Purpose

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Naval IT Day 5 March 2008
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IT Road Map-Next 24 Months

• IT Investments
• Increase economies of scale, specifically through
  enterprise
• purchases and agreements
• Examples CISCO, VMware, Microsoft.
• Information Assurance
• The Marine Corps continues to lead all of DoD in
• Certification and Accreditation (CA) for
  systems.
• Marine Corps Network Operations Security Center
  (MCNOSC) Regional IA Blue Teams
• Overview of current and near-term funded programs
• Marine Corps Enterprise IT Services (MCEITS)
  designed to align our IT resources (manpower,
  skill sets, hardware, software, facilities,
  programs, and budget).
• Create a shared IT services and information
  environment for all Marines.
• Establish a reliable, secure, efficient and
  responsive IT infrastructure.
• Information Technology Steering Group (ITSG)
• ITSG Chartered by the ACMC to serve as a forum to
  advise the CIO on IT issues.

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IT Procurement Request review/ApprovalSystem
(ITPRAS)

• -Minimize IT-related expenditures
• - Provide USMC CIO visibility on all IT spending
• - Enforce IT Policies
• Use Marine Corps Common Hardware Suite for
  hardware purchases.
• Use Marine Corps Software Enterprise License
  Management System for software covered by a USMC
  Enterprise Agreement.
• Comply with Wireless Information
  Assurance/Computer Defense requirements.
• Complete DON Application Database Management
  System Questionnaire/Functional Area Manager
  review for software/applications.
• Create DoD IT Portfolio Repository-DON record for
  IT systems.
• -Ensure commands use correct type of funds for
  IT purchases.

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Last Tactical Mile

• Current initiatives
• -Company Intel cells, biometric support systems,
  and military training teams require us to
  deliver
• -Simple but powerful at the halt
  communications capability to teams of just a few
  Marines.
• Accomplished with VSAT systems like our
• - Support Wide Area Network DataPath
  (SWAN-D)
• - Expeditionary Command and Control Suite
  (ECCS) terminals.
• - Intend to be able to expand ship-to-shore
  capability. with a second channel
• on the Navy's Commercial Broadband Satellite
  Program.
• - Our ability to
• - Network On-The-Move (OTM) and beyond line of
  sight will be done in coordination with the Army
• Warfighter Information Network and Tactical
  Storage Wide Area Network (WIN-T) program.
• Networking At-the-Halt capability down to
  battalion level (1a) With a follow-on
• Enhanced Networking At-the-Halt (1b) To
  improve efficiency and encryption to divisions,
  brigades and battalions.
• Initial Networking On-the-Move down to
  company level only for maneuver brigades
  beginning in FY09 to allow for real time
  collaboration of mobile forces down to the
  company level.
• - Full Networking On-the-Move down to
  company level for maneuver, fires, and aviation
  brigades fully supports the Future Combat
  Systems program.

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Questions?
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• Back Up Slides

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C4 IT Uniformed Training Initiatives

• Distance Learning
• Distributed Learning (DL) for Network Marines
• Trained to industry standards
• Partnership with U.S. Army
• Dir C4 funded 5,000 (anticipated) seats on
  Defense Knowledge Online (DKO)
• Access to over 300 U.S. Army courses at Ft.
  Gordon Signal Center
• White Paper created to communicate DL goals of
  revamped and modernized training
• Resident Courses
• Non-Commissioned Officer Courses
• Resident Course at 29 Palms, CA
• Tactical Network Specialist 70 Training Days
• Assignment controlled by name by HQMC C4
• Microsoft schools at each Cisco site
• Five Mobile Training Teams
• Field Wireman, Switch/Radio Operators, Digital
  Multi-Channel Equipment Operators, Tropospheric
  Scatter Radio Operators 14-15 Training Days
• Assignment controlled by parent commands.
• Create life long training continuum with help
  from industry through distance learning
  initiatives, resident schools, and individual on
  sight training.

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C4 IT Uniformed Training Initiatives

• Current Initiatives Underway
• - Goal Revamp/modernize IT training for
  our network Marines and
• civilian IT professionals.
• Communications Training Center (CTC) Development
• - Personnel and equipment fully implemented with
  first courses at
• Camp Lejeune.
• - Camp Pendleton in FY08 and Okinawa in FY09.
• Cisco Academy Implementation
• - Equipment available at each training location.
• - Staff Non-Commissioned Officers (Cisco
  Certified Network Associate) certified
  instructors trained at each site Camp Pendleton,
  Camp Lejeune, Okinawa, and 29 Palms.
• - Class examples Security , Microsoft courses,
  Networking Basics, Hewlett Packard Information
  Technology Essentials and other data specific
  training.
• Thin Client Classroom Technology.

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Civilian Training Initiatives

• Current
• Cisco Academy In progress.
• Camp Lejeune, Camp Pendleton operational. Okinawa
  rolling out in FY09.
• Microsoft MS Academy is not officially on deck
  at MCCES, however MS training is being conducted
  by civilians in data Marine courses.
• Fund two seats per class in Advance
  Communications Officer Course.
• Future
• Leverage changes in military training
  opportunities to further enhance Civilian
  training.
• -Cisco academies, Microsoft schools.
• Identify additional training opportunities
  throughout DoD.
• Industry Training Standards/Opportunities in
  Fields of
• - Network Management
• - Data Strategy
• - Enterprise Architecture
• - Information Assurance/Network
  Security
• - Network Configuration
• - Troubleshooting
• End State Goal
• - Highly Trained Civilian Workforce to
  industry standards.