RIMPAC 2000: EXERCISE ‘STRONG ANGEL’ Vision Mission Goals Objectives Strategy

‘STRONG ANGEL’ Strong Angel is a unique exercise that is the first time a joint, multi-agency combined civil-military exercise in cooperation has been tried, on this scale, in the Asia-Pacific Region. Many of the aspects of the exercise, including the development and implementation of the scenarios, are experimental and require the input of several different players.

‘STRONG ANGEL’ In order to keep the exercise controllable as well as replicable, a vision must be established with clear supporting goals and objectives. Creating a plan will help exercise leaders avoid: trying to move in too many directions being so confused about direction that effective actions are NOT taken to move in ANY direction

‘STRONG ANGEL’ To successfully chart the exercise’s implementation, the team must define precisely: who will ‘play’ in the exercise what will be accomplished where each player fits in the whole exercise when, how and who the benchmarks for success are to be measured how the entire exercise will come together

‘STRONG ANGEL’ Most importantly, the team must document each step of the process in order to effectively and efficiently analyze the successes and failures. The evaluation of whether or not the exercise, in part or in its entirety, can be replicated will rely on the effective and efficient analysis of the entire process.

‘STRONG ANGEL’ Military US forces Coalition Humanitarian UN agencies NGO agencies Civilian Local officials Volunteers

VISION To further the collaborative efforts between multi-national military forces and civilian humanitarian organizations to assist populations in crisis.

MISSION More specifically, ‘Strong Angel’ will: Further develop mutual understanding and the framework for cooperative arrangements.

GOALS & OBJECTIVES To further define the exercise, the team must establish goals and objectives that relate and directly support the vision and mission. Goals are: broad general intentions intangible abstract can not be validated as is Objectives are: narrow precise tangible concrete can be validated (measured)

GOALS In support of the overall mission, the goals of ‘Strong Angel’ are: Create mutual understanding of respective capabilities, limitations and expectations. Create a replicable system for the safe conduct of this and subsequent exercises. Deliver a coordinated response to a population in crisis. The first goal is the meat and potatoes of the exercise The second goal says we need to make sure we can set this up again The third goal says we need to do this exercise well

OBJECTIVES Purpose of setting OBJECTIVES is to: convert mission goals into performance targets create yardsticks to track performance establish performance goals requiring stretch push firm to be inventive, intentional, focused Setting CHALLENGING but ACHIEVABLE objectives guards against: complacency drift internal confusion status quo performance

OBJECTIVES Goal: Create mutual understanding of respective capabilities, limitations and expectations. Objective: Establish a forum to exchange relevant information between humanitarian organizations and military each day. Objective: Document the implementation and output of combined activities each day. Objective: Analyze the output of the forum to extract key principles by 16JUN00.

OBEJCTIVES Goal: Create a replicable system for the safe conduct of this and subsequent exercises. Objective: Establish a mechanism for participating in the exercise by 30OCT99. Objective: Establish a mechanism for coordination between participating multi-national forces (MNF), UN/Humanitarian and other relevant agencies by 24MAR00. Objective: Document the conduct of the exercise by 16JUN00.

OBJECTIVES Goal: Deliver a coordinated response to a population in crisis. Objective: By 08JUN00 there will be a coordinated plan for sectors/functions (logistics, health/medical, camp management, water, shelter, sanitation, security, food/nutrition) Objective: By 10JUN00, establish a coordinated military, non-military delivery system for each sector/function. Objective: By 14 June, establish a plan for transitioning the delivery system to civilian management. Objective: Between 09-15JUN00 Implement and evaluate plans each day.

OBJECTIVES NOTE: Each of the sectors/functions will have goals/objectives specific to it within the parameters set out in the exercise goals/objectives. For example: SECURITY - Establish a combined security management system by 10JUN00. Civil Military - Establish a mechanism for coordination between multinational forces (MNF) and UN/Humanitarian agencies by 05JUN00. Medical - On a daily basis, monitor and ensure compliance to mutually accepted preventive health standards that include water potability, food safety, camp sanitation, disease prevention, and education.

STRATEGY Objectives = targeted results & outcomes Strategy = HOW to achieve outcomes Actual strategy is a blend of deliberate & purposeful actions - intended strategy as needed reactions to unanticipated developments & fresh competitive pressures - unintended strategy

STRATEGY Planned Strategy Actual Strategy Adaptive Reaction

STRATEGY TEMPLATE Short Description of Strategy Metric (What will we measure?) Milestone (When will we measure?) Success Criteria (How do we know when we are where we want to be?)

STRATEGY TEMPLATE Roles & Responsibilities (Who Owns this Strategy?) Resource Identification (What do you Need that You Don’t Have?) Feedback Mechanism (Who/What Lets You Know How You are Doing?)