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Joint Training News Channel USJFCOM hosts Keystone course for command senior enlisted leaders U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Warfighting Center is hosting the Keystone training course in Suffolk, Va., designed to educate command senior enlisted leaders on joint doctrine and the joint operational art. USJFCOM partners with Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation U.S. Joint Forces Command signed a memorandum of agreement with the Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation in Orlando, Fla. recently to enhance interoperability of training and modeling and simulation technologies used by the warfighter. USJFCOM teams with ACT to help develop NATO Training Federation U.S. Joint Forces Command is working with NATO’s Allied Command Transformation on the development of the NATO Training Federation, a capability that will allow for better training of multi-national forces deploying in support of operations. Exercise ensures readiness, displays coordination of the USJFCOM joint enabling capabilities U.S. Joint Forces Command's Standing Joint Force Headquarters recently ran personnel from the command's various joint enabling capabilities through training and a series of qualifying tests designed to prepare them for deployment. Joint Forces Reserve Officer Orientation Course begins U.S. Joint Forces Command has brought together over 40 senior officers from the reserves and National Guard to increase their understanding of operations at various levels. Joint fires team helps Army improves force protection training U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team (JFIIT) has helped the Army's Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) Program and the National Training Center to improve base defense systems in the training environment the Army's brigade combat teams use to prepare to go overseas. SOCJFCOM completes in-residence JSOTF training course Special Operations Command-Joint Forces Command recently conducted a week-long course in Suffolk, Va. for those transferring to a theater special operations command or being assigned as an individual augmentee to a joint special operations task force to prepare them for what they will see and do when they deploy. USJFCOM helps define new conditions for individual augmentee training U.S. Joint Forces Command, the command's Joint Warfighting Center and U.S. Central Command worked together to set new conditions for pre-deployment training of soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are entering a combat zone. Druid's Dance exercise yields major training milestone For the first time, personnel at U.S. Joint Forces Command and forces in the United Kingdom communicated over a live virtual network during a training exercise. Officials at the Suffolk, Va.-based Joint Warfighting Center say the linking of forward air controllers in one country to simulated aircraft in another represents the next step in the evolution of joint training. Joint Knowledge Online earns prestigious award for distance learning The United States Distance Learning Association recently named USJFCOM's Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability and Joint Knowledge Online as the winners of their 2008 "21st Century Best Practice" Award. Joint Interoperability Division helps training take flight U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Ft. Mcpherson, Ga.-based Joint Interoperability Division recently sent mobile training teams to Korea and Germany to deliver courses aimed to teach and better equip the joint warfighter in current capabilities and how to manage information to support real world operations. Joint fires team assists Army training center U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team (JFIIT) is helping soldiers understand the various aspects of available weapons systems and capabilities at Ft. Polk's Joint Readiness Training Center as they prepare for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. JKO provides training for those deployment-bound U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Knowledge Online prepares warfighters for deployment, providing them with an enhanced training capability full of courseware to better prepare them for theater. Targeting school revising courses to prepare students U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Targeting School is expanding its course of instruction to meet the needs of the joint warfighter while maintaining a baseline to provide efficient joint training to its service member students. SOCJFCOM continues to ready warfighters for global operations Special Operations Command-Joint Forces Command continues to prepare conventional and special operations joint forces commanders and their staffs for using special operations-capable troops around the globe. Joint Knowledge Online extends cultural awareness training for U.S. Forces Korea The Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability (JKDDC) Joint Management Office has used Joint Knowledge Online’s distance learning capability to ensure U.S. Forces Korea’s ability to train incoming personnel on important issues like cultural awareness. Newsmaker Profile: Director of Joint Training Army Maj. Gen. Jason Kamiya Charged with coordinating the U.S. military's overall joint training efforts, U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Training Directorate and Joint Warfighting Center in Suffolk, Va. plays an important role in joint training transformation. Recently, Army Maj. Gen. Jason Kamiya, director of joint training, discussed the goals and expectations of his training team, their progress under his watch, and what lies ahead. Joint fires team, Army training center leaps forward with joint integrated training U.S. Joint Forces Command's joint fires professionals have brought key air-ground targeting training to soldiers undergoing training for global operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Joint Deployment Training Center revs up for the future U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Deployment Training Center, based at Ft. Eustis, Va., has extended its reach to prepare joint warfighters for duties around the globe by using a virtual campus and increased on-line training. Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Mission Rehearsal Exercise prepares forces to help “Africans solve African problems” U.S. Joint Forces Command continued its Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Mission Rehearsal Exercise this week at the Joint Warfighting Center in Suffolk, Va. using realistic scenarios to train personnel to conduct joint operations within the Horn of Africa. Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Mission Rehearsal Exercise commences U.S. Joint Forces Command began its Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Mission Rehearsal Exercise this week at the Joint Warfighting Center in Suffolk, Va. to train personnel to conduct joint operations within the Horn of Arica. Ribbon cut for new SOCJFCOM headquarters Government and military personnel, as well as Rep. Thelma Drake (R-Va.), gathered in Suffolk, Va. for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of a new facility for the Special Operations Command Joint Forces Command, which serves as the DoD's primary joint special operations forces trainer and integrator, supporting all geographic combatant commands and joint task forces. Newsmaker Profile: SOCJFCOM Commander Army Col. Wesley Rehorn With the intent to raise awareness of USJFCOM's continuing transformation efforts, this is part of a series of profiles, allowing command subject matter experts to highlight priorities, challenges, and solution paths for the future in their field. Army Col. Wesley Rehorn, commander of Special Operations Command - Joint Forces recently discussed SOCJFCOM, some of the current projects his team is working on, and what lies ahead. New USJFCOM super computer will enhance command efforts A new super computer, assigned to U.S. Joint Forces Command, arrived at the Joint Training and Experimentation Center recently. Armed with the power of more than 1,000 individual computers, the new system will help joint operators enhance modeling and simulation experimentation and training efforts in support of the warfighter. Exercise Atlantic Strike kicks off; focused on improving air-to-ground operations U.S. Joint Forces Command's (USJFCOM) Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team (JFIIT) will partner with U.S. Central Command Air Forces (CENTAF) to provide joint close air support expertise and share some unique technological capabilities with joint warfighters. Command focusing on improving joint fires at the brigade combat team and below U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team (JFIIT) will focus on air-ground integration when it conducts a brigade combat team exercise at the U.S. Army's National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., starting in November. Unified Endeavor 08-1 prepares soldiers for Afghanistan deployment U.S. Joint Forces Command begins the latest iteration of the Unified Endeavor Mission Rehearsal Exercise series to help the Army’s 101st Airborne Division and other units get ready for duty with Combined Joint Task Force-82 (CJTF-82) and NATO ISAF Regional Command East in Afghanistan. Joint training leader discusses Unified Endeavor 2007 U.S. Joint Forces Command concludes the latest iteration of the Unified Endeavor Mission Rehearsal Exercise series designed to help the Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps and other units get ready for duty in Iraq. Unified Endeavor 2007 prepares soldiers for Iraq deployment U.S. Joint Forces Command begins the latest iteration of the Unified Endeavor Mission Rehearsal Exercise series to help the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and other units get ready for duty with Multi-National Corps Iraq. U.S. Joint Forces Command supports Exercise Talisman Saber 2007 Working across oceans, USJFCOM flexed a multinational training network on the Suffolk, Va.-based Joint Training and Experimentation Network while linking together exercise participants in Australia and at U.S. Pacific Command in Hawaii during Talisman Saber 2007, one of Australia's largest military training events. USJFCOM Standing Joint Force Headquarters deploys for 2007 hurricane season exercise Twenty members of the United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) Standing Joint Force Headquarters (SJFHQ) deployed to San Antonio, Texas and Providence, R.I. to support a national training event for the 2007 hurricane season. Joint integration vital for Atlantic Strike participants A subordinate, functional command of U.S. Joint Forces Command tasked with improving the integration, interoperability and effectiveness of joint fires is playing a key role in helping to train soldiers, airmen and Marines to better do their jobs as joint fires observers and joint terminal attack controllers. Joint Individual Augmentee Training Program goes online U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Warfighting Center hosts the last in-residence Joint Force Headquarters Individual Augmentation Personnel course. Army Spc. Andrew Orillion has the story. USJFCOM continues to improve Joint National Training Capability The director of U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint National Training Capability details the capability's status and how it's improving by conducting analysis of service and combatant command training environments as well as adding new training site connectivity. Training comes to a close in exercise for Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Warfighting Center concluded its week-long Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Mission Rehearsal Exercise here today to prepare joint warfighters for deployment to nations across east Africa and Yemen. Liveblogging: Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Mission Rehearsal Exercise 07-1Liveblogging: Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Mission Rehearsal Exercise 07-1 On Jan. 13 , U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) began the latest iteration of the Unified Endeavor Mission Rehearsal Exercise series to prepare servicemembers from the U.S. Navy's Standing Navy Joint Command Element for deployment to nations in the Horn of Africa. USJFCOM's Robert Pursell liveblogged directly from the exercise at the Joint Warfighting Center in Suffolk, Va. Exercise to begin to prepare Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa for deployment USJFCOM conducts mission rehearsal exercise to prepare Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa for deployment for service in countries such as Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea. 2006 -- The Year in Review During 2006, U.S. Joint Forces Command’s made great strides, working with governmental and nongovernmental agencies and other nations to develop better ways of supporting each other, forging new partnerships with industry and academia, and supporting the warfighter around the world. The command conducted experiments that investigated how the U.S. military and its allies and partners will train and operate together in the future, and its efforts in analyzing lessons learned in the Global War on Terrorism yielded a groundbreaking report on Saddam Hussein’s regime. USJFCOM gets approval to connect U.S., Australian networks U.S. Joint Forces Command’s recently received approval to connect the Joint Training and Experimentation Network and Australia’s Defence Training and Experimentation Network, allowing the two countries to link simulation networks and efficiently train together across long distances. USJFCOM’s new super computer to enhance joint experimentation, training The High Performance Computing Modernization Program recently assigned U.S. Joint Forces Command with a super computer to help joint operators enhance modeling and simulation experimentation and training efforts in support of the Long War. Command surgeon hosts joint task force medical seminar U.S. Joint Forces Command's command surgeon hosted the 13th annual Joint Task Force Senior Medical Leader Seminar at the Joint Forces Staff College the first week of December focused on integration and team building in the joint medical environment. C4 program to deliver joint training set to begin U.S. Joint Forces Command will hold a Command Control, Communications and Computers Planners course to provide knowledge and experience of joint systems in theater. Liveblogging: Unified Endeavor 07-1 USJFCOM has began Unified Endeavor Mission Rehearsal Exercise to prepare the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division for deployment to Afghanistan. Join MCC(SW/AW) Chris Hoffpauir as he liveblogs directly from Unified Endeavor 07-1 at Ft. Bragg, N.C. USJFCOM to join high-tech scientific research network U.S. Joint Forces Command will join five other local partners on the Eastern Virginia LightWave Internetworking Technology Enterprise network, a high-speed, high-bandwidth network in southeastern Virginia that supports scientific and military research. USJFCOM to participate in Orlando military conference U.S. Joint Forces Command will join other military organizations in the 2006 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference to raise awareness on how to better prepare the joint warfighter through modeling and simulation. USJFCOM supports Australia, USPACOM in developing combined training capability U.S. Joint Forces Command is supporting Australia and U.S. Pacific Command in developing Australia's Joint Combined Training Capability. Command leadership assists as Navy transforms officer training Members of U.S. Joint Forces Command's senior leadership assisted as the Navy Reserve transformed one of its officer training course in to a joint training event bringing together students from all five services. Deputy director for joint force training to take NATO post U.S. Joint Forces Command's deputy commander of the Joint Warfighting Center and deputy director for joint training will assume a new post in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kamiya takes over as head of Joint Warfighting Center and joint training Army Maj. Gen. Jason Kamiya assumes command of U.S Joint Forces Command’s Joint Warfighting Center and director of the training directorate. Training team supports exercise in Kyrgyz Republic U.S. Joint Forces Command sent a training team to support U.S. Central Command’s Regional Cooperation 2006 exercise, which began at the Frunze Military Academy in the Kyrgyz Republic this week. Training director outlines training transformation progress Joint Warfighting Center Commander and Director for Joint Training Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Jon Gallinetti outlines the progress of U.S. Joint Forces Command's efforts supporting training transformation over the past two years. Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability continues training transformation efforts U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability Joint Management Office looks to transform training by providing today's joint warfighter with the joint knowledge needed to make sound decisions in the heat of combat. DoD Executive Leadership Development Program helps USJFCOM civilians relate to warfighter The Executive Leadership Development Program provides its U.S. Joint Forces Command participants with extensive exposure to the multiple roles and missions within the DoD giving them a greater understanding of today's warfighter. USJFCOM prepares U.S. and coalition forces for Iraqi deployment U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) recently conducted a mission rehearsal exercise to help prepare the 21,000 U.S. service members scheduled for rotational deployment to Iraq later this year meet their upcoming mission. USJFCOM sponsors Eloquent Nugget 06 seminar A U.S. Joint Forces Command-sponsored Partnership for Peace seminar helps explain and demonstrate relevant aspects of civilian democratic control of the military. Joint National Training Capability gets tactical at Northern Edge 06 The recently-completed Northern Edge 2006 provided opportunities to utilize U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint National Training Capability to link together operators all over the Pacific and enable seamless integration for operators from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force. USJFCOM hosts Joint National Training Capability training technology exposition U.S. Joint Forces Command gave visiting general and flag officers a walking tour of displays and technology demonstrations to showcase the command's efforts in training transformation. Major general named to head Joint Warfighting Center and joint training Maj. Gen. Jason K. Kamiya, commanding general of the Army’s Southern European Task Force (Airborne), based in Vicenza, Italy, will become the new commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Warfighting Center and director of joint training. Ribbon cut for new Joint Technology Exploration Center Government and military personnel gathered in Suffolk to mark the opening of the Joint Technology Exploration Center (JTEC), which will reduce spending for large-scale training exercises by working to convey the latest in modeling and simulation (M&S) training straight to the members in the field. New tool helps service components manage bi-lateral logistics agreements U.S. Joint Forces Command is training its service components on the newly-implemented Acquisition Cross-Service Agreement Global Automated Tracking and Reporting System, which helps track bi-lateral logistics support, supplies and services agreements between the U.S. and allied nations. USJFCOM’s World News Network broadcasts one thousandth newscast U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Warfighting Center uses a unique approach, a simulated television network, to prepare joint warfighters for the effects the media has on joint operations around the world. Subordinate command reflects on first year, continues work to improve joint fires USJFCOM formed the Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team one year ago this week and the organization's made substantial progress in helping the services operate together as a joint fires capability better according to the team's commander. USJFCOM’s Joint Warfighting Center hosts Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability ribbon cutting U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Warfighting Center became the new home of the Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability Joint Management Office, assuming responsibility for one of the key pillars of DoD's Training Transformation program. USJFCOM assumes responsibility for key Defense Department training capability U.S. Joint Forces Command has assumed responsibility for one of the key pillars of the Department of Defense's Training Transformation program, the Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability. Congressman calls command catalyst for modeling and simulation During recent remarks, the Congressional Modeling & Simulations Training Caucus chairman touted U.S. Joint Forces Command as a catalyst for the modeling and simulation industry. USJFCOM and Joint Forces Staff College partner for joint C4I education U.S. Joint Forces Command and the Joint Forces Staff College are continuing their partnership of working together to deliver joint command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) instruction to joint task force and combatant command C4I decision makers. Command seeks to solicit contract for technical services U.S. Joint Forces Command seeks non-personal technical services to support U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Warfighting Center joint training, exercise and rehearsal program. USJFCOM: 2005 year in review and highlights for what to expect in 2006 2005 was an active and productive year for U.S. Joint Forces Command. Throughout the year, the command's public affairs writing staff followed the command’s major efforts and milestones and provided the latest news on the many facets of the command's mission. For this story, we linked back to what we saw then and look ahead to what the command has planned for 2006. Command hosts annual surgeon's seminar U.S. Joint Forces Command recently provided military medical professionals with vital joint task force health care information and requirements they will face as they deploy around the world to support joint warfighters. USJFCOM to participate in I/ITSEC U.S. Joint Forces Command will showcase its modeling and simulation efforts supporting the joint warfighter when the command participates in the 2005 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, Fla. in late November. Tour highlights advances in modeling and simulation As the modeling and simulation field continues to develop, U.S. Joint Forces Command works with its partners to harness this technology and share the command's work in this field with a group of reporters. USJFCOM helps prepare Army's 10th Mountain Division for Afghanistan deployment USJFCOM teamed with the Air Force and Army during exercise Unified Endeavor 06-1 to train Army headquarters and staff for joint operations supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and the Global War on Terrorism. Command to share joint task force health care requirements with senior military medical professionals U.S. Joint Forces Command invites senior military health professional to the 12th Annual Joint Task Force Senior Medical Leader Seminar. Training transformation overhaul moving ahead Joint force training is expected to become more robust as the Joint National Training Capability moves toward full operational capability. U.S. Joint Forces Command to assume management of JWARS simulation U.S. Joint Forces Command will assume management of Joint Warfare System, a faster-than-real-time, theater-level simulation tool which combatant commanders can use to test battle campaigns and facilitate risk reduction before deploying. Urban operations training working group holds second meeting U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Urban Operations Training Branch continued the development of a cohesive approach to joint urban operations training during a recent meeting. USJFCOM supports Exercise Bright Star 05/06 U.S Joint Forces Command will play a key role in supporting a major multinational exercise in Southwest Asia for U.S. Central Command. Command and Control operational prototype success at exercise The Army's V Corps recently assessed a Joint Systems Integration Command's operational prototype of a situational awareness system designed to give commanders both capability and mobility as they move around the battle field. The system went from concept to a ready-to-deploy operational prototype in just eleven months. USJFCOM works to standardize joint close air support USJFCOM's Joint Requirements and Integration Directorate is working closely with several other organizations to standardize training and procedures for joint close air support. Congressional staffers see real world modeling and simulation up close and personal U.S. Joint Forces Command showcased various modeling and simulation efforts to the House of Representatives Modeling and Simulation Training Caucus during a recent visit to the command. USJFCOM supports Regional Cooperation 2005 USJFCOM hosts Regional Cooperation 2005, a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff sponsored and USCENTCOM conducted exercise, at the Joint Warfighting Center in Suffolk, Va. Web-based joint training gets new improved look U.S. Joint Forces Command recently unveiled an overhauled joint Web-based training environment, making it more user-friendly to support joint warfighters working around the world. New simulation tool expected to reduce training and mission rehearsal support costs USJFCOM’s Joint Warfighting Center’s newest version of the Joint Theater Level Simulation technology reduces joint training, experimentation, planning and mission rehearsal support costs. USJFCOM sponsors Eloquent Nugget 05 seminar A U.S. Joint Forces Command-sponsored Partnership for Peace seminar in Washington, D.C. helps explain how militaries in democratic countries work towards transforming their capabilities. Newsmaker Profile: Sgt. Maj. Ken Teske Sgt. Maj. Ken Teske left his home in Southern California and joined the U.S. Army out of boredom in 1984. Twenty-one years later, he is the Joint Warfighting Center's Joint Training Division senior enlisted leader and helping to shape future joint warfighters by providing top training around the globe.

baltimoresun.com - News Sixth gold for Phelps Michael Phelps defeated Hungary's Laszlo Cseh and teammate Ryan Lochte in the 200-meter individual medley, lowering his own world record to 1 minute, 54.23 seconds and picking up his sixth gold medal of the Beijing Olympic Games. Photos: Phelps races to sixth gold Md. students fare better More schools meet federal target More schools meet federal target Lightning strikes again, causing fire at condo complex For the second time in two years, lightning struck a Perry Hall condominium complex, causing a fire last night that forced several residents from their homes, a spokesman for the county Fire Department said. Need rises as giving falls Amid economic slowdown, Maryland charities fear that fundraising will fall far short of goals More people than ever are calling the Salvation Army's Baltimore offices this year, asking for help paying their utility bills or for food to feed their families. And contributions from individuals, the charity says, are down $100,000 from a year earlier. 10-car pileup on Beltway near Pikesville injures 6 A 10-vehicle collision on the inner loop of the Beltway near Pikesville sent six people to hospitals last night and tied up traffic for more than an hour, state police at the Golden Ring barracks said. Cigarette taxes are up — so is smuggling Md. officials report 46,000 packs seized When Maryland doubled the cigarette tax to $2 a pack, some residents may have found a reason to quit. Smugglers, on the other hand, seem to have found a motive to step up their activities.