HST Space and Special Technical Operations SME

Valiant Global Defense Service Inc - Leavenworth, KS

Full-time - Senior

Leavenworth, KS

About the position

This position is a full-time exempt (salary) role supporting the Army National Guard (ARNG) Mission Command Training Support Program (MCTSP), Mission Training Complexes (MTCs), and other Department of Defense (DOD) locations. The Higher Command Support Team Space & Special Technical Operations (SSTO) will be responsible for teaching, coaching, and training ARNG Division and Brigade Commanders and their staff counterparts in the integration of Space Operations and Integrated Joint Special Technical Operations (IJSTO) effects into planning, training, and readiness within the context of Joint Multi-Domain Operations (JMDO) and the Decisive Action Training Environment (DATE). The role may involve support for work originating from any or all MTC locations. The responsibilities include replicating the SSTO as part of the Movement and Maneuver Warfighting Function (WFF) and serving as the Higher Command (HICOM) SSTO staff principal. The individual will teach, train, and coach the SSTO to synchronize with U.S. Space Command, National Technical Means, and the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) in support of division lines-of-effort. Additionally, the role involves integrating, monitoring, and providing space support to operations for various military functions such as targeting, navigation operations, information and intelligence collection, GPS and SATCOM interference resolution, personnel recovery, and understanding the impacts of the space operational environment. The position also requires managing the Division's IJSTO and Alternative Compensatory Control Measures (ACCM) programs, executing the employment of ACCM and IJSTO capabilities in support of joint operations, and participating in tactical battle-rhythm events that drive training unit Mission Command C2 processes. The individual will assist in delivering daily Air Tasking Orders (ATO), Operational Summaries (OPSUMS), Operations Plans and Orders (OPLANS and OPORDS), and other critical military documentation. Furthermore, the role includes preparing and issuing Joint Exercise Lifecycle (JELC) products, coordinating and managing HICOM augmenters, and participating in exercise After Action Reviews. The successful candidate will also integrate SSTO into the overarching "road-to-war" scenario, assist in developing a Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) for training objectives, and support pre-exercise staff exercises to train Commanders and Staff in various operational processes. The goal is to prepare units to effectively conduct Mission Command and command and control processes, ensuring robust replication and immersion of the training audience within a Multi-Domain Operational Environment, resulting in exercises that are doctrinally precise, realistic, demanding, and high-tempo Unified Land Operations.

Responsibilities

• Replicate the SSTO as part of the Movement and Maneuver Warfighting Function (WFF) and serve as the Higher Command (HICOM) SSTO staff principal.
• Teach/Train/Coach the SSTO to synchronize with U.S. Space Command, National Technical Means, and the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) in support of division lines-of-effort.
• Teach/Train/Coach the SSTO to integrate, monitor, and provide space support to operations for targeting, navigation operations and warfare, information and intelligence collection, GPS and SATCOM interference resolution, personnel recovery, and space operational environment impacts.
• Teach/Train/Coach the SSTO to manage the Division's IJSTO and Alternative Compensatory Control Measures (ACCM) programs and execute the employment of ACCM and IJSTO capabilities in support of joint operations.
• Participate and enable a tactical battle-rhythm consisting of key HICOM Meetings, Boards, and Working Groups that drive training unit Mission Command C2 processes.
• Assist in the delivery of daily Air Tasking Orders (ATO); Operational Summaries (OPSUMS), Operations Plans and Orders (OPLANS and OPORDS); Warning and Fragmentary Orders (WARNORDS and FRAGORDS).
• Prepare and issue all Joint Exercise Lifecycle (JELC) Products in analog format, and digitally via the appropriate Command and Control Information Systems (C2IS).
• Coordinate, train, and manage HICOM augmenters that are provided by the training unit's State JFHQ or a sister unit within the State.
• Prepare, submit input, and participate in informal and formal exercise After Action Reviews.
• Integrate SSTO into the overarching "road-to-war" scenario to include higher headquarters TACSOPS, PSOPS, and KM SOPS; WARNORDS, OPORDS, and FRAGORDS in accordance with established timelines.
• Assist in the development of a Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) for non-simulation supported training objectives requiring manual injects to stimulate.
• Support pre-exercise staff exercises (STAFFEX) in training Commanders and Staff in Operational Design, the Operations Process, Joint Multi-Domain Operations, the Military Decision Making Process, Command Post Operations, Role-Duties-Functions of Command Post Personnel, and other such topics to meet Commander's training objectives.
• Prepare all JELC related products to ensure robust replication and immersion of the training audience within a Multi-Domain Operational Environment.

Requirements

• Must have a background of at least twenty (20) years of experience in the Army (active Army, Army Reserve or Army National Guard).
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience with exercise planning using the JELC process.
• Must have senior Army leadership experience with positions in training management backgrounds and Combat Training Center experience.
• Must have successfully served as a Division SSTO (2 Years min) or Corps/JTF SSTO (2 Years min).
• Desired; have successfully commanded at the Battalion (Brigade level command preferred) within their respective branch.
• Experienced in large-scale live and constructive exercises, a doctrinal expert within the respective DIV SSTO, or Corps/JTF SSTO, and familiar with Army Command and Control Information Systems.

Nice-to-haves

• Graduate of a military Senior Service College, preferred.