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IO Training Overview The 1st Information Operations Command Training Branch administers or arranges comprehensive IO training for the 1st IO Cmd personnel. Training ranges from that required for newly assigned personnel to sustainment training and specialized training for technical personnel. The branch arranges for the 1st IO Cmd personnel to attend schools and courses provided by other Services, agencies, industry and academia. All Command courses are available to DoD and OGAs as Mobile Training events through a simple request process. For 1st IO CMD Training support, contact the branch at: 1stiocmdtrainingsupport@mi.army.mil Training Schedule | Registration Information Command Sponsored Courses include: IOCAP Course
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This 80 hour course provides intensive information operations
(IO) training for 1st IO Command personnel and for interested and qualified personnel
from external organizations and services. The course provides an in-depth look at
each of the core and supporting elements of Information Operations, IO related activities,
and subject areas and disciplines pertinent to information operations including
the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP), intelligence support to IO, Targeting,
and others. The training focuses upon synchronization and coordination of these
areas and disciplines to achieve IO objectives intended to shape the operational
environment in support of military operations. The training uses a combination of
classroom lecture, individual student activities, and structured practical exercises
conducted in a simulated IO staff environment. The training provides a basis for
staff planners to support the full spectrum of military operations at the Army division
and higher levels of command. The training is conducted at the Collateral SECRET
level.
IO Fundamentals Course (This 40 hr course is available via mobile training team only)
COURSE DESCRIPTON: This 40 hour course is offered as an on-site training package
via Mobile Training Team ONLY to units or organizations needing familiarization
with the fundamentals of Army Information Operations. The course provides insight
into the various Army capabilities used to generate information effects in support
of a unit mission and stresses the integration of all available means to affect
an adversary’s decision making, influence attitudes and behaviors, and to protect
friendly use of information. Experienced instructors provide discussion of capabilities
inherent to all IO elements and related activities plus exposure to other relevant
topics including intelligence support to IO, targeting, center of gravity analysis,
and others. Students are introduced to integrating IO planning with unit mission
planning and generating an IO Concept of Support. This course can be presented at
the unclassified or secret level depending on the desires of the unit. There is
no maximum class size but a minimum of 12 students is required. The trained unit
must provide funding for TDY cost of deploying the training team. Course materials
are unclassified but SECRET clearance is required due to contemporary OE discussions.
Units request this course using the MTT Request form located on this page.
Military Deception Planners’ Course (MDPC)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The MDPC consists of 40-hours formal classroom instruction and
a hands-on practical exercise. The training follows the five-phase military deception
planning cycle (Capability Development, Assessment Phase, Planning Phase, Execution
Phase, and Termination Phase) described in the Department of the Army Military Deception
Planners Guide and, or the Air, Land, Sea Application Center’s Multi-Service Tactics,
Techniques, and Procedures for Military Deception. The instruction covers MILDEC
policy, doctrine, terminology, fundamentals, principles; and time proven tactics,
techniques and procedures. Students receive eight hours of formal lecture, with
the remaining 32 hours devoted to walking each participant through the entire deception
cycle following a realistic training scenario. Each day, students view a video of
a different historical case study to reinforce learning objectives. All students
receive a bound student guide, key consideration book, and a copy of the Department
of the Army Military Deception Planners’ Guide or the Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques,
and Procedures for Military Deception. Units can request a MDPC mobile training
team using the MTT Request form located on this page.
Sociocultural Information Integration Course-Afghanistan (SIIC)
Course Description: A 40-hour course that introduces the student to a narrative
approach to the socio-cultural component of the information environment and provides
them with the skills necessary to analyze, plan, and operate in that environment.
Military Information Support Operations Integration Course (MISOIC)
Course Description: The Military Information Support Operations Integration Course
(MISOIC) is designed to introduce Operational Planners to the concepts, fundamentals,
doctrine, and US Army capabilities of Military Information Support Operations (MISO)
from an IO planning perspective. Through 40 hours of platform instruction and hands-on
practical exercises, the MISOIC provides the Operational Planner with an overview
of MISO roles and responsibilities; key terms and definitions; history of MISO;
task organization; key equipment and capabilities; programs and authorities of MISO;
the seven-phase MISO development process; countering adversary information; IO and
MISO support to the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP) and the targeting process;
discussion of several MISO case studies; and most importantly, the integration of
MISO with the other IO elements. The MISOIC is NOT a qualification course for MISO,
previously known as Psychological Operations (PSYOP); nor does it provide training
on how to conduct MISO. TIOGs can request an MISOIC Mobile Training Team using the
MTT request form located on this page.(Requests for mobile training team by units
other than TIOGs will be considered based upon operational necessity)
Basic Computer Network Operations Planners Course (BCNOPC)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: To prepare students to integrate, synchronize, and coordinate
the employment of Cyberspace Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Cyberspace
Attack, Cyberspace Operational Preparation of the Environment; and Cyberspace Defense
Activities into cyberspace concepts of support for military operations. COURSE SCOPE:
Students are provided a challenging curriculum from understanding the complexity
of Cyberspace Operations; to recognizing key concepts at the Executive, DoD, Joint,
and Army levels; to planning for a notional mission through application of the Adaptive
Planning and Execution System and the Military Decision Making Process. Focuses
on examing Intelligence Support to Cyberspace Operations Planning; identifying Cybespace
Operations authorities, organizational relationships, legal considerations, and
capabilities; recognizing the basic policies and processes necessary to gain approvals
for Offensive Cyberspace Operations, and Defensive Cyberspace Operations; evaluating
how Cyberspace Attack, Cyberspace Defense, Cyberspace Operational Preparation of
the Environment, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance relate to each
other, other information related capabilities, and friendly and adversary operations
in cyberspace. The training is conducted at the TOP SECRET/SCI level. Units can request
a BCNOPC Mobile Training Team using the MTT Request form located on this page.
Executive Computer Network Operations Planners Seminar (ECNOPS)
SEMINAR DESCRIPTION: The Executive Computer Network Operations Planners Seminar
(ECNOPS) is an 8 hour seminar which provides a strategic/operational level introduction
to CNO and cyberspace planning. The target audience for the ECNOPS is general/flag
officers and their senior staff members. The topics covered in the ECNOPS include
cyber lexicon, authorities, guidance, organizations, command relationships, processes
for integration into military planning, cyber policy, and related current operations.
The ECNOPS is presented by request. Content and discussions are at the TOP SECRET//SI
level. At the discretion of the requestor, the course can be taught as a one-day
(eight hours) seminar or may be taught over two consecutive days (four hours per
day).
Electronic Warfare Integration Course (EWIC)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides students the ability and knowledge to integrate,
synchronize and coordinate EW planning and execution with full spectrum Information
Operations (IO). Students are introduced to EW concepts, fundamentals, doctrine
and capabilities within the Department of Defense (DOD) to include an introduction
to the Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) and effects or radio and radars within the
EMS arena, Electronic Warfare systems and capabilities, Electromagnetic Spectrum
management, EW emerging technologies and a survey of electronic systems populating
the Operational Environment. The training includes an overview of current and emerging
DoD EW Doctrine, Army EW organization, EW platforms and missions, intelligence support
to EW and duties and responsibilities of an Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO) operating
within a theater level Electronic Warfare Coordination Cell (EWCC). TIOGs can request
an EWIC Mobile Training Team using the MTT request form located on this page.
(Requests for EWIC mobile training team by units other than TIOGs will be considered
based upon operational necessity)
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Training administrator
Download Mobile Training Request form here: MTT Request Form
You can register for 1st IO Command resident courses in ATRRS (School Code 024)
by completing SF182 |
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