DOUGLAS PATTILLO Role and organization: DA civilian, SoSI
NIEs participated in: 3, the first as a con- tractor supporting ATEC
If you’re looking for the trenches of NIE,
That’s the origin of the Warning Orders, Operation Orders, Fragmentary Orders, and other documents that make the machinery of NIE hum. And the more the NIE grows, the more coordination is needed across the spectrum of govern- ment and industry organizations with a stake in the exercise.
But even as Pattillo sweats every small de- tail, he doesn’t lose sight of the big picture.
“You do get lost in the day to day,” he said. “But I try to put my shoes back in the mid-’90s when I was a Signaleer, and what these guys are getting nowadays is like, wow, it’s amazing.”
Pattillo, who retired from the active Army as a master sergeant, deployed to Bosnia and Iraq. He used legacy radios, grease pencils, and paper maps.
“When I went in the Army, [which] was 1989, is like a millennium ago,” he said.
Today’s Army “is like Star Wars, it’s so much more advanced.”
That poses a challenge for the next gen- eration of Signal Soldiers who will have to master a stable of advanced digital systems, but it’s a challenge that can be overcome through intense training and the leadership - sonnel, he said. What also helps is young Soldiers’ familiarity with the digital world.
“They’re smart, and they’re getting it,” in June, and he’s coming in as a 25-B (Information Systems Operator-Analyst). I keep talking to him about what we’re doing now to try to make sure he’s ready.”
As the Army uses the NIEs to dissolve the stovepipes that have long plagued digital systems in favor of common waveforms and an integrated network baseline, Pat- tillo sees great potential for his Signal successors to thrive. That’s why he keeps up with the constant churn of systems and personnel to try to lay down NIE processes that will endure.
“We’re discovery learning on some things, but we’re leaps and bounds ahead of where we were last time, and we’ve already started getting ready for [NIE] 13.1 and 13.2,” he said. “It’s coming together, and I think what
“YOU DO GET LOST IN THE DAY TO DAY. BUT I TRY TO PUT MY SHOES BACK IN THE MID-’90S WHEN I WAS A SIGNALEER, AND
WHAT THESE GUYS
ARE GETTING NOWADAYS IS LIKE, WOW, IT’S AMAZING.”
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COL GAIL WASHINGTON is Project Manager Current for ASAALT’s System of Systems Integration Directorate. She holds a B.S.B.A. with a concentration in marketing from East Carolina University and an M.S. in information and resource management from Webster University. Washington is
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