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| Mission Rehearsal Exercise | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mission Rehearsal Exercise |
| Type | Operational exercise |
| Participants | United States Department of Defense, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command |
| Location | Various |
| Status | Active |
Mission Rehearsal Exercise A Mission Rehearsal Exercise is a structured preparatory activity used by United States Department of Defense, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and allied institutions to validate operation plans and readiness prior to deployment for operations such as Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom or multinational contingencies involving United Nations. These exercises integrate staff procedures, tactical maneuvers and logistical support with participants from United States Army, United States Navy, United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps and partner militaries to rehearse command decisions, coordination with NATO Response Force units and interoperability with organizations like International Committee of the Red Cross.
Mission Rehearsal Exercises provide a controlled environment combining scenario-driven events, decision-making stressors and rehearsals of rules of engagement developed for crises such as the Bosnian War, Kosovo War and counterinsurgency campaigns in Afghanistan. They typically bring together joint staff elements from Joint Chiefs of Staff, theater commands like United States European Command and United States Central Command, and coalition liaison teams from nations including United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada and Australia to practice integrated maneuver, sustainment and strategic communications.
Primary objectives include validation of operation plans and contingency timelines, assessment of command and control procedures used by headquarters such as Multinational Force Iraq or ISAF, and risk mitigation for logistics chains tied to ports such as Port of Basra or airfields like Bagram Airfield. Scope spans tactical actions by units trained under United States Army Training and Doctrine Command doctrine, strategic coordination with organizations including NATO, European Union and humanitarian agencies like United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to ensure alignment with political guidance from bodies like the National Security Council.
Planning leverages staff processes codified in manuals from United States Department of Defense and doctrine such as publications from Joint Chiefs of Staff and NATO Standardization Office, with planners drawn from commands including United States European Command, United States Indo-Pacific Command and allied headquarters like Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. Preparation includes development of scenarios referencing historical events such as Gulf War, Falklands War and Yom Kippur War, resource allocation from logistics formations like Military Sealift Command and Defense Logistics Agency, and legal reviews tied to instruments such as the Geneva Conventions.
Execution uses iterative rehearsal cycles informed by frameworks from Joint Chiefs of Staff publications and practices employed in exercises like Exercise Trident Juncture and RIMPAC. Methodologies include tabletop exercises with staff from United States Central Command, map exercises with planners from NATO Allied Command Transformation, full mission profiles employing units like 1st Infantry Division or 2nd Marine Division, and live-virtual-constructive blends used in multinational events with participation from Royal Air Force and French Armed Forces.
Participants range from strategic leaders such as representatives of Department of Defense and Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) to tactical commanders within formations like 82nd Airborne Division and Royal Marines. Coordination functions are performed by liaison officers from Allied Joint Force Command Naples, legal advisors referencing Law of Armed Conflict principles, and civil-military cooperation teams interacting with organizations like International Committee of the Red Cross and United Nations field offices.
Assessment employs performance metrics derived from doctrine literature produced by Joint Chiefs of Staff and analytic methods used by research centers like RAND Corporation, with lessons captured in after-action reviews conducted by staffs from United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and consolidated into doctrinal updates promulgated through NATO. Reviews focus on readiness indicators, interoperability shortfalls identified during exercises like Operation Steadfast Jaguar and corrective action plans coordinated with partner ministries such as Ministry of Defence (India).
Tools include large-scale simulation suites supplied by vendors used by United States Army and Royal Netherlands Army, constructive simulation frameworks interoperable with NATO Allied Data Publication standards, high-fidelity virtual avionics used by United States Air Force and Royal Air Force, and distributed mission operations networks akin to systems fielded for RIMPAC and Exercise Cobra Gold. Simulation integration often references standards from Department of Defense Architecture Framework and testing conducted with support from laboratories like DARPA and research institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Notable examples include rehearsal activities preceding Operation Desert Storm conducted by CENTCOM staffs, multinational exercises such as Trident Juncture organized by NATO, and rehearsal programs integrated into preparations for Operation Iraqi Freedom involving Multinational Force Iraq planners and units like 3rd Infantry Division. Other prominent exercises with mission rehearsal components include RIMPAC with participation by Japan Self-Defense Forces and Royal Australian Navy, Cobra Gold involving Royal Thai Armed Forces and United States Pacific Command, and European combined rehearsals tied to readiness initiatives led by European Union defense bodies.
Category:Military exercises