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Enhancing Defense Capabilities through Human Capital Investment in ICT

Explore the role of long-term human capital investment, focusing on the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to achieve efficiencies and interoperability in defense. This presentation addresses challenges such as maintaining operational readiness, regional cooperation, and addressing various threats. It emphasizes the importance of education, military-to-military contacts, and leveraging technology for smarter defense strategies.

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Enhancing Defense Capabilities through Human Capital Investment in ICT

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  1. Arnold C. Dupuy, Research Associate “Achieving Efficiencies and Interoperability through Long-Term Human Capital Investment: The Role of Information and Communications Technology” A presentation for the International High-Level Sofia Conference on Smart Defence—Pooling and Sharing: Eastern European View on Multinational and Innovative Approaches for Capabilities Development 2-3 April 2012 Sofia, Bulgaria

  2. Introduction: Multiple Challenges • Maintaining operational proficiency and readiness • Strengthening regional cooperation • Southeastern Europe/Black Sea • Addressing a variety of threats • Terrorism • WMD Proliferation • Organized Crime • Narcotics Trafficking • Human Trafficking NATO SEEBRIG

  3. Introduction: Multiple Challenges (Cont’d) • Goal is to find broad based economies of scale while maintaining or enhancing standardization and interoperability… • …in an environment of dramatically diminishing resources NATO US Navy 3

  4. Long-Term Investment in Human Capital • Renewed emphasis on : • Human capital with a concentration on two focal points • Military/civilian education • Military-to-Military Contacts (MMC) • Information and Communications Technology (ICT) as the enabler Kilson Johnston 4

  5. Long-Term Investment in Human Capital (Cont’d) • Consideration of the junior officers and mid-level NCO • In the mid to late 20s age group • Can operate with considerable autonomy • Decisions are increasingly pushed to the tactical levels • Mold their performance and behavior over the long term • Will have decided on a military career • Generation that has grown up in the digital age Patton 5

  6. Civilian and Military Education • The value of an educated soldier • Think critically • Adaptive • Resilient • Better communicator • Civilian Education • Advanced education • Adult education training/lifelong learning programs • Military Education • Officer and NCO professional development • Advanced specialty schools • Infuse a true intellectual dimension in military training and education French MoD 6

  7. Military-to-Military Contacts • Military-to-Military Contacts (MMC) • Predictability • Interoperability • Differing viewpoints • Enhance standardization • Multiplier effect • Lessons learned/best practices are • brought back to home units • Encouraging precedents in BLACKSEAFOR, South-East European Defense Ministerial (SEEDM) Process, SEEBRIG Dupuy SEEBRIG 7 USMC

  8. Focus on the Existing Technological Environment • Information Communication and Technology • Distributed availability • On-line coursework • Joint scenario development and conduct • Crowd sourcing • Open source research • Social technology • Reliance on Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) • Reconfigure existing game engines and platforms that allow future generational applications US Army 8

  9. Common Denominator (Human Capital/Efficiencies) • Smart Defense cannot happen by itself • Identify quality people as early as possible • Mentor them • Educate/train them • Challenge them • Promote/reward them Dupuy Reeves 9

  10. Final Thoughts • ICT cannot be a substitute for tough, realistic training • It can only be a supplement • Allows leaders to make mistakes in a controlled environment • Setting the stage for enhanced and strenuous field or • command post exercises • Accentuate joint and multinational environment Reeves Canadian MoD 10

  11. Thank You Arnold C. Dupuy acdupuy@vt.edu Dupuy 11

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