Courseware and Capabilities Catalog

1 Courseware and Capabilities Catalog June 2013 Inside this issue: About the Program and Services JKO Mobile Pilot Program Interactive, Immersive Training Simulations JKO Training Priorities and Focus Support Information JKO Training Content Listings And For Instructions on Searching the JKO Catalog , click HERE JKO Pilot Program 2 From the Program Manager JKO has proved to be a great tool to further my joint education outside of standard military schools and assignments. JKO User joint Knowledge Online joint & Coalition Warfighting 116 Lake View Parkway Suffolk, VA 23435-2697 757-203-5654 DSN 668-5654 Fax 757-203-6057 About the Program and Services InsideInside Interactive, Immersive Training Simulations 3 JKO Mobile Pilot Program 4 Small Group Scenario Trainer (SGST) 4 Virtual Cultural Awareness Trainer (VCAT) 2 About JKO 4 Cross Cultural Competence Trainer (3CT) 2 JKO Products and Services JKO delivers access to joint training on three networks: military unclassified NIPRNet ( ), military classified SIPRNet and Internet Public network ( ).

2 Issue 04 June 2013 JKO Training Priorities and Focus 5 joint staff Officer (JSO) Fundamentals 5 joint Force Command (JFC) Curriculum 5 High Interest, Mandatory and Theater-Specific Training 6 Continuum of eLearning (CoL) 3 JKO Communities of Interest 6 JKO Support for Collective Training Exercises JKOJKO JKO Web-based training prepares military, multinational, intergovernmental and interagency individuals for joint and coalition exercises and operations. Administrative Information ~ Course Completions ~ Training Hrs Delivered ~ Registered Users 893 Training Courses (7,044 Online Training Hours) (as of 1 June 2013) 7 JKO Access and Accounts 8 Request for Service JKO needs to be a part of every soldiers training.

3 No class time or instructors have to be scheduled to receive the benefits of taking courses. JKO User 9 JKO Help Services 11 Introduction to JKO Courses 9 Tips When Contacting the Help Desk 10 Frequently Asked Questions JKO Training Content Listings 12 SGST Scenario Library 20 joint staff Training Courses 59 JKO Course Descriptions 21 Course Listing by Functional Area and Organization 140 Glossary of Terms and Acronyms The JKO Courseware and Capabilities Catalog is printed biannually in conjunction with the JKO Stakeholders Conference that convenes during the biannual Worldwide joint Training and Scheduling Conference (WJTSC). An electronic, searchable version of the JKO Courseware Catalog is maintained as courses are released or archived and can be found on the JKO Portal Home Page at listed under References on the left of page.

4 2 With our transition to the joint staff J7 and the Secretary s release earlier this year of strategic guidance for the Department of Defense, JKO is focused on assuring our strategic alignment in support of our new Defense Strategy and the priorities of our leadership. In fact, as we review latest emerging strategic guidance, it is apparent that JKO implements the intent of these strategic priorities. The JKO distributed learning capability and training products, globally accessible to a diverse training audience of military, civilian and coalition partners, directly addresses joint training strategic guidance and high interest training requirements.

5 By charter and governance directive, JKO leverages technology to extend cost-efficiency of joint training development and delivery. Our leadership emphasizes the necessity of programmatic priorities and choices grounded in the new strategic and fiscal realities, and we are positioned accordingly. Our priorities this year and beyond are based on assuring continuing strategic implementation; delivering training affordably with technology and innovations, and integrating deeper and further across the joint training enterprise to extend efficiencies of distributed learning to collective training exercises and to enhance the joint learning continuum. As we enter FY13, JKO is designated as the system of record for delivering and administering all joint staff mandatory training.

6 Our training content choices focus on the joint Force Development dependency to deliver mandatory training, enhance collective exercise training, and provide authoritative joint staff Officer fundamental training. JKO provides users a licensing free, GOTS distributed learning capability as well as diverse, Web-based training support as JKO continuously and rapidly adapts to meet emerging training needs and leverage advancements in learning technology. J K O d e v e l o p s a d v a n c e d distributive learning courses at varying degrees of interactivity levels to meet joint learning objectives. Web-based training curriculums link sequenced individual courses on topical training requirements.

7 Special area interest curriculums are c r e a t e d u s i n g e x i s t i n g , JKO develops joint training products in response to C o m b a t a n t C o m m a n d e r s Exercise Engagement and T r a i n i n g T r a n s f o r m a t i o n (CE2T2) goals and objectives, Chairman joint Chiefs of staff (CJCS) High Interest Training Issues and JKO Stakeholder-identified requirements. JKO products provide training necessary for individuals to prepare in advance for joint training exercises and joint operations. The JKO training audience includes a user-base of military, multinational, i n t e r g o v e r n m e n t a l a n d interagency individuals involved in joint and coalition operations.

8 Modified, and newly created Courseware of all levels of immersive interactivity, videos, and scenario simulations to reinforce training objectives and learning. JKO also invests in advanced technology Capabilities such as c o u r s e w a r e-e m b e d d e d , i n t e l l i g e n t t u t o r-b a s e d , i m m e r s i v e l e a r n i n g environments. JKO targeted training applications providing h i g h e r-l e v e l i n t e r a c t i v e Courseware utilizing immersive, media-rich environments, and desktop scenario-simulation capability for small group training include VCAT and SGST. From the Program Manager JKO Products and Services S e m i n a r s , v i de o l i b r a r y , communities of interest and training courses.

9 joint training courses are administered and tracked by the JKO Learning Content Management System (LCMS). JKO training content prepares individuals for joint exercises and joint operations. JKO access is delivered on three networks: military unclassified (JKO-NIPR), military classified (JKO-SIPR) and internet public access (JKO-IP). All Portals provide access to the JKO LCMS that administers DOD-wide training tracking and reporting. Course status and completions are recorded in the LCMS so that students and training managers can manage t h e i r u n i q u e t r a i n i n g requirements and records. their About JKO JKO is the DOD unique and a u t h o r i t a t i v e d i s t r i b u t e d learning capability that delivers global, 24/7 access to Web-based, immersive, interactive training and joint learning resources.

10 The JKO Portal provides access t o w i de-r an g in g l e arn i ng resources including joint Pro fess iona l D eve lo pme nt I have equipped myself with some extremely beneficial knowledge for my field of work just by exploring the JKO Courseware . JKO User 3 The JKO Mobile Pilot Program facilitates the global distribution of Web-based joint training content on portable, hand-held platforms for joint warriors. JKO is piloting the development of a mobile training capability. The approach being taken is to develop a JKO Mobile App available for download by JKO users intending to use mobile joint training courses. The JKO Mobile App is a hybrid App available to iOS and Android users (phones and tablets) in Apple stores and Android markets.