MISSION COMMAND
Now, such tools are being pushed to the company level through a partnership of PM MC, the Army Geospatial Center at Fort Belvoir, VA, and the Research, Devel- opment, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Command and Con- trol Directorate (C2D). By providing this capability to the company commander through both CPOF and Command Web, the Soldier is equipped with crucial ter- rain information earlier in the decision process, which can provide a decisive edge.
Another powerful technology integrated into CPOF is the Personalized Assistant that Learns (PAL), a capability devel- oped by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. PAL truly works like an assistant inside the computer. It can be taught to perform routine information management tasks and then triggered to execute these functions based on data or events recorded within CPOF.
STREAMLINING PROCEDURES
SPC Chris Griffin (left) and SGT Jeff Bragg of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, Texas Army National Guard review their CPOF screens during annual training at the Austin-Bergstrom Airport National Guard Armory. The CPOF has organizational applications for overseas deployments, stateside natural disaster relief, and day-to-day operations. (U.S. Army photo by SFC Daniel Griego.)
TO FULFILL THEIR POTENTIAL TO BE THE DECISIVE EDGE, COMMANDERS AND SOLDIERS NEED SYSTEMS THAT DO NOT RESTRICT THEIR OPTIONS OR MONOPOLIZE THEIR TIME, BUT INSTEAD EMPOWER THEM TO ADAPT TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT.
These “rules” can be customized by the individual user or scaled to the entire CPOF user community in the form of standard operating procedures, reports, and other digital tasks. The workflows and triggers can be created or changed in the field without changing CPOF system
software. PAL is essentially a way in which in-theater Soldiers can modify the CPOF system to meet the unique and evolving needs of the current fight.
FUTURE SOLUTIONS Looking ahead, the Army is pursu- ing several other ways to make CPOF and Command Web more flexible and intuitive in support of decisive mission command. Like the analytical terrain tools and Command Web, many of these next-generation technologies are being researched and developed by CERDEC C2D in partnership with PM MC.
One of the most promising capabilities is MilSpace, which recently transitioned from the Collaborative Battlespace Rea- soning and Awareness (COBRA) Army Technology Objective (ATO) to a pro- gram of record under Product Manager Tactical Mission Command, part of PEO C3T. Integrated with Command Web by leveraging the SDK, MilSpace provides social networking functional- ity and enhanced personalization within the tactical environment. Users can share situational awareness and mission com- mand information through familiar social
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