THE U. S. NAVY’S MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND MR. DAVID OLSZOWY DEPUTY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER / N6 15 MARCH 16 HAMPTON ROADS AFCEA CHAPTER V.13 UNCLASSIFIED WHAT WE DO… OPERATE THE SHIPS THAT: • Sustain our Navy at and from the sea (Combat Logistics Force) • Provide towing, rescue/salvage, hospital ships, and command and control platforms (Service and Command Support) • Support oceanography, underwater surveillance, missile tracking, submarine, and special warfare (Special Mission) • Preposition combat cargo around the world (Prepositioning) • Move military equipment and supplies (Sealift) UNCLASSIFIED 2 WORLDWIDE 24/7 OPERATIONS MSCLANT CTF-83 MSCCENT 23 ships CTF-53 MSCPAC CTF-33 24 ships Locations: • HQ, Norfolk, Va. • 5 Area Commands • 6 Ship Support Units • 15 Area Command offices UNCLASSIFIED 12 ships MSCEURAF CTF-63 7 ships MSCFE CTG-73.7 49 ships Ships: • 172 MSC ship inventory • 115 Ships at sea any given day! 3 CHAIN OF COMMAND Regional Combatant Commanders U.S. Transportation Command U.S. Fleet Forces Command Asst Sec Nav For RD&A Maritime Component Commander for Sealift Missions TYCOM Commander Man, Train, Equip MSC ships Procurement Policy and Oversight Matters Navy Component/ Fleet Commanders MSCLANT CTF 83 NORFOLK UNCLASSIFIED MSCPAC CTF 33 SAN DIEGO MSCCENT CTF 53 BAHRAIN MSCEURAF CTF 63 NAPLES MSCFE CTG 73.7 SINGAPORE Ship Support Unit Ship Support Unit Ship Support Unit Ship Support Unit 4 MANNING As of 30 Sep 2015 U.S. Government Workforce – 7,314 Military Ashore/Afloat (active duty) 5% (315) Civil Service Ashore 16% (1,166) Civil Service Mariners 79% (5,833) Total Workforce ~8,171 (1) (1) Total includes military reservists (857) UNCLASSIFIED Civil Service Mariners • Average age: 46 • Average years at MSC: 10 • 42% U.S. military veterans • 23% retired military • 15% college degrees • 100% USCG certified and licensed Contract Force ~ 1,400 commercial mariners operating 75 government-owned or contractor-owned ships 5 BUDGET SNAPSHOT FY16 Congressional Budget Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF) Department of Navy U.S. TRANSCOM Transportation Working Capital Fund (TWCF) $ 2,850,982,000 80% 703,398,000 20% ___________________________ $ 3,554,380,000 100% UNCLASSIFIED 6 MSC SHIPS Mission Capabilities S E RV I C E & C O M M A N D S U P P O RT C O M B AT L O G I S T I C S F O R C E • Keeping the fleet on station and combat ready • Rescue and salvage • Fuel, ordnance and dry cargo • Ocean tugs • Government-owned/operated • Submarine logistics/maintenance • Humanitarian aid/disaster response S E RV I C E & C O M M A N D S U P P O RT SPECIAL MISSION • Command ship • Variety of missions for government agencies • Expeditionary mobile base • Submarine support • Cable laying/repair • Survey and surveillance • Government-owned/operated • Missile range instrumentation 8 SPECIAL MISSION PREPOSITIONING • Ensure rapid availability of equipment and supplies: • Sea-based X-band radar • Special warfare support • Major theater war • Navigation test • Humanitarian assistance • Government and contractor-owned • Contingencies • All contractor-operated • Exercises • Government and contractor-owned/ contractor-operated SEALIFT • Providing ocean transportation for DoD and other federal agencies during peacetime and war • Government and contractor-owned / government and contractor-operated • Voyage and time-charters for specific missions 9 N E W P L AT F O R M S : E X P E D I T I O N A R Y T R A N S F E R D O C K • Converted oil tanker • Ballast to waterline • Integrates connectors • Skin-to-skin operations with large, medium-speed, ro/ro ship N E W P L AT F O R M S : E X P E D I T I O N A R Y M O B I L E B A S E • Hybrid crew • Air mine countermeasures mission • Special warfare support • Variety of rotary-wing aircraft 10 NEW PLATFORMS: EXPEDITIONARY FAST TRANSPORT Potential Mission Sets: • Counter Illicit Trafficking (CIT) • Direct Action (Spec Ops support) • Theater Security Cooperation • Fleet support / AFSB (small sea base) • Underwater MCM • Intra-theater lift • Global Fleet Station Operations • Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief • Noncombatant Evacuation Operations Prototype Electromagnetic Railgun onboard USNS MILLINOCKET UNCLASSIFIED 11-ship class • Forward deployed • Class laydown using hub system • 6 of 11 ships now operating 11 ALTERNATIVE USE OF PLATFORMS MONTFORD POINT U/W transfer with BOB HOPE MAERSK PEARY Refueling CAPE RAY configured for chemical neutralization UNCLASSIFIED 12 MSC C4S / N6 MSC C4S “AS-IS” ARCHITECTURE Service Quantity DISA Circuits 12 Networks 10 Systems 46 Applications 341 Network operation centers Seats = 12,188 2 Shore: 2,948 Ship: 9,240 UNCLASSIFIED 14 SHIPBOARD SYSTEMS OVERVIEW Communications: Commercial GMDSS INMARSAT FBB Cellular • VHF Bridge • Portables Communications: Wideband NGW CBSP ADNS Communications: Tactical UHF SATCOM DAMA HF XMTR/RCVRS NAVMACS/NOW/OIX Tactical Voice Networks: GCCS-M/CENTRIXS ISNS/CANES SMIS PPTS Communications: General Lights Flags Announcing Systems Service Telephone Morale TV-DTS Crew Email/ Internet Legend PO1: GOGO/Combat Logistics – service support PO2: GOCO/Charter logistics – special mission PO1 and PO2 15 CYBERSECURITY PARTNERSHIPS National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA) Cybersecurity Subcommittee Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO) Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) Joint Cyber Center/Cyber Notification Community DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC) Fleet Cyber Command Navy Warfare Development Center 16 UNCLASSIFIED COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY CONCERNS UNCLASSIFIED http://www.cyberkeel.com/images/pdf-files/Whitepaper.pdf WIRELESS THREAT Satellite WiFi Cameras SAT Hotspots Game Consoles SAT Phones MP3 Players WiFi “Hotspots” can share a single cellular/satellite connection amongst multiple devices Routers Laptops Cellular Wifi Tablets smartwatches Bluetooth Smartphones Cellular Hotspot Speaker Glasses Headphones Cellular phones Cellular tablets & e-readers Fitness Bands 18 PLATFORM IT CONTROL SYSTEMS UNCLASSIFIED Source: US Homeland Security report 3 March 16 – Consequences to seaport operations from malicious cyber activity 19 C4S CHALLENGES Two-Factor Authentication Operating in a contested environment End of Life Systems Comprehensive Data Strategy System Modernization Cyber Security PKI/CLO XP Eradication Afloat Business EMCON Platform IT Threats Wireless Policy Inspections 20 MSC N6 RECRUITMENT As of 29 Feb 2016 37 current recruitment actions in various stages of staffing 34 of 37 recruitments in the Information Technology Management Series: GS-2210 34 of 37 are GS-12 or higher 7/9/11/12 ladder positions for select GS-12s 25 have yet to be advertised on the USA Jobs website https://login.usajobs.gov UNCLASSIFIED 21 CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES Contracts re-competing in the next 4-12 months: Infrastructure Software Development Systems Engineering Afloat IT Operations For contract opportunities please visit: www.procurement.msc.navy.mil https://www.fbo.gov/ UNCLASSIFIED 22 CONCLUSION More than gas, guns and groceries MSC is involved in every kill chain; every operation MSC is adaptive, flexible, and growing MSC has professional, experienced, civilian mariners MSC is always looking for talent! Key Takeaways UNCLASSIFIED 23 MSC DELIVERS! Join the conversation: www.facebook.com/MSCdelivers www.twitter.com/MSCsealift MSCSealift.dodlive.mil www.msc.navy.mil UNCLASSIFIED 24 BACKUP SLIDES MSC’S PROGRAM AREAS PM1 Combat Logistics Forces PM2 Special Mission Ships PM3 Strategic Sealift PM4 Service Support PM6 Fleet Ordnance & Dry Cargo PM7 Afloat Staging/Command Support PM8 Expeditionary Fast Transport UNCLASSIFIED 26 TRANSITION: NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS • • Continue to identify opportunities for consolidation and migration to POR Ensure Business Case provides best value to the customer 2015 2016 2017 2018 Afloat Network Ops Center (ANOC) Backup Network Ops Center (BNOC) Enterprise Network Ops Center (ENOC) MSC Data Center (MCDC) Business Systems - Logistics & Engineering (LES) - Human Resources (HRMS) - Financial Management (FMS) - Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) NGW 2020 & out UARNOC PRNOC NEDC ISNS/COMPOSE GCCS-M CENTRIXS Shipboard Mgt Info System (SMIS) 2019 CANES AOA/BCA Required TBD AOA/BCA Required TBD AOA/BCA Required TBD 27 TRANSITION: COMMUNICATIONS/ ELECTRONICS • Establish mature relationship with SPAWAR and other SYSCOM’s to ensure timely upgrades and modernization of existing POR systems. 2015 Mobile Communications 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 & out DJC2/NETC2 WSC-3 / URC-200 PRC-117G HF Communications RM-500 or RF 5800 TACAN AN/URN-32 Digital Modular Radio (DMR) GPS NAVMACS Multiple Variants MUOS Capable DMR Defense Advanced GPS Receiver NAVMACS II AN/SYQ-7A 28
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