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USPACOM J4 OCS Update

USPACOM J4 OCS Update. LCDR Tim Pickett USPACOM J46 03 March 10. This brief is classified: UNCLASSIFIED. UNCLASSIFIED. As of 02 1800W Mar 10. Agenda . Purpose Background The J4 Focus of Effort Planning Considerations The Desired OCS End State Questions / Discussion.

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USPACOM J4 OCS Update

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  1. USPACOM J4 OCS Update LCDR Tim PickettUSPACOM J4603 March 10 This brief is classified: UNCLASSIFIED

  2. UNCLASSIFIED As of 02 1800W Mar 10 Agenda • Purpose • Background • The J4 Focus of Effort • Planning Considerations • The Desired OCS End State • Questions / Discussion LCDR Tim Pickett, J46 UNCLASSIFIED

  3. UNCLASSIFIED As of 02 1800W Mar 10 Purpose • To provide the Operational Contract Support (OCS) community of interest an update from USPACOM on select areas of focus, highlight relevant planning considerations, and foster discussion concerning the desired OCS end state. LCDR Tim Pickett, J46 UNCLASSIFIED

  4. UNCLASSIFIED As of 02 1800W Mar 10 Background • Operational Contract Support (OCS) is a broad response to • Congressional concern for good stewardship of taxpayer funds • Changes in composition of the “Total Force” • Elimination of “Force Structure” • The use of increasingly sophisticated weapons systems • The sharp rise in the number of contractors on the battlefield • The rising cost of conflict and the resultant political implications • The legal mandate for OCS seeks to • Ensure proper management and oversight of contractors and contract support • Generate economies of scale while preventing waste, fraud and abuse • Ensure that contract support is integrated into DOD’s planning process LCDR Tim Pickett, J46 UNCLASSIFIED

  5. UNCLASSIFIED As of 02 1800W Mar 10 The J4 Focus of Effort • During the past year, the focus of effort has been on • Continued execution of Congressional mandates • Implementation Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) guidance and direction • OCS related activities centered on • Extending the OCS construct across the Joint Planning and Execution Community (JPEC) • Continued development and refinement of contract support plans • Knowledge management and information sharing LCDR Tim Pickett, J46 UNCLASSIFIED

  6. UNCLASSIFIED As of 02 1800W Mar 10 The PACOM J4 Focus of Effort – Cont’d • Extending the OCS construct across the Joint Planning and Execution Community (JPEC) included • Development of a Command and Control (C2) construct to link Strategic/Theater OCS to operational control and tactical execution LCDR Tim Pickett, J46 UNCLASSIFIED

  7. UNCLASSIFIED As of 02 1800W Mar 10 The PACOM J4 Focus of Effort – Cont’d • Extending the OCS construct across the Joint Planning and Execution Community (JPEC) • Incorporated the joint Contingency Acquisition Support Office (JCASO) into Terminal Fury 09 (TF 09) • Built on TF 09 to incorporate an Air Force or Army element into the PACOM OCS C2 construct • AF Contracting Squadron • Army Contracting Support Brigade (CSB) • Exercised interagency coordination in TF 09 with the DoS, USAID and OFDA • Partnered with COMPACFLT to develop OCS Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and broaden “Husbanding Contracts” • Achieved Synchronized Pre-Deployment Operational Tracker (SPOT) compliance in OEF-P LCDR Tim Pickett, J46 UNCLASSIFIED

  8. UNCLASSIFIED As of 02 1800W Mar 10 The PACOM J4 Focus of Effort – Cont’d • Continued development and refinement of contract support plans • Revision and refinement of OPLAN, CONPLAN and Campaign Plan OCS annexes • Focus on proper delineation of responsibility and associated tasks • Knowledge management and information sharing • Design and development of PACOM OCS webpage • Hosted PACOM Contingency Contracting Conference • Hosted JS/J4 CJCS TF Phase III Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) drill • Supported U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessment of implementation of DOD guidance concerning OCS planning and related issues LCDR Tim Pickett, J46 UNCLASSIFIED

  9. UNCLASSIFIED As of 02 1800W Mar 10 Planning Considerations 1See War Planning for Wicked Problems by T.C. Greenwood and T.X. Hammes at http://www.afji.com/2009/12/4252237/ • Planning for Operational Contract Support is inherently a “wicked problem”1 • Congressional focus is primarily on macro issues • Force structure • Workforce mix • Inherently governmental function determination • Total Force composition • Total program costs • The law of unintended consequences is at work • Cause and effect is not well understood • COCOM, geographic, operational and regional stability considerations do not support “cookie cutter” approaches LCDR Tim Pickett, J46 UNCLASSIFIED

  10. UNCLASSIFIED As of 02 1800W Mar 10 Planning Considerations – Cont’d • Capability-based planning and gap analysis are strategic planning tools • Requires assumptions concerning force correlation • Don’t always translate well to force structure and force mix determination • The Joint Operation Planning Process (JOPP) is a valuable tool but applied unevenly • A proper mission analysis is critical to success • A keen understanding of Commander’s Intent is vital • Treats assumptions from higher as facts • Assumes the Commander has properly framed the issues and identified there is, in fact, a problem that needs to be solved LCDR Tim Pickett, J46 UNCLASSIFIED

  11. UNCLASSIFIED As of 02 1800W Mar 10 Planning Considerations – Cont’d • Congressional guidance is vague and nebulous • Measures of performance and effectiveness require specific goals and objectives which define success • GAO and Congressional Research Service (CRS) note inconsistencies • Congressional concern with both macro issues and tactical results cannot be effectively addressed using the JOPP • Desire for execution-level detail of OCS requirements in COCOM level plans is unrealistic • Planning cannot account for the time-space continuum LCDR Tim Pickett, J46 UNCLASSIFIED

  12. UNCLASSIFIED As of 02 1800W Mar 10 Planning Considerations – Cont’d • Requirement generation is a tactical-level exercise with operational and strategic implications executed by components • TPFDD versus execution • Too many variables to model • Phase IV and V planning • Contract Support is inherently a Service function LCDR Tim Pickett, J46 UNCLASSIFIED

  13. UNCLASSIFIED As of 02 1800W Mar 10 Planning Considerations – The Takeaways • Have we properly framed the issues or are we conflating observations and opinions with problems? • Is the problem properly defined? • Have we asked the proper questions and obtained meaningful and useful commander’s intent? • Has a criterion for success been provided? • Lack of a valid criteria for success: • Leaves GAO unable to build a relevant audit criteria and continue in a “do loop” • Prevents JCASO from effectively providing management, oversight and useful reporting to DOD for Congress • Impedes the proper formation of policies, procedures and guidance • OCS planning must be a J5 led/J3 influenced process LCDR Tim Pickett, J46 UNCLASSIFIED

  14. UNCLASSIFIED As of 02 1800W Mar 10 The Desired OCS End State • A robust and iterative planning process that provides the PACOM Commander the ability to: • Effectively orchestrate and synchronize the provision of integrated contract support and management of contractor personnel providing that support to the joint force in a designated operational area • Maximize operational reach • Generate economies of scale while preventing waste, fraud and abuse LCDR Tim Pickett, J46 UNCLASSIFIED

  15. UNCLASSIFIED As of 02 1800W Mar 10 Questions / Discussion "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them" "If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions" LCDR Tim Pickett, J46 UNCLASSIFIED

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