UNCLASSIFIED USCENTCOM CCJ7 CENTCOM Integrated Operations Through Exercises and Training Colonel Ted Bale Deputy Director, Exercises and Training 1 April 2010

UNCLASSIFIED Meaning of Integrated Ops at USCENTCOM CCJ7 views integrated operations during training and exercises to include Interagency and Coalition participation Interagency participation is important for the “Whole of Government” approach USCENTCOM exercises are designed to encourage multi- national and interagency participation – military, ministries, and international partners USCENTCOM regularly conducts exercises and training as part of a Regional Security Architecture –Building partner capacity –Improving communication and relationships –Develop and exercise access and contingency planning

UNCLASSIFIED CDR USCENTCOM JMETL Integrated Ops ST 8.1 – Coordinate Coalitions or Alliances, Regional Relations and Security Assistance Activities –Majority of joint exercises include interagency tasks, coordination, and participation –Interagency partners contribute to USCENTCOM planning efforts –USG agencies coordinate operations throughout the AOR with the military ST 8.5 – Integrate Military Ops w/Regional Interagency Activities –Interagency partners represented on the USCENTCOM staff: DIA, CIA, Treasury, FBI, Dept of State, USAID, NGIA, NGIC –USCENTCOM staff LNOs present at USG agencies in DC area and forward in the AOR

UNCLASSIFIED 4 RESOURCES USCENTCOM JECG USNAVCENT MOC USJFCOM JWFC UN/OCHA USAID DOS GOALS Prepare NAVCENT battle staff for JTF-Crisis Response duties Exercise Foreign Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief CONPLAN Exercise JTF-CR CONOPSUSAID OFDA-DART conducting assessments and liaison. Improve interoperability between component staffs INTERNAL LOOK 09, JTF-HA/DR TRAINING 5Ws WHO: USCENTCOM/USNAVCENT Crisis Response WHAT: HA/DR Regional Event -Earthquake WHEN: DEC 2008 WHERE: USNAVCENT, USCENTCOM FWD WHY: Primary focus was to ‘Improve interagency interoperability (USAID and UN/OCHA) 15

UNCLASSIFIED LEADING EDGE 10 5W’s Who: CENTCOM AOR and out of region nations (PSI Operational Experts Group) What: multi-lateral PSI exercise designed to develop capabilities with partner nations to deter and disrupt WMD proliferation and transportation. LE 10 will consist of LIVEX; PORTEX; International Post-interdiction TTX (Phase II). Where: Abu Dhabi, UAE When: January 2010 Why: Strengthen coalition partnerships and demonstrate continued determination to prevent WMD proliferation within the region. END STATE: Develop an exercise focused on critical weaknesses in PSI process and encourage signing of non- endorsing nations. Resources INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE Office of Secretary of Defense (Policy) Naval War College Dept. Of Homeland Security FBI U. S. Customs and Border Protection DIA U.S. Dept of State DOD AGENCIES USCENTCOM Joint Staff J5 USSTRATCOM (SCC- WMD) USNAVCENT -Prevent/Interdict WMD proliferation - Exercise intergovernmental and interagency information sharing and decision making - Explore national legal and liability issues -seizure and possible disposition of WMD related material 5 W’sResources GOALS Phase II Exercise Location Participants: Gulf Cooperation Countries 30 total nations participating CENTCOM Invited: AOR countries except IRN, SYR. PSI OEG Facilitators (Int’l TTX): GBR, AUS, FRA, CAN.

UNCLASSIFIED Integrated Ops Lessons Learned +Interagency participation enhances exercise realism and improves expected results +Coalition participation improves overall mil-to-mil relations, enhancing US interoperability, AOR access and security –Interagency capacity to support exercises often limited by personnel and funding shortages –Interagency needs training objectives, and they must be facilitated in scenario to ensure future participation

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