Trident Warrior Includes International Partners, Increases Warfighting Capability
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Story Number: NNS081213-14
Release Date: 12/13/2008 6:03:00 AM
From U.S. 2nd Fleet Public Affairs
NORFOLK (NNS) -- The commander of U.S. 2nd Fleet addressed attendees at the opening session of the main planning conference for exercise Trident Warrior 09 (TW 09) at Norfolk Naval Station Dec. 9.
Vice Adm. Mel Williams Jr. addressed more than 250 representatives from 70 organizations in attendance.
The Trident Warrior exercise series was developed in 2003 by Naval Network Warfare Command (NNWC) to enhance the Navy's warfighting capability. Scenarios are designed to improve the Navy's capability as a ready force and are planned with staff from Commander 2nd Fleet, NNWC, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) and the Naval Postgraduate School.
"The intent of Trident Warrior is to accelerate new and improved capability to the war fighter, and the leadership will gain FORCEnet value insight on every technology tested in TW 09," said Brad Poeltler, deputy director for TW at NNWC.
"Over the next three days will we go into break-out sessions and break down each focus area and the technology to answer each and every objective question, which now stands at 222 questions," said Poeltler.
The week-long conference supports TW 09, the seventh experiment of the annual FORCEnet Sea Trial series, directed by Commander 2nd Fleet and NNWC.
TW 09 differs from past Trident Warrior exercises by its maritime experimentation scope expansion. This year's event will take advantage of the networks and assets of Commander 2nd Fleet and the support of Commander, Navy Warfare Development Command to examine maritime operations center (MOC) operational-level processes and procedures. This portion of the experiment is titled Operational Level Command and Control (OLC2) and will include participants from Commander U.S. 4th Fleet, Canada, Finland, France, Portugal and the United Kingdom with observers from Sweden and Turkey.
Williams said the OLC2 experiment is an excellent opportunity to explore experimental concepts and procedures to benefit Navy, joint and coalition forces.
"The experiment will influence future force development as well as provide a venue to team with our allies and partners, while also exploring methods to improve operational command and control toward improved mission effectiveness."
TW 09 will be conducted in summer 2009 ashore at Norfolk-area commands, sea-based assets operating in the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia coast and multinational partner MOCs.
Last year's exercise was conducted on the Pacific Coast and was sponsored by NNWC and Commander 3rd Fleet.
TW 09/OLC2 will be the inaugural experiment of the Maritime Operations Center – Experimental (MOC-X) located at Second Fleet Maritime Headquarters.
"The merging of Navy technical and doctrinal experimentation in partnership with our allies will further operational level of war processes and supporting tools development," said Capt. Steve Swittel, NWDC, experimentation director.
The technical experimentation of TW 09/OLC2 is designed to provide answers to questions involving more than 115 FORCEnet technologies. In order to carry out this effort, technologies are organized into 10 specific focus areas which include: networks, coalition, information operations, command and control operations, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), electronic warfare, distance support, information assurance/cross domain solutions, information transport and maritime domain awareness.
At the end of his remarks, Williams reminded the attendees, "Trident Warrior 09 and the operational level command and control experiment is an opportunity for us to grow and learn together."
For more news from Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet, visit www.navy.mil/local/c2f/.
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