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Technical Working Group (TWG)
SEESIM 14
Main Planning
Conference (MPC)
2 - 5 Apr 2014
Zagreb, Croatia
Co-Chairs
CPT Zoran Hemetek
22 CFR 126.4A APPLICABLE
COL Krasimir Andreev
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Technical Working Group
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Introductions
Please add your name
and contact information
to the TWG contact list
on the presentation PC.
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Technical Working Group
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• Composition
– Co-chaired by Croatia and Bulgaria
– Representatives from each participating
nation, SEEBRIG HQ, supporting nations,
observer nations.
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MPC TWG Objectives
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• Review Exercise Technical Planning and
Execution dates
• Review equipment requirements for Exercise
Control (EXCON)
• Review and Approve Basic Network Architecture
• Review, discuss and update Windsor Diagram
• Develop and review Resource Requirement
Matrix (RRM)
• Identify and confirm locations of EXCON Forward
and Training Audience
• Discuss and determine site capabilities
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MPC TWG Objectives continued
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Discuss technical training schedule and requirements
Review participating nations’ technical responsibilities
Review technical manning requirements
Discuss Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation (JCATS)
operator requirements
Conduct JCATS database workshop
Update technical input to the Plan of Action and
Milestones (POA&M)
Determine TWG objectives for the FCC
Identify and discuss any remaining technical Issues
Draft Technical Working Group minutes
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• Responsibilities
• Identify issues and provide
recommendations to the Steering Group
regarding technical aspects of the
Exercise design
• Provide a report of discussions and issues
requiring Steering Group guidance
• Provide technical solutions for
requirements provided by the Operational
Working Group
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• Specified Tasks
• Provide a technical solution that supports
EXCON requirements for managing the
exercise
• Provide communications between the EXCON
and Training Audience (TA) though means
normally available to the TA
• Insure technical requirements for the Exercise
(assets, information system services, support,
etc) designated by the Operational Working
Group are met
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• Specified Tasks (cont)
• Examine methods to improve upon past
technical solutions
• Send unresolved issues to the Steering
Group for resolution
• Provide Technical Working Group input
to all Conference Minutes
• Provide solutions for Softphone, VTC
and JCATS database to Steering Group.
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Technical Working Group
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Proposed Technical
Planning and Execution
Dates
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SEESIM 14 Timeline
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Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Apr
May
Jun
2013
Bilateral
19-21
Croatia
Jan
2014
Feb
ESC
24-27
Croatia
Mar
IPC
21-24
Croatia
Jul
EPC
31-01
Croatia
Aug
EPC = Exercise Planners Course
CMC = Crisis Management Course
MPC
2-5
Croatia
Sep
Setup/Trg
1-19
Croatia
Oct
CMC
24-28
Bulgaria
Nov
FCC
3-6
Croatia
Tech. trng
Dec
Execution
23-26
Croatia
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SEESIM 14 Execution Schedule (Sep 14)
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MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
SUN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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10
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12
13
14
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19
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21
27
28
SM & AAR Training
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16
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Final Setup and Testing
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EXCON
Training
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Opening
JCATS Training
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25
DV Day
Execution
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AAR
Closing
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Technical
Inputs to POA&M
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POA&M (draft)
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Dates
Task
POC
Status
24-27 Sep 13
Exercise Specifications Conference (ESC)
All
DONE
21-24 Jan 14
Initial Planning Conference (IPC)
All
DONE
1-4 Apr 14
Main Planning Conference (MPC)
All
Jun 14
Draft Exercise Manning Document
All
Final Coordination Conference (FCC)
All
Comms Hot to All Sites
Tech Group
Equipment Installation in Croatia
Tech Group
Technical Training in Croatia
Tech Group
8-12 Sep 14
Remote Site Instalation and Testing
Tech Group
15-17 Sep 14
Remote Site Final Setup and Testing
Tech Group
3-6 Jun 14
1 Sep 14
15-31 Aug 14
3-6 Jun 14
IR 2014
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POA&M (draft)
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Dates
Task
POC
18-19 Sep 14
End-to-End Test
Tech Group
18-19 Sep 14
JCATS Training
Tech Group
22 Sep 14
EXCON MINIEX
All
22 Sep 14
EXCON Training
All
23 Sep 14
Opening Ceremony
All
23-25 Sep 14
Exercise Execution
All
25 Sep 14
Distinguished Visitor (DV) Day
All
26 Sep 14
Facilitated After Action Review (FAAR)
AAR, Techs
26 Sep 14
Closing Ceremony
All
Status
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POA&M
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• Technical items to add to POA&M
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Technical Working Group
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Exercise Design
and
Basic Network Architecture
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Exercise Architecture
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RFIs
Guidance
EXCON Forward
Site Manager
AAR Analyst
Role Players
MEL/MIL Injects
EOC
International Response Cell
(Role Players)
RFIs
National Response Cell
MEL/MIL Tracker
JCATS Operator
Coordination
Liaison Officer
Remote Site
Information
Exercise Director
EXCON Director
Operations Control
Scenario Manager
AAR Manager
Information Manager
Coordination
Coordination
EXCON Main
TRAINING
AUDIENCE
Other
EOCs
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Exercise Architecture
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EXCON Main
Coordination
Coordination
National Response Cell
Liaison Officer
MEL/MIL Tracker
JCATS Operator (provided by HN)
International Response Cell
(Role Players)
RFIs
Guidance
EXCON Forward
Site Manager
AAR Analyst
Role Players
Information
RFIs
Coordination
Exercise Director
EXCON Director
Operations Control
Scenario Manager
AAR Manager
Information Manager
Remote Site
TRAINING
AUDIENCE
MEL/MIL Injects
EOC
Other
EOCs
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Croatia
EXCON Main
VTC, VOIP, Portal, Email, JCATS
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Basic Network Architecture (draft)
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Mobile Phones
Croatia
EXCON Main
EXCON
Fwd
TELCO
ISP
Virtualized Services
(Email, Portal, VOIP Call
Mgr, DNS, DC, JCATS)
IM PC
1 of 7 Proposed Sites
Phone/Fax
DMZ
(OWA)
VOIP Phone/Soft
Phone
Phone/Fax
VOIP Phone
VTC codec
5 mbps
12 mbps
VTC Bridge
Firewall
Firewall
JCATS Client
Printer
Internet PC
JCATS Technical Control
DMZ (Webmail access for Training Audience)
VPN for Exercise Network (VTC, VOIP, Portal, Mail, JCATS)
TELCO (POTS/FAX)
Internet
Mobile Phones
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IM PC
Printer
JCATS Client
Training
Audience
EXCON MAIN
EXCON Fwd
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Windsor Diagram
and
Resource Requirements
Matrix (RRM)
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Windsor Diagram
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• Why is it produced?
To simplify the exercise
communication architecture
• What is it?
Network drawing, including
communication lines and
assets
• What is important?
Who provides equipment
(nations)
What is provided (specific
numbers)
Where the equipment resides
(sites)
Compliments the Resource
Requirements Matrix (RRM)
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RRM
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• Detailed equipment list
for each site
• Who provides
equipment
• Quantities of
equipment
• Site technical
personnel
• Site communication
requirements
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Locations of EXCON
Forward and Training
Audience
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• Identify Proposed Locations of EXCON
Forward and Training Audience (TA) for
each site
– May be co-located in same facility, but not same
rooms
– It is best if TA uses its everyday communication and
information systems
– TA location requires internet capability to access
SEESIM 14 webmail
– Need to work with counterpart in Operational
Working Group to determine locations no later than
MPC
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EXCON Forward
Site Capabilities
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• EXCON Forward Site
– Internet Connection Requirements
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2-3 Mbit/sec symmetrical bandwidth (minimum of 2 Mbps)
No firewalls or filtered ports on the circuit
RJ-45 Twisted Pair end-point
Minimum of 1 usable (real-world) IP address provided by your ISP
No Network Address Translation (NAT) of the IP address
DNS addresses and default gateway provided by your ISP
– Power
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220-240V AC 50 Hertz, Schuko European plug
Amperage – sufficient power for equipment used
UPS or backup power recommended
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• EXCON Forward Site continued
– National exercise equipment assets
• Ethernet network switches
• Network laser printers
• UPS
• Network Firewall (pfSense) and network cabling
• VTC Suite
• Projector
• Information Management PCs
• VOIP Phones (Asterisk)
• JCATS client computers (Nations with JCATS license)
– POTS – Two or three Telephones with International Capability
– FAX – One with International Capability
– Furniture – To be determined by the number of participants
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Questions ?
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Joint Conflict and Tactical
Simulation
(JCATS)
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• JCATS Database Requirements
– Each Nation will provide data for JCATS
database NLT FCC to Croatia
– Nations use national scenarios and MEL/MIL
to build and update JCATS database
LIST 1
LIST 2
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• JCATS Operator Requirements
– If possible JCATS Operators will be provided
by JCATS licensee nations
– One JCATS operator for each EXCON
Forward site (??)
– A 2 day familiarization course will be held prior
to the event execution
– Each nation and SEEBRIG HQ will confirm the
number of operators available at the MPC
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Questions ?
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Technical Manning
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Exercise
Architecture -Chart
cont.
EXCON Organizational
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Exercise Director
Deputy Exercise Director
Personnel located in Croatia
Personnel located in Croatia
and remote sites
Visitor Observers Bureau (VOB)
Public Information Center (PIC)
EXCON Director
EXCON Admin
Operations Group
Technical Group
Operations Officer
Technical Coordinator
Information Manager
Systems Technicians
(One per Exercise site,
plus EXCON Main techs)
Scenario Manager
Comm Technicians
(One per Exercise site,
plus EXCON Main techs)
MEL/MIL Trackers
Liaison Officers
(One per Exercise site,
all located in Croatia)
(One per Exercise site,
all located in Croatia)
After Action Review Mgr
AAR Analysts
International Organizations
Site Mgrs / Role Players
VTC Bridge Operator
VTC Operators
(One per Exercise site)
JCATS Tech Controller
(One per Exercise site)
Database Manager
(TBD)
Sr Model Controller
JCATS Operators
(One per Exercise site,
all located in Croatia)
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• Proposed Technical Manning
Requirements for EXCON Forward sites
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Communications/Network Technician
Information System (IS) Administrator
VTC Operator/Technician
JCATS Operator
Note:
These are recommended positions. If one person can fill multiple
positions that is acceptable. We recommend that a minimum of
two are used to provide adequate coverage.
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• All technical manning inputs need to be
provided to the Operational Working Group
• Please use your nation’s representative as a
single point of contact to provide that
information
• Positions need to be Provided No Later Than
(NLT) Initial Planning Conference (IPC)
• Positions need to be Confirmed NLT Main
Planning Conference (MPC)
• Names need to be Provided NLT Final
Coordination Conference (FCC)
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Technical Training
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• Technical Training will be conducted in
Croatia – “hands on”.
• Scheduled for June 2014 in Croatia
• Areas that will be addressed
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System diagrams and internet connectivity
Site setup
Firewall management
Information Management PC and JCATS client
VOIP (soft) phones
VTC Tool and operation
• Areas that need to be added or modified?
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Questions ?
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Technical Issues that have
not been addressed?
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TWG Objectives for the
Final Coordination
Conference (FCC)
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TWG Objectives for the FCC
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– Review technical planning and execution dates
– Review and update technical POA&M
– Finalize Basic Network Diagram
– Finalize Windsor Diagram
– Finalize RRM
– Finalize JCATS database
– Finalize technical manning
– Finalize shipping and transportation requirements
– Finalize technical requirements for DV Day
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TWG Objectives for the FCC
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– Determine VTC requirements for DV Day
– Finalize technical and JCATS training
– Finalize communications requirements for Host
Nation site
– Identify and resolve any remaining Technical
Issues
– Draft Technical Working Group minutes
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TWG MPC Minutes
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• Draft, Review and Approve TWG Minutes
• Identify outstanding Technical Working
Group Issues
• Brief Final MPC TWG minutes to Steering
Group
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