Army.mil. (2015, Dec. 18). 19th ESC Soldiers Master the Command Post of the Future. Retrieved from
https://www.army.mil/article/160174/19th_esc_soldiers_master_the_command_post_of_the_futureThis RallyPoint Space Situation Awareness (SSA)-post recognizes Contractor Mr. Dean Brownell, Command Post of the Future (CPOF)-Lead Trainer and retired Sgt. 1st Class.
An extension of the Pentagon's National Military Command Center (NMCC)—that monitors the 5-sided defense management pentagon of 1) planning, 2) organizing, 3) coordinating, 4) directing, and 5) controlling—the national security motto of command post controlling are—"ALERT, DIRECT and REPORT."
Commonly considered the "nerve center" or "eyes and ears” of the commander, every command post trainer’s role is to certify command post controllers as Executive Agents of a designated commander, and focal point for mission command (MC) and command and control (C2) training of the CP staff for normal day-to-day activities, contingencies or wartime operations.
If marksmanship is the stuff that makes every Marine a rifleman then command, control and communications or “(C3)-manship” makes every Pentagoner a controller—a command post controller, that is. Every CP controller’s roles and responsibilities in C3-manship in situational awareness (SA) vary based on their CP positional certification, the unit's mission, the Major Command (MAJCOM) the unit is assigned to, and resources assigned to the unit. The uniqueness of the Air Force Special Code (AFSC) 1C3X1 is that it is the only Pentagoner specifically designated for C3-manship in command post operations. Let’s break down the 1C3X1 AFSC: 1=Operations, C=Command and Control, 3=Command Post, X= 3, 5, 7 or 9-Skill level, and 1= TBD (I can't remember right now; pls help me out 1C3's).
Regardless of mission variances, what is foundational to each CP controller are mission command (MC) and command and control (C2) data processing and communication functions in support of Combatant Commanders (CCDR) and the Unfied Command Plan (UCP).
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