Govt/NGO/Non-U.S. Military) Obtain dates of future Exercises (Tabletops, Field Training, Command Post, etc)

Questions, Comments?

Study Team Christopher Harmel Cubic Task Lead Chris.harmel@cubic.com 703-719-7597 Dr. Tom Stark Cubic Scientific / IT Analysis Tom.stark@cubic.com 703-924-3050 ext. 5123 Kate Elliott CUBRC IT Analysis elliott@cubrc.org 808-258-2090 Steve Carey Cubic CBRNE Analysis Stephen.carey@cubic.com 703-924-3050 ext. 5101 Sam Love Cubic CBRNE Operational Analysis Sam.love@roadrunner.com 937-242-6482