Human Terrain System UpdateFor

LTG Kimmons

By

Bob Reuss & Dan Bourgoine31 Jul 07

Purpose

• Provide update and generate discussion on…– Immediate JUONS Support (funded)– JUONS support dependent on funding– Concept Plan development for steady

support in the POM years

Reach Back Research

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Potential to support current operations in Iraq

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AFGHAN Team

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Reach Back Research Center

IRAQ Team

• Reachback research and expertise• Conduct open source social science research• Manage SME Net• Translation of open source documents

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• Additional HTTs• Incorporate Human Terrain Analysis Teams at Div level• Upgrade to Map-HT V.5 software

Potential for MNC-I JUONS support…

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-- 14 addl HTTs (BCT)

-- 5 HTATs (Div)

Add RRC node at COIC

JUONS Support Timeline • Jul: AF1 replacement in progress at FOB Salerno

– Upgrade to Map-HT Tool Kit v0.5– Assessment Team conducting initial diagnostics with AF1

• Aug: 4 IZ HTTs deploy to Baghdad at CRC now• TBD: IZ5 deploys (after completing personnel fill & addl training)

• TBD: Begin Research & Analysis in Baghdad• 17 Sep: 2d JUONS training cycle begins… for Jan deployment

– 1 HTAT, 5HTTs • 22 Oct: 3d JUONS training cycle begins… for Feb/Mar deployment

– 1 HTAT, 6 HTTs• 26 Nov: 4th JUONS training cycle begins… for Mar/Apr deployment

– 2 HTATs, 5 HTTsNote: Training cycles dependent on…

1. Increased recruiting:Military: volunteers and RFF pendingSocial Scientists: Recruiting effort

2. Approval of TDA update to reflect JUONS rqmts3. Funding of remainder of JUONS rqmt

JUONS funding status• Total JIEDDO funding for Proof of Concept to date

has been $20.4M; non-JIEDDO funding: $1.2M. – HTS funded Map-HT Tool Kit development: $4.9M

• HTT JUONS request for $77M (to fund 26 teams) went to JRAC and USD(I) for funding.

• On 11 Jul 07, JRAC approved $20.9M to fund Baghdad surge rqmt; funding release pending.

• In Sep 07, OSD(I) will fund $8M for Anbar surge rqmt ($2M) and Baghdad HTAT Research & Analysis Section ($6M).

• UFR:

This was a loan from AS&C that we had to pay back out of the JIEDDO $20.4.

Concept Plan Development

• Concept Plan Outlined – TRADOC G2 working actions

• DOTMLPF – driven by Organizational change– Organizational design effort is 1st priority– Personnel, Training, & Materiel costs based on Org

• POR Planning: from Proof-of-Concept (FY06-07), thru JUONS support (FY07-09), to steady state support (FY10 & beyond)

• Timeline:– POM inputs to G2: by 31 Aug– Organizational design TMAAG-F concept: by 1 Dec

Organizational Design• Today: G3 approved Provisional TDA (10 HTTs supported by 16

person RRC, 9 person PMO)

• JUONS Support Requirement (FY07-09): 26 teams x 2– Must increase the support capacity of RRC incrementally with HTT/HTAT

growth (3 additional RRC analysts per added team).– Must man the Project Office to generate and sustain up to 52 HTTs by end of

FY08– Assessment results from 4ID MRX & AF1 suggest increased team manning:

• HTT org to 9 pers• HTAT increase to 10 pers

JUONS Support TDA and RFF pending

• POM years (FY10-15):– Support to multiple COCOMs: More societies, fewer HTTs per theater

• Add SOCOM, PACOM• Expect EUCOM, SOUTHCOM, NORTHCOM, AFRICOM • Transition to provide global support by FY09

– Determine COCOM, TMAAG-F, Corps support structure• CAC ICDT to lead TMAAG-F concept development; design recommendation by 1

Dec 07– Validate or modify HTT & HTAT structureBegin development of new organizational concepts now; 1st planning meeting

in mid-Aug Use TDA (TRADOC Command Plan) for institutional elements PMO, RRC

Use TOE (FDU process) for HTTs and other deployable elements

I am assuming this yellow bar flashes after the slide is shown revealing what is currently hidden beneath. Check or hold?

Doctrine

• Today: HTS CONOP, 4 Apr 07

• FY08: Refine CONOP & develop preliminary draft FM– Include integration of Research & Analysis effort into CONOP.– HTS must be embedded in future TMAAG-F concept.– Apply organizational change lessons learned from Assessment into

CONOP.– Coordinate with JFCOM to…

• Document HTS operational need in Joint Operating Concepts.• Embed HTS capabilities into Joint Experimentation.

– Leverage red teaming and open source foreign military studies.

• By mid-FY09: FM Coordinating Draft

• By end of FY09: Approved FM

Our concern here is losing control over

content development. That must be maintained

by HTS. Coordination and synchronization OK.

Want to be sure HTS gains and maintains lead control over this effort. Need to ensure broad issues underpinning this requirement are properly addressed.

Training & Facilities• Training:

– Today: 4 month program (2 cycles completed)

– JUONS Support: 3 training cycles in 30 day intervals• Must expand training capacity• Training facilities to support increased demand must be acquired (on

post or lease)

– Steady State Support:• Add training modules for additional regions

• Facilities: no new construction; use existing on post buildings or lease off post space for… – Training support sites– Project administration building

Overarching Question: What are the estimated annual training costs?

Overarching Question: What are facilities requirements for a steady state program?

Leader Development

• Today: HTS is focused on strategic engagement to support JUONS

• CG TRADOC directed tasks: – (17 May 07) Embed cultural awareness into ROTC. – (17 May 07) Coordinate with JFCOM on embedding cultural awareness into

Joint education programs.– (12 Jul 07) Embed HTS into Bn & Bde PCC course.

• School Year 07-08: – Orientation visits to Army & Marine CGSC, War Colleges, & Joint

Forces Staff College– Provide orientation training package to ROTC– Develop curriculum modules for Basic & Advanced courses,

CGSCs, War Colleges, Joint Forces Staff College, & BNCOC / ANCOC / SMA

• School Year 08-09: Introduce curriculum modules to Army and Joint professional development courses.

Intent: Embed HTS social science concepts & capabilities into Army & Joint professional development courses

Personnel

• Today: HTS is manned through volunteers (military and civilian) identified through a recruiting effort focused on the reserve components (mil) and academia (civilian social scientists).

• JUONS Support: To support increased requirements of the JUONS, HTS must use a combination of volunteers (recruitment and selection) and G-3 supported Request for Forces. – The first RFF from TRADOC to HQDA G-3 is pending.

• Steady State Support: For the POM years…– It is expected that the Army will routinely man HTS military

personnel, consistent with the criteria for team members. – Social scientists will continue to be recruited primarily from

academia.

Overarching Question: What combination of military, ex-military, and academic personnel will need to be resourced annually?

Need to address here the Army’s need to “grow” future “combat

ethnographers” (social scientists) through a scholarship program and/or

partnership with existing DOD educational institutions (War

Colleges, Academies, USUHS) to grant Ph.Ds to candidates who then

intern with and are recruited for HTS.

Materiel

• Today: Map-HT Tool Kit developed; 2d version of operational prototype fielded

• JUONS Support: use Version 0.5 upgrade– AF1 upgrading to V0.5 in theater (v0.0 used in combat operations since Feb 07)– 1st 5 IZ teams trained on and equipped with v0.5 – ERDC tech lead working accreditation & CENTCOM architecture issueJUONS dollars expected to support tool kit upgrades and support in FY08 & 09

• Steady State Support: HTS requires sustainment and upgrades of existing fielded tool kit Continue to use accelerated fielding methods

– Product improvements through… • Refinement of unique HTS software• Integration of COTS / GOTS HW & SW upgrades• Architecture changes• Addition of other regional databases

– Tool kit training– Field support

Issue: Will DCGS commit to Map-HT tool kit sustainment & upgrade?

Initial feedback points to the need for a near-term V1.0 that addresses key functionality and integration issues from the field

teams.

Materiel Issue: JCTD• The tool kit JCTD envisions transition to DCGS.

– Critical to the success of this transition approach is the preservation of the capabilities already developed and paid for through the HTS Proof of Concept.

• Any transition approach must result in sufficient quantities of tool kits for team members across multiple COCOMs and sustainment support for those tool kits. – Future Map-HT tool kits must provide at least as much support

capability to the Human Terrain Teams as today’s fielded prototypes.

• Given the need to determine a funding stream and funding destination in the POM, by Dec 07 a determination must be made by TRADOC and senior Army leadership whether the DCGS Product and Program Managers will commit to this end state.

• Therefore, these questions must be answered:– Should tool kit sustainment be incorporated into an existing program? YES, IF

FEASIBLE– Should the tool kit transition within the DCGS program? ie, will DCGS PM

support the preservation and enhancement of fielded HTS tool kit capability? – What are the alternatives to using DCGS as the means of sustainment

(existing program with logical fit and leadership commitment to meet HTS requirements)?

• Could / should ERDC continue to provide tool kit sustainment support?

The HTS field team operational requirements being brought

back by the assessment effort must be the overarching driver

of how we address future toolkit development. There is still

much near-term work to do. Unambiguous operator QA/QC control over contractor must be

preserved above all.

Processes: Army, Joint, OSD• POM inputs:

– Primary entry point: G2– Supporting PEGs: G3 Tng, G-8 EE

• Army Campaign Plan:– ARCIC suggestion– Potential Decision: Approve HTS org & funding

• Organizational Processes:– TMAAG-F ICDT: integrate org design with CAC– FDU Process: TOE– TRADOC Command Plan: TDA– USMC Coordination: CONOP & Organizational Design

• COCOM Coordination: Establish demand metrics for POM years • JFCOM Coordination: Joint Operating Concepts; Joint Experimentation

• OSD HT/SC IPT: Potential Joint & OSD processes (DOTMLPF Change Recommendation)

Issue: I-POM, Army POM, or both?

Issue: Should HTS be an Decision Point?

I am a pig looking at wrist watch here……..I think I like it,

but I actually have no idea what I am looking at…….

Summary

BACKUP

Operational Need

• Approved Proof of Concept • Validated JUONS• Overwhelming Cdr support

– ONS from 10Mtn, 1 Cav, 82Abn, II MEF– SOCPAC interest– CJTF76 JUONS (Jan 06)

• Capability Gap identified…– COIN doctrine– DUSD(I)/IWS “Intelligence Support for Stability Operations Study”, 2005

• Approved CONOP• DoD guidance:

– QDR Irregular Warfare Execution Roadmap (Apr 06)– DoDD 3000.05 Military Support for Stability, Security, Transition, and

Reconstruction (SSTR) Operations

• Army Operational Doctrine– FM 3-0– FM 3-24 / MCWP 3-33.5

• TRADOC Capstone Concept (TR 525-3-0)

Overview• Program Description:

– Proof of Concept– Five deployed Human Terrain Teams (3 OIF and 2 OEF)

• 1 HTT in Afghanistan since FEB07; AF replacement team deploying JUL07• 5 HTT in Iraq in training for AUG07 deployment

– Reachback Research Center (RRC) (OEF/OIF)• Subject Matter Expert (SME) Network established

– MAP-HT Toolkit developed and fielded

• Capability gap (s) to be filled:– COIN and 4th Generation of Warfare has clearly identified people as the Center of Gravity in future conflict.

– At present, no capability exists to research, process and apply information on the local population.

– Insufficient understanding of the target area culture and its impact on tactical decisions; and insufficient or ineffective transfer of knowledge to follow-on units via RIP/TOA process.

– Reachback (Joint, Service, and Interagency) capabilities (organization, methods, and tools) to support research, visualization, understanding, and explanation of the human terrain (i.e. population in which the unit operates) - - is limited and unconnected and does not possess the granularity necessary to support tactical operations.

– Specifically there is…

• Limited ability to conduct research, archive, transfer human terrain information• Limited human terrain information databases• Inability to exploit open source and unclass cultural information. • Insufficient doctrine/TTPs for “denied area ethnography” • Limited SME support • Inability to tap into the worldwide social science knowledge

Delivers the relevant micro-cultural information,

analysis and application the BCT Cdr requires

Overview – HTS Proof of Concept Objectives

• Provide BCT/RCT commanders with the means to collect, process and apply relevant, socio-cultural data, information, knowledge and understanding…….and the dedicated expertise to integrate that understanding into their military decision-making process.

• Enhance continuity of action between units during Relief in Place/Transfer of Authority

• Provide a support structure to research, interpret, archive and make readily available cultural data, information and knowledge.

• Maximize effectiveness of tactical operations by harmonizing COAs with target area cultural context (population).

Overview - HTS Organization

HTTs - 5 personnel:

• One Team Leader: RC* or former military, experienced with advising 06/05-level commanders, operational and regional experience desired. Regional language capability.

• Two Social Scientists: Anthropologist, Sociologist, or International Relations expert; MA/PhD; area studies background; regional language fluency.

• One Research Manager: RC* or former military; Intelligence, Special Forces, and/or Civil Affairs/PSYOP background. Regional language capability.

• One Human Terrain Analyst: RC* or former military, trained debriefer and data researcher. Intelligence, Special Forces, and/or Civil Affairs/PSYOPS background. Regional language capability.

RRC – Regional Focused:

• CONUS-based Research Reachback Center • Manages the SME and Centers of Excellence Network• 24/7 Operations Center Monitoring

Reach-back Research Center

• The RRC is currently staffed with experts on Afghanistan and Iraq.

• RRC support to AF1 HTT has included genealogical/ethnographic tribal analysis and cultural analysis of provinces and districts in the AO.

• RRC has also conducted research in support of the HTTs preparing to deploy to Iraq.

• The SME Net has been providing analytical support to the RRC on topics including judicial integration in Afghanistan, tribal analysis in Pakistan’s NW Frontier provinces, and genealogy of tribal confederations in and around Baghdad.

• Naval Post Graduate School’s Center for Culture is an HTS Center of Excellence; they have been supporting the deployed AF HTT with assessments of provincial government officials, the rise of a new Taliban group, and a tribal agency in Pakistan

Overview - HTS Support Process

Research Analysis Application

Training

Human Terrain Knowledge Base

• Patrol Debriefs (US/Indigenous)

• SOF

• NGOs

• PRT

• LEPs

• CA/PSYOP

• Survey Data

• Local Hires

• Special Events

• Social Network Analysis

• Qualitative/Quantitative Analysis (SPSS)

• Onsite/Reachback\

• Centers of Excellence

• SMEs

• Integration of Onsite Capabilities

• Interagency

• MDMP

• COA Development

• Measures of Effectiveness

• Effects Assessment

HTS Team Tools

NIPR SIPR

MAP-HT Toolkit (Spiral 0.5)

Client-server architecture with 5 toolkits networked to deployable workstation (server).Data products air gapped to NIPR and SIPR dissemination laptops.Spiral 0.5 MAP-HT toolkit will support surge deployment.

• MAP-HT Tool Kit

Integral Component of HTT & RRC

Integrated collection of COTS/GOTS software/hardware.

DCGS Compliant

• Cultural Information Management

Cultural Taxonomy & Ontology

• Temporal & Link Analysis (Axis Pro/ASK)

• Geo-Spatial Display (ArcGIS/FalconView)

• Advanced Modeling and Pattern Analysis

• Net-Centric Database Access

Status: Spiral 0.5 tested & trained; AF1 replacements upgrading in theater from v0.0

ERDC working accreditation & CENTCOM integration issue

PM HTS has funded $4.9M for MAP-HT tool kit development

HTT Team Training • 4 month training program, including…

– Social Science Field Research Methods Training – Map-Human Terrain (Map-HT) Toolkit Training– Area Orientation/Study– Counterinsurgency (COIN) Instruction– Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) Instruction – Capstone Exercise (BCT MDMP)– Basic Military Common Skills

• Team Building & Integration

• Teams join and participate (if possible, with their supported BCT) at CTC MRXs w/ RRC Support

– IZ teams participated in MRX w/ 4ID first two weeks of Jun

Status: Need expanded training facilities

Surge Support Initiative

Requests for Human Terrain Teams have also come from…10th Mtn Div ONS (Oct 05) II MEF ONS (Jan 07)CJTF76 JUONS (Jan 06) 1 Cav Div ONS (Feb 07) 82d Abn Div ONS (Nov 06) SOCPAC

4ID

Status: JRAC approved funding for FY07

• In Feb 07, USD(I) developed a Surge Support Initiative that recommended redirecting and expanding HTS to support operations in Iraq (Baghdad).

• Army and USMC units requests for HTS support were already submitted through Service HQs.

• MNF-I & CJTF82 JUONS submitted to cover Iraq & Afghanistan (Apr 07)

– Documented a requirement for 26 teams (Iraq 22, Afghanistan 4) at BCT/RCT and Division levels

– CENTCOM endorsed and forwarded JUONS to J8 in May 07

– J8 validated urgent need

–MNC-I to designate supported units

I have heard anecdotes of

AFRICOM staffers contacting USD(I) to

cost out HTTs for their AOR. Check

or hold?

Support to HTI IPT & Work Group

• OSD(I) [Patty Morrissey] runs recurring IPT meetings / VTCs

• Draft Charter will establish multiple functional work groups– Operationalizing Social Science – Capabilities and Tools– Processes, Organization, and Institutionalization

• IPT process represents a third capabilities integration process working in parallel:– Concept Plan Army POM build– JCIDS– OSD IPT

• IPT represents both a support base and a capabilities disconnect risk

Bottom Line:

HTS must establish consistent participation in the IPT process

We need to ensure this remains a DOD level support vehicle to HTS,

and not a perceived or real operational and design control entity. That is where I see it

migrating to. This is extremely critical.

Organizational Design Questions

• Future Concepts:– Is an HTS capability required at COCOM level?– What type of TMAAG-F level HTS planning capability (embedded or

reachback; organic or support) is needed?– How should HTTs be incorporated into TMAAG-F operational &

organizational concepts?– Given the TMAAG-F concept, what type of HTT support would be

appropriate for a deploying / deployed Corps HQ?

• Existing Structure:– Should the current 5 person team organization be modified? – How large does the RRC need to grow? – How many teams will be necessary during the time period 2008-2015

(ie, is the number likely to be higher than the two JUONS?– Should the current TDA construct (under TRSSA) be changed?– What other formal links to academia and other agencies need to be

established?

Increase of this team structure is an unambiguous requirement emerging

from this theater. The team design and structure must remain flexible to adapt to the multitude or environments it is

envisioned to be employed in.

Functionally the COCOM HTS capability should be able to address 1) field research (conduct & coord)2) HTI Analysis & Intel integration

3) Deploy HTTs as neededThis begs the need to consider an organizational design that borrows

from current HTS org structures but it not addressed completely by any

single one.

Training Questions

• What changes to training are necessary to support a steady state flow of teams and team replacements?

• What training will be required by RRC personnel and support personnel?

• What combat skills training will have to included in the training program?

• What are the steady state annual costs of training?

Materiel Questions

• Should tool kit sustainment be incorporated into an existing program?

• Should the tool kit transition within the DCGS program? Ie, will DCGS PM support the preservation and enhancement of fielded HTS tool kit capability?

• What are the alternatives to using DCGS as the means of sustainment (existing program with logical fit and leadership commitment to meet HTS requirements))?

• Could / should ERDC continue to provide tool kit sustainment support?

Leader Development Questions

• Do team leaders require any additional training or education?

• What HTS training & education needs to be added to Army professional courses?

Personnel Questions

• Should RC personnel (not AC) continue to be the recruitment pool for military team members? Should AC be used as well?

• Does the current social scientist recruitment process need to be changed?

• Does the current contractor hiring process (for analysts / regional specialists need to be changed?

• Does the current team leader recruitment process need to be changed?

Social Science RecruitingThe following methods are in use by BAE to recruit social scientists:

• HR Department:– Dedicated personnel from its HR department – Recruiting via the company web site. – HR department has developed a “Road Show” to visit select universities and

promote the HTS program and seek potential applicants.– National ad in the Chronicle for Higher Education – Ads in regional newspapers around the country that have a high readership

among the Arab community.

• Partnering:– Partnered with Dr. Montgomery McFate to develop relationships with individuals

and universities. – Partnered with numerous companies to recruit qualified candidates: – Explored relationships with governmental organizations and private entities:

• National Security Education Program (NSEP) Scholars• The Jebsen Center for Counterterrorism • Janice H. Laurence, Ph.D. Director, Research and Analysis, Office of the Under

Secretary of Defense Personnel & Readines– Exploring relationships with additional academic institutions:

HTS will continue to expand its capacity to recruit and utilize qualified social scientists.

For HTS consumption only:-Recruiting has easily been the weakest function of HTS. -Most of what is listed here are developments that have been imposed upon BAE within the last 60 days, but asked for over the last 10 months. -No level of results to really measure success. -Responsiveness to HTS operational requirements has been convoluted by many things.Recommended fixes:-Social Scientist HTS staff lead for Human Resources Development. Recruiting effort design/execution would be under their direct authority.-Road show has to address groups of social science students by a social scientist. Must address all detailed aspects of job requirements, benefits, career opportunities and contribution to social science.-Weekly, detailed status reports against a simple results based standard.-Responsiveness to PM/PM designee requirements.-Very close, personal and regular contact with all candidates throughout the hiring process.-Performance accountability

Recheck

Summary: HTS Major Lines of Operation

• Complete JIEDDO Proof of Concept – HTS SOP for IZ team deployment– Assessment

Immediate expansion of Proof of Concept to support JUONS (Iraq & Afghanistan)– Funding remaining JRAC & OSD funding decisions Recruiting & hiring Must increase; pacing item is Social Scientist recruitment– Training Cycles Training capacity & supporting facilities must expand – Increase to Provisional TDA G3 decision

• Support to JCTD Issues…– Avoidance of redundancy (waste of time, dollars, manpower)– Risk of user functions disconnect – Risk of complete re-design of tool kit

• Support to HTI IPT & work groups OSD process competes with Army capabilities integration

• Embed education on the role of Social Science and HTS into Army and Joint Professional Development courses

– Introduce orientation into Army professional development courses (CGSC, War College)– CG Directed Task (17 May): coord w/ Assessions Command on embedding cultural awareness into ROTC – CG Directed Task (17 May): coord with JFCOM on embedding cultural awareness into Joint programs.

DOTMLPF transition beyond Proof of Concept (POM years)– DCSINT Directed Tasks (8 Jun):

• Develop Concept Plan to underpin POM effort• Bring in HTS community of interest to Red Team Concept.

– Conduct informal coordination with HQDA staff offices on tasks and timing of DOTMLPF actions necessary to prepare for the POM.

These support responsibilities must

quickly be delineated to eliminate redundancy, but always remain responsive

to HTS operational requirements as they

emerge.

• Dr. Michael Bhatia• Daniel Halgin • Dr. Sarah Archer • Dr, Wendy Wilson Hall • Dr. Mir Hekmat Sadat • Dr. Kimberly Urban • Carl Wurtzel

• Greg Jannerone (Govt)• Dr. Rebecca Goolsby (Govt)

• Dr. William Beeman • Dr. Thomas Barfield

SME NET Consultants

Navy PG School Program on Culture & Conflict

• Dr. Tom Johnson• Chris Mason • Alex Metz• Capt Van Wagoner• Alina Tureeva• Colin Lober (til 30

Jun)• Farid Mohammed

(15 Jun)

Assessment

• JIEDDO directed

• Team Leader (COL Art Jewett) & Assistant (Dr. Keri Kelton) on board• Assessment Team members:

– Dr. Bev Knapp (GS15, Army G1/2)– Dr. Janice Laurence (GS15, DOR, USD(P))– Dr. Montgomery McFate (IDA)– Dr. Pauletta Otis (GS15, CAOCL, USMC)– Dr. Laura Miller (Rand)– Dr. Linda Pierce (ARL)

• Scope: Proof of Concept Assessment is no longer the relevant issue… must roll the assessment forward to address JUONS support and implications for long term steady support. Assessment Structure:

– Proof of Concept– JUONS support– Implications on steady state support (POM years)– Simultaneous, parallel assessment; not sequential– DOTMLPF strategy

• Status: – Developing MOEs/ MOPs– Training input (rapid feedback to POI)– Team performing preliminary diagnostics in AF as part of ongoing AF1 replacement trip – Must coordinate with CENTCOM to synchronize HTS & JCTD assessments

US CONTRACTOR

MND-B HTAT Organization

HTAT R&A Team:

1 Research Director1 Research Deputy3 Research Analysts1 Quantitative Analysis Expert1 Qualitative Analysis Expert

HTAT Operations Team:

2 Social Scientists1 IT Specialists3 Human Terrain Info Managers3 Human Terrain Info Analysts

HTAT Team Leader

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SPSS ANALYSIS(CONUS)

TRANSLATION(IZ)

HTAT Research and Analysis (R&A) Function within MND-B

HTT #1

HTT #2

HTT #3

HTT #4

HTT #5

MND-BB

MND-B

HTTs Embedded with BCTsAUG07

R&A

OPS

HTAT

Research Functions:- Polling- Focus Group Interviews

Analysis Functions:- SPSS Analysis- Translation- Coding- Geospatial Display

HTAT Embedded with Div Date TBD

Green Layer Situational Understanding

Understanding that is:- Operationally relevant- Timely- Multidimensional- Scientifically reliable

Research done thru cutout:- US Contractor thru to:

- Local indigenous personnel under local sub-contractors

DIVMDMP

Source Funds USD(I) $5.9M

_____Total $5.9M

Date Event

Aug 07 Deploy 5 BCT HTTs to Baghdad

Oct 07 Field HTAT R&A Team to Baghdad

Jan 08 Field HTAT OPS Team + 5 addtnl BCT HTTs to Baghdad.

Human Terrain System (HTS)Research and Analysis Capability

HTAT R&A Concept

MilestonesCurrent R&A Funding

To provide MND-B Commander with operationally relevant, timely, and scientifically reliable Green Layer research and analysis within his AOR.

OPS R & A

XXHTAT

Tail:

75 full time + 18 on-call SMEs will support surge reqts

Tooth:

47 full time people - 35 in HTTs + 17 in HTAT

HTT

HTAT

HTT

HTT

HTT

HTT

HTT IRAQ

AFGHANISTAN

HTS Project Office: 45 PERSONNEL -- 2 IPA -- 5 MIL (OFFICERS) -- 7 MIL (ENLISTED) -- 31 CME (CONTRACTORS)

MAP-HT Toolkit 11 PERSONNEL -- 1 CIV -- 10 CME (CONTRACTORS)

Research Reachback Center 37 Personnel -- 5 Mgmt -- 8 Analysts (Iraq Cell) -- 6 Analysts (Afghan Cell) -- 18 SMEs On Call

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1ST HTT DEPLOYED 9 FEB 07

HTS Tooth To Tail

5 addtl HTTs DEPLOY Aug 07

EVENT

JIPT

FY06 FY09 FY08FY07

Concept Approved 6/12/06

HTT

Repl for 1st HTT Jul 07

HTT2d HTT TBD

2d wave JUONS support: 5 HTTs & HTAT in Jan 08?

HTAT Research & Analysis OCT 07

JUONS surge will increase tooth-to-tail ratio

WTF!!??

JCTD• Tool kit focused

• Implementation Directive– Signed by PEO IEW; waiting signature from G2

• Dysfunctional Partnership– Mike Straub (ERDC) – Tech Manager for Proof of Concept & JCTD– OSD (oversight)– CENTCOM (Operational Manager)– PEO IEW (Transition Manager)

Bottom Line:

Limited value added (data gathering & transfer improvements)

Significant risk of partnership failure (note Champion JCTD)

Significant risk of user functional disconnect between HTS & JCTD management

Significant risk of wholesale re-design of tool kit & loss of capability in transition

Very simply stated:We develop a transition target that is

responsive and makes sense (i.e. focused of HTS development; not self-development), and

change targets ASAP. In the meantime, we work with the JCTD as long as it addresses

HTS requirements; ignore it at all other times, investing where we need to, to keep the tool

responsive to the Teams.