MINWARA -Training Initiatives for

Mainstreaming Mine Warfare

CAPT Rick Rush, USNCommanding Officer, Mine Warfare Training Center

Commander, Afloat Training Group, Ingleside8 May 2003

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Overview

Mainstreaming Tasking

What We’ve Done

Where We’re Going

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Mainstreaming MIW

Deployed Forces should understand the mine threat and the inherent capabilities and limitations of systems to counter the threat…through training and education, command and control restructuring…

Mainstreaming… is the toughest challenge.

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Tasking - Belly Buttons

Doctrine and Tactics:NWDC (Doctrine)CMWC (Tactics)

Education and Training:COMLANTFLT (Waterfront Training)NETC (Schoolhouse Training)

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What We’ve Done: MIW Fleet Training

Waterfront/Fleet Training: CFFC – C2F/C3F – CCG 4/1 - TTGL/P (MCMRONs) (MCMRONs)

SCC Symposiums: TTGL & MCMRON 2 MGITs: TTGLs & MCMRONs COMTUEXs: CMWC Reps (once) JTFEXs: MCMRON as Mentors, + Triad

CCGs & CMWC as SOOT

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MIW Officer Training PipelineMIW Core

(A-2G-2758)2 Weeks

MCM Planning Officer(A-2G-2760)

2 Weeks

Explosive Ordnance Disposal School(A-431-0011)

39 Weeks

MCM Specialty(A-2G-2764)

3 Weeks

MCM Prospective 1st LT(A-2G-0014)

1 Week

MCM Prospective Operations Officer(A-2G-0089)

1 Week

MCM Prospective Engineering Officer(NEW)1 Week

Organic Systems Training(NEW)

TBD Weeks

AMCM Weapons Systems Training(D-2C-2760)

26 Weeks

Advanced MIW Staff Officer(A-2G-2765)

2 Weeks

DESRONPHIBRON

Following Staffs:CINC & Numbered FleetType CommandersBattle GroupCOMINEWARCOMMCM SquadronsPlus All MOMAU OINCs

CRUDES and ORGANIC SHIPSUSW OFFICER

EOD DET OINCs

HM & HSL OFFICERS

MCM & MHCOfficers

&All MNCs

MCM Prospective CO/XO(A-2G-0104)

1 Week

Core

Planning

Advance

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MIW BF Staff Officer

CY 2001• 6 Exported Courses

CY 2002• 8 Exported Courses

CY2003• April : JCS San Diego (C3F kicked off)

– First USCG Participants

• May: NavResCtr Portland, OR COMSUBPAC Pearl Harbor

PELELIU ARG San Diego• Sep: DESRON Norfolk• Nov: DESRON Mayport

On Average: 30 Students

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BF COI – ComSubPac’s Message

…FLEET DEPLOYING TACTICS/TECHNOLOGIES/ OVERVIEW PROCEDURES FOR MINE WARFARE, MINING, MINEFIELD PLANNING, INTEL, METOC, GCCS'M MEDAL, JTFEX LESSONS LEARNED, SUBMARINE MINEFIELD TACTICS AND REACHBACK SYSTEMS IN PLACE. DISCUSSIONS WILL ALSO INCLUDE CVBG INTERACTION WITH DEDICATED (NON-ORGANIC) SURFARE/AIR/UNDERWATER MCM SHOULD THE MISSION BE REQUIRED.

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MIW CORE • Overview of Organic Systems

MCM BF Staff Officer COI (3 days) **

• Awareness and exposureMEDAL

• Dedicated MCM Supervisors COI (2 weeks)• MEDAL Seminars for the fleet (3 days) **

What We’ve Done: School House/Individual Training

** Exported

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Where We’re Going

NPDC: Task Force Excel NETC-NPDC-Ctr for SCS-”MWTC” TEP for OMCM Systems C2F/C3F Msg, ATGs assist MIW CONOPS: Revision July 03 MN Rating: Increased 750 to 1000 HLS/HLD: More challenges

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