1. Navy Mission Essential Task Lists (NMETLs) and METOC MEASURES
3 May 2007
Mr. David Brown
FFC N721B

2. AGENDA Background Concept Tasks, Conditions, and Standards Measures
Metrics
NWDC’s role is:
to maintain and update the UNTL
educate Navy commands in the use of the METLs process
assist in proper use and development of METLs
refine the Navy application of the METLs process

3. UNTL BACKGROUND
CNO (and other Service Chiefs) decision to participate, with Joint Staff, in METLs development
Designated NDC (NWDC) as Executive Agent
Universal Naval Task List 1.0 published
as Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard instruction
2002 – UNTL 2.0 and CFFC becomes Exec for NMETLs across FFC Claimancy
30 Jan 2007 UNTL 3.0 – DRRS covers nearly all operations required for mission success
Added “s” to Corp

4. UJTL = (SN, ST, OP, TA) + UNTL (NTA + MCT)
UJTL/ UNTL TERMS
UJTL - Universal Joint Task List - the comprehensive list (library) of tasks at the Strategic and Operational and Joint Tactical levels of war plus the service/agency task lists.
NTTL - Naval Tactical Task List - the comprehensive list (library) of Naval tasks at the Tactical level of war
UNTL - Universal Naval Task List
UNTL= (MCTL + NTTL)
UJTL = (SN, ST, OP, TA) + UNTL (NTA + MCT)

5. UNIVERSAL JOINT TASK LIST (UJTL) re: “Libray”
OPERATIONAL
Accomplish Objectives of
Subordinate Campaigns and Major Operations
STRATEGIC NATIONAL
National Military Strategy
OP 1
CONDUCT
MOVEMENT & MANEUVER
OP 2
DEVELOP
INTELLIGENCE
OP 3
EMPLOY
FIREPOWER
OP 4
PROVIDE
SUPPORT
OP 5
EXERCISE
COMMAND & CONTROL
OP 6
PROTECTION
SN 1
CONDUCT STRATEGIC
DEPLOYMENT &
REDEPLOYMENT
SN 2
STRATEGIC
SN 3
FORCES
SN 4
SUSTAINMENT
SN 5
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
& INTEGRATION
SN 6
MOBILIZATION
SN 7
FORCE
DEVELOPMENT
NTA 1
DEPLOY FORCES AND
CONDUCT MANEUVER
NTA 2
NTA 3
NTA 4
PERFORM LOGISTICS AND
COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT
NTA 5
EXERCISE COMMAND
& CONTROL
NTA 6
PROTECT THE
ST 5
PROVIDE THEATER
STRATEGIC COMMAND
AND CONTROL
ST 6
THEATER
ST 7
ESTABLISH THEATER
FORCE REQUIREMENTS
AND READINESS
ST 8
DEVELOP AND
MAINTAIN ALLIANCE
AND REGIONAL
RELATIONS
ST 1
CONDUCT INTRATHEATER
STRATEGIC DEPLOYMENT,
CONCENTRATION, AND
MANEUVER OF FORCES
ST 2
ST 3
EMPLOY THEATER
ST 4
SUSTAIN
STRATEGIC THEATER
Theater and Campaign Strategy
NAVY TACTICAL
Battles and Engagements
Assigned missions provide a commander’s link to the National Military Strategy. The commander’s ensuing mission analysis, based on his assigned warfighting missions, determine the tasks that must be performed to ensure successful mission accomplishment. Once identified, these same tasks provide the foundation for joint training programs; the tasks are established as specific training objectives with associated conditions and standards.
The Universal Joint Task List or “UJTL,” depicted on this slide, provides a dictionary of common terms to be used by commanders in stating the mission tasks that need to be trained. This list provides a “menu” from which joint force commanders draw their training tasks based on their mission analyses. Presently, it is being updated to ensure that it continues to reflect current doctrinal terms of reference.
This chart shows only the top line of joint tasks at the national strategic, theater strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war. Enabling tasks below each of the major tasks shown here provide the additional detail necessary to focus joint training plans.
Note that our tasks cover the full range of military operations from operations other than war through war fighting.
Finally, the training objectives established by commanders provide the focus for their joint training exercise programs, discussed next. 6 4 4 14

6. Universal Naval Task List (UNTL)
Common language describes what must be done.
Identifies the level of war where tasks will be done.
Lists conditions to describe physical, military, and civil environment in which tasks are performed.
Lists sample measures and criteria that define standards associated with task performance.
The UNTL is published/documented in OPNAVINST There is a draft version 2.0 of this instruction that was used for the development of the CVBG Staff NMETLs posted on the CLF/CPF NMETL web site. JTIMS software also contains UNTL version 2.0 tasks.
It contains a comprehensive, hierarchical listing of tasks that can be performed by a joint military force, combat support agencies, or joint organizations
This slide depicts what the UNTL provides
Notice that the UNTL does not address how a task is performed- that is found in joint and naval doctrine
Nor does the UNTL address who performs the task - that’s found in the concept of operations
The UNTL does identify what is to be performed in terms common to multiple combatant commands and joint force components
Conditions and measures associated with each task will be discussed later
Let’s look in more detail how the UNTL breaks out tasks by levels of war
WE CAN ADD TASKS, CONDITIONS, & MEASURES TO THE
UNTL

7. UJTL/ UNTL TERMS Mission - The action required and the purpose.
Essential - Absolutely necessary; indispensable; critical.
Task - A discrete event or action, not specific to a single unit, weapon system, or individual that enables a mission or function to be accomplished.
Mission Essential Task List (METL) - A list of tasks considered essential to the accomplishment of the mission. A METL includes associated conditions and standards and may identify command-linked and supporting tasks.

8. NMET framework Perform this task…. …. Under these conditions….
….To this standard.

9. UNTL Task Library Guidelines
Activities visible outside the command
Doctrinally based- should be able to find same words in Doctrine/ developing concepts (e.g. “maritime domain awareness” from National Maritime Security Strategy.)
Discrete events
Don’t define who/ how/ or a system
Don’t describe environmental issues (physical, military, or civil conditions)
Don’t duplicate an existing task
“Universal”
Feedback to Navy UNTL/NMETLs link at
NMETLS allow a commander to quantify both the level and scope of effort needed to achieve mission objectives. (NTTP 1-01)
Mission Analysis determines tasking to build into NMETs with conditions and standards plus resources.
NMETL and NWTS Process yields target for all DOTMLP-F solutions - yet remains flexible, adaptable and responsive for Continuous Improvement and to meet new challenges-
The NWTS is a process where all of its phases are being simultaneously conducted at any one time. NMETLs are continuously refined, future planning is happening in the midst of execution, and assessments are updated and reported near-real time. The Navy Training Information Management System (NTIMS) serves as the repository for approved and draft NWTS products. The Navy Lessons Learned System (NLLS) is an important component of the NWTS continuous improvement process.
NMETs are the basis for readiness reporting in the Capabilities-based (DRRS) system
Capabilities described by subsets of Unit(s) METs
JCIDS relies on MET-like constructs
NMETLs are the alignment tool!

10. CONDITIONS
Conditions are variables of the operational environment or situation that may affect performance: physical, military or civil.
Environment is the immediate situation or circumstance in which tasks must be performed (e.g., air temperature)
Conditions impact the ability to perform a task (e.g., information exchange problems impact the ability to share information with allied/ coalition partners - unrestricted, restricted, highly restricted)
Example
Reference Number and Title
C Air Temperature
Definition
Atmospheric temperature at ground level (degrees Fahrenheit)
Descriptors
Hot (>850F); Temperate ( F); Cold ( F); Very cold (<100F).

11. STANDARDS
Definition
Minimum acceptable proficiency required in the performance of a particular task under a specified set of conditions
Components
Consists of measure and criterion:
Measures: Provide basis for describing levels of performance (i.e., miles/hour, percentage, incidents)
Criterion: Defines acceptable level of performance (i.e., 10 miles/hour, 40%)
Authority
Defined by multiple sources
This slide defines a standard, what it consists of,and identifies who sets standards
Let’s now look at the process for setting standards, i.e., selecting measures and determining the criterion

12. NMET EXAMPLE Interdict Enemy Operational Forces/Targets NTA 3.2.6
PERFORM TASK OF:
Interdict Enemy Operational Forces/Targets NTA 3.2.6
- to conduct air operations to destroy, neutralize, or delay the enemy’s military potential.
UNDER CONDITIONS OF:
Negligible Light (overcast night)(C ) - light available to illuminate
objects from natural or manmade sources.
Moderate Personnel Fatigue (C ) - degree to which personnel, due
to lack of rest, are experiencing fatigue
Moderate Collateral Damage Potential (C 2.6.7) - degree to which
civilian population and structures (and friendly forces) are close to targets
TO A STANDARD OF:
3 Hours to drop ordnance on target after initiation of task
100 Percent of missions flown achieve desired target damage
<5 Percent of engagements resulting in collateral damage

13. MEASURES Distinguish among varying levels of task performance
Allow commanders to establish standards consistent with their mission requirements
Provide basis for assessment (e.g., readiness assessment)
Task Criterion Measure
NTA Attack Enemy Percent of targets
Land Targets destroyed

14. MEASURES
VALIDITY – Ability of a measure to capture desired performance.
Should support mission success factors.
Measures will drive performance.
FEASIBILITY – Reasonable ability to collect data in support of the measure.
Should consider, manpower, money, existing databases, and technology.
RELIABLE – Ability of the measure to tell the same story each time data is collected.
Need to be able to compare apples to apples.
REPEATABLE – Ability to collect data for the measure each training cycle.
Need a steady source of data.
This slide defines a standard, what it consists of,and identifies who sets standards
Let’s now look at the process for setting standards, i.e., selecting measures and determining the criterion

15. MEASURES - PERFORMANCE DIMENSIONS
Commanders may require measures of different dimensions of performance to describe required level of performance
Examples:
Time to Perform
Rate of Movement
Accuracy
Completeness
Durability/ Reliability
Power
Cost
Range/ Mobility
Lead Time
Delay Times
Effectiveness
Coordination
Integration
Efficiency

16. INPUTS, PROCESSES, OR OUTPUTS?

17. MEASUREMENT LEVEL OF DETAIL

18. Where do “Metrics” come in?
Performance to NMETL standards must be evaluated by collecting data against the “Measures” of performance. That is only one set of “metrics” required in a data collection plan. We also need “Conditions” data to understand how to compare the observed performance to the set standard.
Other places where “Metrics” are needed include
Assessment- Across the force, where are our (community) strengths/ weaknesses in DOTMLP-F?
Operations Analysis- What other options are available and how should we value mission task contributions?
Validation- Is the chosen COA producing the desired outcomes? (Helps to answer “How do we know we’re winning?”)

19. NAVY WARFARE TRAINING SYSTEM
Hyperlink to Requirements Phase I/O Slide
Hyperlink to Plans
Phase I/O Slide
Requirements
Hyperlink to Plans
Phase I/O Slide
Plans
Hyperlink to Assessment Phase I/O Slide
Derived From Assigned Missions
Driven by Mission Requirements, Training Audience, and Method
Eliminated bullet in front of “This phase produces” in all boxes.
In Requirements Box, added space after Joint/
In Plans Box, changed “deconflicts” to “Deconflicted”
In Execution box, adjusted layout to match others
This slide represents what a “Navyized” version of the JTS might look like.
The NWTS system advocates a cyclic building block approach to training naval forces based on mission essential tasks. Each phase, through an input-process-output model, uses data from proceeding phases and outputs data to subsequent phases. The NWTS will provide commanders with a process to look at all potential missions a command may have and then determine which tasks and associated physical, military, and civil conditions are most important to those missions. They then can focus the limited resources on those tasks. An example of this process in action will be presented in later slides.
A summary of this four phased approach follows:
Phase 1 - REQUIREMENTS: Analysis of mission leads to a list of tasks with associated conditions and standards. Analysis of essentiality along with organizations that play a part produces a METL which feeds the plans phase
Phase 2 - PLANS: Uses NMETL from requirements to answer the question who, what, when, where, & how. Here training methods and resources are allocated to training requirements. Output is training plans at all levels.
Phase 3 - EXECUTION: Complete the training events and collect necessary data, observations, lessons learned & AARs. This information feeds the assessment phase
Phase 4 - ASSESSMENT: Determines mission capability from a training viewpoint. Provides feedback to adjust or improve training. Supports external processes such as JMRR and JWCA.
Based on Commander’s Intent
& Joint/ Navy Doctrine
Based on Output of Requirements Phase
This Phase Produces:
NMETL Tasks, Conditions, &
Standards
List of Commands With Role in
NMETL Accomplishment
This Phase Produces:
Fleet, Group, Warfare Commander, & Unit
Training Plans
De-conflicted Training Schedules
IMPROVE
NAVY WARFARE
READINESS
Assessments
Execution
Commander Assesses Training Effectiveness & Navy Training Readiness
Training Conducted & Evaluated
Training Events Based on Output of
Plans Phase
Ability to Meet Navy Standards: Strengths /
Weakness in Doctrine, Organization, Training,
Materiel & Education
This Phase Produces:
Overall Training & Mission Proficiency
Assessments
Key Issues & Lessons Learned
This Phase Produces:
Training Proficiency Assessments
After Action Reports
Key Issues & Lessons Learned

20. SUMMARY UJTL-UNTL A new “Language”
Mission Analysis yields Mission Essential Task List (METL)
Tasks, Conditions and Standards
Standards include Measures and Criteria
Metrics are required above NMETL standards
NWTS process is a “universal” continuous improvement model
Changed “Measures” to standards and shortened bullet

21. Mission Analysis to NMETL Programs
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