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United States Army Combined Arms Center

United States Army Combined Arms Center. “Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications” LTC James T. McGhee Mission Command Center of Excellence 13 June 2012. This briefing is: Unclassified 1. As of:. United States Army Combined Arms Center. • Applications at the Edge:

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United States Army Combined Arms Center

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  1. UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter “ConnectingSoldierstoDigitalApplications” LTCJamesT.McGhee MissionCommandCenterofExcellence 13June2012 Thisbriefingis:Unclassified1 Asof: UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter

  2. •ApplicationsattheEdge: Valueaddedassessment Forcingfunction Enablerof Army Learning Model OperationalUseCases Enablingboththe“PointofLearning” andthe“TacticalEdge” •Itisnot: “Specific”ProgramofRecord w/FundingStream “Single”Requirement UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter 2

  3. ComputingOperatingEnvironments(COE) DACIOG6 COEVision •DAG6Vision:Setof standards,products, architectures,and processesthatenable agilityandinteroperability Mobile CEVision •MobileHand/heldCE vision:Thecreationofan environmentinwhichany Soldierfromanywhereinthe worldwillbeabletoconnect totheArmyEnterprise NetworkusingaM/HH devicetoaccesstheright informationattherighttime *COEArchitecture–AppendixCtoGuidancefor ‘EndState’ArmyEnterpriseNetworkArchitecture, 1October2010 andrightplacetomake timelydecisions. UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter

  4. CSDAActivities Technology Integration Branch FY12Pilots Army Marketplace/ Policy MobileCE Policy Doctrine2015 Apps Development Fy12Pilots Apps Development FY12Pilots MobileCE Development MCCoE DACIO/G6 TRADOC Apps Development MSCoE SCoE PEOSoldier TCMTADLP Apps Development FCoE SiGCoE MCoE USAICoE mLearning ALM AppsDevelopment FtBliss AMEDD MobileCampusPilots AppsTrainingClasses AppsDevelopment NIE AgileProcess Apps Development UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter 4

  5. CreatingtheMobileEnvironments DevelopApps Security DevelopContent Distribute Marketplace Accreditation Manage Retrieve Devices Data ...EachpieceoftheenvironmenthasDOTMLPF (Doctrine,Organization,Training,Materiel,Leadership,Personnel,Facilities) implications UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter

  6. MobileCapability#1:COTS–CommercialEnvironment USER:Soldier,DAC,DAContractor,FamilyMember,Retiree,Recruit usingapersonalmobileelectronicdevice Information:UNCLASS/PublicReleasable Examples: 1)Publications(ADP3-0) 2)ArmyNewsandInformation 3)MobileApplications(APFTCalculator) Status:Availablenowutilizingcommercialmarketplaces(iTunes,Android Marketplace) •OfficialArmyApplicationsrequirecontentvalidationbyproponent(s) UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter

  7. MobileCapability#2:COTS–(CUIContent) “BringYourOwnDevice” USER:Soldier,DoDCivilianusing apersonal mobileelectronic device Information:UNCLASS/SelectControlledUnclassifiedInformation(CUI) Examples: 1)ArmyBlackboard 2)ElectronicPublications 3)MobileApplications(CommercialandGovernment) Status:“ANiceGoal”.WillrequireafundamentalshiftinDoD,DAinformation andnetworksecuritypoliciesorsignificantmobiledevicesecurityimprovements UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter

  8. ArmyTimes:“ArmyIssuesFirstMobileSmartDevice!” UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter 8

  9. MobileCapability#3:ArmyIssuedDevice–CUIContent “TheNewRIMBlackberry” USER:Soldier(PKICertificate)usinganARMYissuedandmanaged “COTS”mobileelectronicdevice Information:ControlledUnclassInformation(CUI)throughDoDnetworks. Examples: 1)ArmyapprovedMobileApplications 2)EnterpriseEmail 3)Text/Voice iOS(Disable) -InstallationofThird-PartyApps/Camera/ScreenCapture/Safari, AutoJoinWIFI/BluetoothandLocationServices(ifpractical) Status:DoD(DISA)CommercialMobileDeviceImplementationPlan DARPAContent-BasedMobileEdgeNetworking(CBMEN) DACIO/G6“ZeroClient” RIMBlackberryMobileFusion UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter

  10. MobileCapability#4:ArmyDevice–SecureEnvironment USER:Soldierusingan ARMY issuedEndUser Device(PEOSoldier) Information:SECRET(TacticalRadio) Examples: 1)Voice/Text 2)CommonOperatingPicture 3)Applicaitons(CheckFire.MEDEVAC) Status:ASA(ALT)developedEndUserDeviceissuedaspartoftheNettWarrior andJBC-PHand/HeldPoRsupportingtheMobileHand/HeldComputing Environment •DARPAworkingContent-BasedMobileEdgeNetworking(CBMEN) •CBMENseekstodevelopnetworkservicessoftwareforcontentdistribution inmobileadhocnetworkstoimprovethecontentexperienceforwarfighters UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter

  11. MobileCapabilityEnvironments(CE) “BringYourOwnDevice” CUI “Gov’tFurnishedDevice” Classified 11 UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter

  12. TheArmyMarketplace http://www.marketplace.army.mil 20March2012:DACIO/G6new releaseannouncing“launch”ofthe ArmyMarketplace. Whatisit?TheU.S.ArmySoftware MarketplaceistheArmy'ssiteto discover,rate,providefeedbackand downloadappsdevelopedfor deploymentintheArmy'sCommon OperatingEnvironment. Whatdoesitprovide?Alinkto proponentvalidatedOfficialArmy Appswhichcurrentlyresideon commercialmarketplaces(Apple AppsStore). UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter 12

  13. WhichDigitalFormatisBest FortheArmy? EPUB:EPUB(shortforelectronicpublication)isafreeandopene-book standardgearedtowarde-Readersavailableforyoursmartdevices. MOBI:MOBIisaMobipocketeBookfilemeantforspecifice-Readerslike theKindleorBlackberrysmartdevices. PDF:PortableDocumentFormat(PDF)isdesignedtoenableprintingand viewingofdocumentswithalltheirformatting.Bestsuitedforcomputers versussmartdevices. iBook:iBooksisane-bookapplicationbyAppleInc.Itiscapableof displayinge-booksthatincorporatemultimedia,allowinganinteractive reading/learningexperience. UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter 13

  14. Summary/Questions 1)TheArmyis3-5yearsfromasolution 2)Shorttermeffortsfocusedoncontentthathasunlimiteddistribution (resourcing,process,andpolicy) 3)CSDA,withoutasecure“BringYourOwnDevice”environment,willmost likelyeliminatethegreatermajorityofthetargetaudiencefrombeingable toaccesscontrolledunclassifiedinformationthroughmobiledevices,or costtheArmyasignificantannualpremiumtosustaina“Government FurnishedDevice”solution. 4)The“BringYourOwnDevice”solutionprovidesamobilecapabilitytothe largesttargetaudience,istheleastexpensive,andkeepsupwiththe paceoftechnologicalchangeintheindustry. UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter 14

  15. ContactInformation 1)LTCDavidKrahl,MCCoE,david.p.krahl.mil@mail.mil,913-684- 6356 2)Mr.MattMacLaughlin,SCoEMobile, matt.maclaughlin@us.army.mil,804-765-1979 3)Mr.ScottStucki,DACIO/G6AONS,ArmyMarketplace, scott.f.stucki.ctr@mail.mil 4)Mr.EricByrd,PMSoldierWarrior,MobileHand/HeldCE, eric.l.byrd4.civ@mail.mil,703-389-7355 UnitedStatesArmyCombinedArmsCenter 15

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