Community Business Meetings

The Talent Pipeline: A Conversation About EMS Education, Training and STEM

BY INVITATION ONLY

Wednesday, December 13 | 10:00–11:30 AM | Chesapeake Room 4 & 5

 

Goal 3 of the 2020 Department of Defense Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Study (EMS3) is "Pursue Total Force EMS Readiness." Its objectives include:

  • Objective 3.1: Train and Sustain EMS Expertise - The Department will ensure all personnel are indoctrinated and trained at the appropriate level on EMS cover concepts that enable an EMS maneuver concept.
  • Objective 3.2: Incorporate EMS Concepts and Doctrine into Formal Education - The EMS Enterprise will routinely engage with formal military education institutions to ensure coursework at all levels includes a wide span of EMS activities and reflects changes as new technology, doctrine and threats emerge.
  • Objective 3.3: Evaluate and Track EMS Readiness - Total force readiness in the EMS will be grown, tracked and sustained.

Today, there are education & training activities associated with nearly every organization or element in the Department of Defense (DoD) and Military Services. They address wide-ranging mission needs from Combat Systems Officer (CSO) training to policy, capability acquisition and development, strategy, doctrine, tactics/techniques/procedures (TTPs), EMS modeling & simulation (M&S), test & evaluation (T&E), mission planning and EMS operations (EMSO). In addition, most organizations promote or conduct recruiting and Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) outreach at the secondary school and university levels. While it would be impossible to fully circumscribe the concept space, this session is set up to explore a limited number of topics of interest related to EMS education, training and STEM.

SESSION MODERATOR:
Mr Ken Dworkin (SES, Ret), former NSA Electronic Warfare Executive (EWX)
Mr Michael Brock, Director of Strategic Partnerships & Training, Association of Old Crows (AOC)
SESSION PRESENTERS:
Col Matthew Cottrill, Commander, US STRATCOM Joint Electromagnetic Warfare Center (JEWC)
Dr. John Huggins, Acting Executive Director & Technology Officer, National Security Collaboration Center (NSCC), University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
Mr. CJ Maciag, Director of Cyber Technologies & Academic Outreach, Integrated Sensing & Cyber (IS&C), Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (OUSD) for Research & Engineering (R&E)
Mr. Joshua Weaver, (National Spectrum Consortium), Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (OUSD) for Research & Engineering (R&E)