The ongoing development and fielding of Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) capabilities will change how joint and coalition forces operate, providing new capabilities to sense, make sense and act across all domains and phases of war, hand in hand with our mission partners. JADC2 technology advances will require commensurate changes in doctrine and the way warfighters conduct C2. Accordingly, JADC2 will require changes in how we educate and train warfighters – or we will create a situation where undertrained users employ new systems in old ways, to the detriment of mission accomplishment. To this end, training and exercises supported by simulation and simulators must be able to support the advanced C2 aspects of operations during crises and conflicts with peer competitors. The institutional structure to push JADC2 training exists in Joint Staff J7’s Joint Live, Virtual, and Constructive (JLVC) Federation. JLVC is a collection of Service and Agency models and simulations using DoD authoritative data and standards integrated and distributed via JS J7 tools and networks. The ongoing modernization of JLVC presents an opportunity for J6 and J7 to drive JADC2 capability development and shape the way training happens in a JADC2-enabled environment.
This paper will outline ongoing work within the Joint Staff to train warfighters to use JADC2 capabilities. The joint community must work with nations and Services to demonstrate and assess C2 systems in a contextualized environment supporting JADC2 systems and operational concepts. This requires end-to-end, “big data” simulation that integrates actions from the global level to the tactical domain, representing all Services, participating mission partners, and new threats.
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BIG DATA, C2 SYSTEMS, DATA, INTEROPERABILITY, LVC
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