# Presentation: 135716

## Civil Air Patrol

- <date/time>

**Civil Air Patrol**

**Communications**

## Communications Program Update

- Santa Maria, CA 2001

- Colonel Bryon Brammer
- Major Mike Heil
- Major Gary Belda

## Publications

- CAPR 100-1 Volume 1, “Communications”
- Pub date: 1 August 1996
- Time for update
- Expect a change this fall
- CAPR 100-1 Volume 2, “Communications 				     Manager’s Handbook”
- Workgroup re-established July 2001
- Expected Pub Date: Spring 2002
- Interim Guidance: Fall 2001

## Publications

- CAPP 214 “Communications Officer 			      Specialty Training Track”
- New Technician, Senior, Master Tests
- Operations Online Testing!
- _[www.ntc.cap.gov](http://www.ntc.cap.gov/)_
- Randomly generated
- Auto scoring
- Completion certified

## The 2008  Challenge!

- DoD Implementation:
-  1 Jan 2006 - 1 Jan 2008

*6*

- NARROWBAND FM

## Equipment Migration Milestones

- Wideband FM

- HF

## Background

- NTIA Narrowband Decision, circa 1994
- DoD Decision, 1995
- NHQ Response
- NEC First Briefed, November ’94
- First POM Attempt, November ’95
- Surveys, Point Papers, Briefings, etc
- Communications Equipment Rehab Project
- National Technology Center
- Communications Strategic Plan
- AF POM Process
- Requirement Validation       Funding Schedule

## The “News”

- AF Validation
- CAP, AU, AETC, AFAB, AFB
- $24 million over 3 years
- Funding “deferred” until FY03
- SOW Tasking
- Develop requirements-based standards
- “Table of Allowance”

## New Compliant EquipmentSince 1996

- 20 HF Radios
- 20 Aircraft FM
- 6 Repeaters
- 125 VHF/FM Mobiles

## The “Big News”

- AF Validates Requirement!
- AF funding of our narrowband requirement
- HQ/DOK initiative since 1995
- Validated by
- CAP, AU, AETC, AFAB, AFB
- $24 million over 3 years
- Funding “deferred” until FY03

## 5.3.1. Equipment/Supplies Requirements. CAP shall develop equipment and supplies requirement standards to substantiate acquisition, assignment, use, and disposal of equipment and supplies to support Air Force-assigned missions. The Air Force will assist CAP in this process. CAP will develop these requirements by 1 January 2002, contingent upon extension of the Cooperative Agreement through the next Federal fiscal year in accordance with Article 5 of the Cooperative Agreement.

5.3.2. Equipment/Supplies Utilization Standards. CAP shall establish an allowance standard for equipment and supplies for CAP personnel and organizational elements in support of Air Force-assigned missions. Contingent upon extension of the Cooperative Agreement through the next Federal fiscal year in accordance with Article 5 of the Cooperative Agreement, beginning in FY 03 and biennially thereafter, CAP shall perform an analysis of the size of its equipment and supplies inventory utilizing requirement standards established in section 5.3.1. and adjust the disposition of its equipment and supplies inventory accordingly.

5.3.3. Equipment Maintenance and Modernization. CAP shall establish and operate programs for the maintenance of CAP equipment used in support of Air Force-assigned missions. CAP shall establish and operate programs for equipment maintenance used in support of Air Force-assigned missions.

**5.3.2. Equipment/Supplies Utilization Standards.**** **CAP shall establish an allowance standard for equipment and supplies for CAP personnel and organizational elements in support of Air Force-assigned missions. Contingent upon extension of the Cooperative Agreement through the next Federal fiscal year in accordance with Article 5 of the Cooperative Agreement, beginning in FY 03 and biennially thereafter, CAP shall perform an analysis of the size of its equipment and supplies inventory utilizing requirement standards established in section 5.3.1. and adjust the disposition of its equipment and supplies inventory accordingly.
**5.3.3. Equipment Maintenance and Modernization.**** **CAP shall establish and operate programs for the maintenance of CAP equipment used in support of Air Force-assigned missions. CAP shall establish and operate programs for equipment maintenance used in support of Air Force-assigned missions.

## 5.3.1. Equipment/Supplies Requirements. CAP shall develop equipment and supplies requirement standards to substantiate acquisition, assignment, use, and disposal of equipment and supplies to support Air Force-assigned missions. The Air Force will assist CAP in this process. CAP will develop these requirements by 1 January 2002, contingent upon extension of the Cooperative Agreement through the next Federal fiscal year in accordance with Article 5 of the Cooperative Agreement.

5.3.2. Equipment/Supplies Utilization Standards. CAP shall establish an allowance standard for equipment and supplies for CAP personnel and organizational elements in support of Air Force-assigned missions. Contingent upon extension of the Cooperative Agreement through the next Federal fiscal year in accordance with Article 5 of the Cooperative Agreement, beginning in FY 03 and biennially thereafter, CAP shall perform an analysis of the size of its equipment and supplies inventory utilizing requirement standards established in section 5.3.1. and adjust the disposition of its equipment and supplies inventory accordingly.

5.3.3. Equipment Maintenance and Modernization. CAP shall establish and operate programs for the maintenance of CAP equipment used in support of Air Force-assigned missions. CAP shall establish and operate programs for equipment maintenance used in support of Air Force-assigned missions.

**5.3.2. Equipment/Supplies Utilization Standards. **CAP shall establish an allowance standard for equipment and supplies for CAP personnel and organizational elements in support of Air Force-assigned missions. Contingent upon extension of the Cooperative Agreement through the next Federal fiscal year in accordance with Article 5 of the Cooperative Agreement, beginning in FY 03 and biennially thereafter, CAP shall perform an analysis of the size of its equipment and supplies inventory utilizing requirement standards established in section 5.3.1. and adjust the disposition of its equipment and supplies inventory accordingly.
**5.3.3. Equipment Maintenance and Modernization. **CAP shall establish and operate programs for the maintenance of CAP equipment used in support of Air Force-assigned missions. CAP shall establish and operate programs for equipment maintenance used in support of Air Force-assigned missions.

## The Task

- Develop a requirements-based allowance standard to substantiate acquisition, distribution, assignment, use, and disposal of communications equipment

## Communications Analysis Project

- Working Group/Sub Groups
- Customers and communications managers
- Field input/validation in both arenas
- Staff Coordination
- Command endorsement
- Formal submission to AF
- Required Completion Date: March 2002

## Today’s Task

- Determine Requirement
- Develop Solution
- Validate Solution
- Implement Solution
- Monitor Feedback
- Revise as Necessary

## 1. Determine Requirement

- “Blank slate” starting point
- “Nodal Analysis”
- Who needs to communicate with who?
- Over what distances?
- Under what conditions?
- Within what time criteria?
- Record or voice?
- One way or two way?
- Point to point or point to multi-point?

## 2. Develop Solutions

- Solution for each link
- Wired or wireless?
- Internal or outsourced?
- Bundled or independent?

## Determine Requirement

- Command Requirements
- Day to day administrative communications
- Questionable AF mission tie
- May be a corporate support requirement
- Emergency Services Analysis
- Three levels or “Mission Profiles”
- Small Mission
- Moderate Mission
- Large Mission

## Small Mission

- Typical ELT Search
- 90% of our ES missions
- Duration: < 6 hours
- Assets:
- 1 – 2 Urban DF Teams
- 1 Aircraft
- 1 MC working from home
- Non-stressed communications environment
- Normal public infrastructure available
- Principal communications variable:
- Distance (0 – 50 miles vrs. >100 miles)

## Moderate Mission

- Expanding SAR or small DR operation
- Only 8% of our missions
- Duration: Usually 6 – 48 hours
- Assets:
- 2 – 3 full ground teams
- 2 – 3 aircraft
- Single incident command post/base of operations
- IC and staff of 6 – 9
- Communications environment:
- SAR: Usually non-stressed
- DR: Usually stressed
- Area of Operations (AOR):
- SAR: Expanding.  Could be several hundred miles
- DR: Varies from local to several hundred miles

## Large Mission

- Classic “Mission Base”
- Only 2% of our missions
- Duration: 48 hours to as much as 14 days
- Assets:
- 6 - 10 full ground teams
- 10 – 15 aircraft
- Full ICP and base of operations (mission base)
- Frequently with detached operating locations (sub base)
- IC and staff of 30 - 50
- Communications environment:
- SAR: Usually non-stressed
- DR: Usually stressed
- Area of Operations (AOR):
- Multi-state/multi-agency

## ES Mission Analysis

- Three levels or “Mission Profiles”
- Small Mission
- 90% of our missions
- Typically ELT searches
- Varying size AOR
- Moderate Mission
- 8% of our missions
- Typically an expanding search or small DR operation
- As much as state-wide AOR
- Large Mission
- 2% of our missions
- Classic full mission base
- Usually multi-agency SAR or DR
- In SAR missions normally a large multi-state AOR
- In DR missions normally a confined AOR

## Nodal Analysis

- ES “Nodes”
- Urban DF Teams
- Full Ground Teams
- Internal/External
- Mission Aircraft
- Lone IC
- Small ICP
- Internal/External
- Full ICP
- Internal/External
- Sub Base
- Internal/External

- Support “Nodes”
- Comm Relay Points
- Comm Van
- Fixed Base Station (NCS)
- Hi Bird

## Nodal Analysis

| ES Nodes | Urban DF | Ground Team | Aircrew | Lone IC | Small ICP | Full ICP | Sub Base |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Urban DF |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Ground Team |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Aircrew |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Lone IC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Small ICP |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Full ICP |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sub Base |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Communications Equipment Management System (CEMS)

## Equipment Management

- Communications Equipment Management System (CEMS)
- On line tool for comm managers
- “Cradle to grave” equipment tracking
- Complete Life-Cycle Management of comm equipment
- Beta testing in progress
- Implementation date: 1 October 2001
- DC responsible for comm equipment

## Things to Watch For

## HF Email

- East Coast Gateway on the air
- Testing between CAP and DoD elements
- National Emergency Services Academy (NESA)
- AF begins worldwide installation this fall
- AF “Scope Command”
- CAP invited to join AF infrastructure
- Nine client stations
- More may follow
- Nation/wing funding
- Registration required

## And just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.......

**AOPA Website.  10 August 2001.  **
**FAA UPGRADES ATC RADIOS**
- “AOPA is watching closely the FAA's upgrading of radios used for air traffic control.  Included in the upgrade are options to "go digital" or split existing voice radio frequencies into 8.33 kHz channels.  This is the first step toward a planned change in communication radios that will eventually affect all aircraft.  The FAA still plans to implement a digital radio system (dubbed Nexcom) that has both voice and ATC datalink capabilities late in this decade.  Although most GA pilots won't be expected to reequip until sometime beyond 2010”

## Contact Info

- CAWG     _[www.c](http://www.ntc.cap.gov/comm)_awg.cap.gov
- Colonel Bryon Brammer, Director of Communications
- Major Mike Heil, Deputy Director North
- Major Gary Belda, Deputy Director South
- Phone: 818-989-8100
- Fax:     818-989-8106
- Email:  blbrammer@cawg.cap.gov
-             mheil@cawg.cap.gov
- 		        cgbelda@cawg.cap.gov
- 		        bsmidth@cawg.cap.gov

## Questions?

- “The President can make you a general, but only communications can make you a commander” 			General Curtis E. LeMay

**Questions?**

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