1. Information Brief (Deep Dive)
Federated Mission Networking and Mission Partner Environment, Civilian Military (FMCM)
Information Brief (Deep Dive)

2. What is FMCM?
Federated Mission Networking and Mission Partner Environment, Civilian-Military, (FMCM) is a multinational capability development effort to enable effective information sharing to support necessary coordination.
FMCM products are intended to modify military practices, not civilian. There will be no recommendations affecting ways and means outside of military activities.
FMCM complements efforts such as CIVMIL Coord Consultative Group and is working collaboratively with key humanitarian stakeholders.
Key policy and strategy stakeholders can enable progress by encouraging others to support coordination and collaboration
FMCM addresses CIVMIL Information Sharing (CMIS) under three major use-cases
Operational Environment: Crisis Response and Disaster Assistance
Operational Environment: Peacekeeping & Stability Operations
Operational Environment: Complex Operations
CIV-MIL Information Sharing: Information Assurance and Information Exchange Requirements in support of operations.
CIV-MIL Communication: Ways and means to share information.
CIV-MIL Coordination: Who and why – organizational level engagement.
CIV-MIL Interaction: Humanitarian Principles and Trust.
Humanitarian & Civilian in the Environment: Humanitarians, Government, non-combatants, civilian populace.
Military commanders and staffs must interact successfully with civilians during operational planning and execution
CIV-MIL Coordination in support of operations (e.g. cooperate, deconflict, etc..)
Anticipated CIV-MIL Information Sharing (CMIS) Interactions
FMCM: Common CIVMIL Information Sharing (CMIS) Operational and Technical Concepts, Requirements Practices, Architectures and Standards

3. FMCM Background
US, NATO, and other partners are developing improved network and service interoperability by applying the lessons learned of the last 15 years
Federated Mission Networking (FMN) is the multinational effort to provide a common approach to establishing, maintaining and disestablishing shared, networks and data
The US effort to implement FMN is Mission Partner Environment (MPE). This falls in the Warfighter Mission Area of the Joint Information Environment.
In 2014 the FMN Operational Capabilities Working Group identified CIVMIL Information Sharing as a critical requirement
The FMN leadership asked the Multinational Capability Campaign to address the problem. The US MPE lead agreed to co-lead with NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT)
The FMN and MPE CIVMIL project was initiated in March of 2015
The project will be completed in December, 2018

4. Project Problem Statement
Problem Area: Information Sharing Bottom line: Military Operators and Civilians will share information as they conduct operations. Once a determination is made to share information, the means must be in place to allow it. Analysis of After Action Reports and Lessons Learned indicates significant deficiencies in this area. The lack of CIV-MIL information sharing capability reduces the military's effectiveness in meeting protection of civilian requirements and coordinating other operations with civilian actors in the mission environment. Ultimately a failure to share information effectively can result in unnecessary loss of life or human suffering, destruction of property and degradation of the military mission performance.
Information in multinational network federated environments (i.e. FMN and MPE)
Information in international information environments
Information Sharing
What can the military do differently to improve the capability to share information when required and desired?

5. Objectives & Deliverables
Improved access to and sharing of information.
Improved mutual understanding of Information Exchange Requirements (IER).
Improved response time for enhancing CIV-MIL information sharing.
Improving and streamlining on-site coordination between the military and civilian actors.
The ability for multinational forces to share information external of the network in an unclassified environment using the public internet.
Deliverables
An Operational Concept for CIVMIL information sharing.
A guidebook outlining best practices that national and multinational commanders and their staffs can use to better share information with civilian actors outside of their mission networks.
On-line academic course to teach staff officers how to apply the concepts and practices.
Architectures, standards and specifications recommendations to the FMN working groups.

6. Planned Product Integration / Transition
Operational, service & Functional Focus
SOPs, Guidebooks & Universal Task Lists
Nation D
Impacts
Common capability operational concept for CIVMIL information sharing
Streamlined & standardized Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP) for CIVMIL information sharing based on best practices
Common architectures, standards and specification for CIVMIL information sharing (VIA Federated Mission Networking and Mission Partner Environment)
FMCM
Guidebook
Sustainment of effort via collaboration between key actors O
Alliance
NATO T
Training Events and On-line learning
FMCM
Operational
Concept M
Common development standards and specifications for information capability
IGO
IO/NGO L
Staff College Curriculums
Specialty Training Courses
FMCM
Mission Thread
Package
&
Requirements P
Requisite personnel and skills
Alliance
CENTER F
N/A P
Implementation Guidelines
FMN I
Taxonomies & definitions
Objective Users
Multinational Commands
National Operational Headquarters
Joint/Combined Staffs
Civ/Mil Operations Centers
Centers of Excellence
Doctrine Centers
Capability Developers
Information Architects

7. Intended Users / Customers
Multinational Alliances (e.g. NATO)
Multinational Mission Partners (FMN/MPE affiliate Nations)
US Geographic & Functional Combatant Commands (CCMD)
Multinational Joint Force Commanders and Planning Staffs
Chiefs of Staff as they determine how to organize staff, liaison and coordination efforts.
The J3 as they develop reporting schedules and seek shared awareness
The J6 as they establish FMN/MPE based networks and services with mission partners
The J9 (NATO) and Civil Affairs (US) staff sections
Civil Military Operations Centers
Knowledge, Information and Data Managers
Centers of Excellence and key Proponents
NATO CIMIC COE in coordination with stakeholders
US Peace Keeping and Stability Operations Institute
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs

8. Planned Product Integration / Transition
Partner
Event
Outcome
Operational Concept
CIVMIL Coordination (CIMIC) Center of Excellence (COE)
CIMIC Information Management Workshop, October, The Hague, Netherlands
Shared concept for CIVMIL information sharing, coordinated with stakeholders, across MCDC partners and FMN/MPE affiliates
Guidebook
CIMIC COE
CIMIC Information Management Workshop
CIMIC COE begins three year maintenance cycle for Guidebook
Mission Thread Package (MTP) (NATO Approach), i.e. Operational/Functional Requirements and Architectures
CIMCI COE, in coordination with key stakeholders, becomes requirements and operational architectures lead for CIVMIL Information Sharing
FMN Spiral Speciications
Federated Mission Networking (FMN)
Spiral Four
FMCM requirements, architectures and identified standards are incorporated into spiral

9. Questions (Background Slides Follow)

10. USA, NATO ACT, EDA, UN OCHA, IFRC
Federated Mission Networking/Mission Partner Environment Civ-Mil Information Sharing
Capability Gap
Multinational Forces operating in common operational environments with multinational, civilians and other non-military partners and actors lack a satisfactory capability for sharing necessary information
Diagram Here
Military and civilian architectures disconnected
Lack of data and interface standards
No common procedures
Proposed Solution:
Architectures and specifications
Information exchange and interface standards
Common guidelines and procedure's
Use Cases (Operations):
Disaster Response
Peace and Stability
Major Combat
Multinational Forces operating in common environments with the civilians and other non military actors share information via the public internet
USA, NATO ACT, EDA, UN OCHA, IFRC