GROK the CRADLE
The cradle of civil communications
Global resources operationalizing knowledge
Global reachback of knowledge
Theater humanitarian enterprise/exercise/experimentation/expedition
Creating resources aiding democratic liberty expression
Communications resource assuring domestic liberty environment
Civil resource augmenting democratic liberty enhancement
OCC - Operation cyber crescent
Creating the cradle of civil communications
Sustainable civility
Support civil social eco technical systems
Create new opportunities for intelligent progress in peaceful coexistence
Concurrently site linked systems….
Geospatial distribution temporal concurrence
Operation cyber crescent
Creating and sustaining civil communications systems
Communications based civil social synergy initiatives
Support out reach and reach back functions of CPA
Support inter domain comms
proactive synergy ops
Operation Cyber Crescent
“the cradle of civil communications”
critical infrastructures are composed of public and
private institutions in
the sectors of agriculture, food, water, public
health, emergency services, government, defense industrial base, information
and telecommunications, energy, transportation, banking and finance, chemicals and hazardous materials,
and postal and shipping. Cyberspace is their
nervous system—the control system
Concept of operations
A verbal or graphic statement, in broad outline, of a commander's assumptions or intent in regard to an operation or series of operations. The concept of operations frequently is embodied in campaign plans and operation plans; in the latter case, particularly when the plans cover a series of connected operations to be carried out simultaneously or in succession. The concept is designed to give an overall picture of the operation. It is included primarily for additional clarity of purpose.
– for the prosocial Comms centric –mission for the
stealth synergy strike force
Civil social cyber synergy service for expediting the deployment of socially stabilizing sustainable communications systems
COMMANDS INTENT…
Overall Intent of efforts …
Operational heuristics for net centric resources applied to civil military collaboration for civil social and humanitarian activities
To interconnect all players in the field. With multipath comms options for rapid stabilization
To develop lean ahead demonstration projects …
Operation Cyber Crescent
“the cradle of civil communications”
Mission 1- cradle of communications
Map the comms
Geo spatial map of all comms….
Physical and protocol layer,,,
From citizen to centcom…..
From cpa to wfp
From schools to cyber cafes
Mission 2 – liberty net
Civil centric interconnectivity
Concurrent linking to multi sites ----Reach back to support sites….
Identify and establish links between Iraqi institutions…to a set of reach back sponsors…
Schools -
Medical facilities
Law enforcement
Libraries
Civil authorities
Ngos
Mission 3 – telascience
Content and environmental sensing
Sharing and collaborating…
Mission 4 – DMI
Mission 5 – stunt science
Mission 6 – persistent comms sites…
Sdsu viz lab
TSRL
SRA
Mission 7 – civil security law enforcement
LEWG
TEWG
Mission 8 – parallel universe
Regional sustainable testnet in San Diego region to vet the tech,,,
To be fielded….
Meme pool
Hyper-cratic
Cyber-cratic
Stealth synergy strike force
Cyber catalytic
Instigating peaceful communications…
Preemptive synergy
High performance philanthropy
Collaborative cyber social space…
Prosocial
Peace and liberty through over whelming communications
Cradle of communications
Rock the cradle
Carpet bomb with comms…
Saturation and overwhelming comms…
Phased array of citizen sentinels
Civ int integration cyber centers
Connect a thon
SD-NC-NY
Civ mil linkages demonstrations and bonding centers
Training
Showcasing
Fun finding friend raising
Concurrent persistent multi link
Simulcast multi cast…..
Civil - military coordination
Comms int
Eco int
Civ int
Cult int
Met int
Sig int
Mas int
Hum int
Cpa int
Prime instigators…
DOD -
MindTel
SRA
SDSU
SYR
SDPD
Leverage off of xii – deris - shadow bowl
Burning man meets strong angel meets epcot meets rmi
Home land defense
North comm
Citizen as sentinel
Cyber civil sentinel service
DHS… as tolerable
NSF
NIH-NLM
Relevant resources
Sdsu
Sra
Sdpd
Sdsd
Support needed
Top cover….
Comms
Access
Authority
Authorization
Lift- transport
Alliance partners ,,,
Ability to get small packages of pre approved content delivered to specified coordinates on an adhoc basis…
Civil support access
Need representatives form all domains that are willing to play openly with us….
The ability to rapid prototype methods and locations specific adaptive communications tools…
Environmental
Ecological
Cyber social
Eco technical
San diego state university – reachback site..
here is how things are lining up
1- initial focus will Iraq centric efforts across several domains...
comms, security enhancement.. and multi focal targets of opportunity..
such as...
tele medicine.... law enforcement, public safety ...
and other
"cyber crescent" emergent synergy options...
method of operations will be to establish and activate the core reach back
components, ,,,,we will use the sustainable regional testnet in san diego
in a configuration that will let us rapidly identify technologies and
methods relevant to specific efforts we will identify and engage in in
Iraq
first success,,,
this morning i was in Syracuse and got the upstate medical
center....major
telemed hub and emergency med group...to agree to sponsor a hospital in
Iraq for independent comms....
......more med stuff to follow....success will depend on access....
also san diego state will set up a 24/7 reach back site to support the
"comms int" efforts of mapping all the comms and making that map
available....like ginny did for dod comms....but geospatialized for
iraq....
we will also need you to get people to send us stuff to test.....
we will ramp up the tech vetting process in san diego...
talked with sheriff and cops they will also be willing to support iraq law
enforcement effort....
will work with all groups... .mil /com .gov .org.... .edu
(thats why i built the testnet!!!!!!)
too bad a it takes a war to get stuff like this funded,,,,
iterate at will
initial action items.;;;
get maps of iraq
get names and contact info database on line
get zope and plone for each operational mission…
identify quick synergy ops and deploy them..
find homeland defense analogues for modeling and architecture
san diego regional test-net
sites…current sites..
fair grounds…
imperial beach
sheriffs
border patrol
coast guard
navy
SSC
SDSU
Public safety net
Public education net
Public recreation net
Specific needs
Infrastructure monitoring..
Emergency comms net
Cpa reach back
Cyber-cratic
Cyber - ponic
Civil social cyberponics
Map the needs
Map the resources
Map the channels of progress
Map the environment
Map the demographics
Map the infrastructure
Map the dynamics
Consumption of educational content
Distributed knowledge resources….
Establish architecture
San diego specific activities..
Connect with law enforcement
Civil authorities
Military,,,
Coordinate initial activities in order to ground truth true opportunity
Navy comm C3F
Pulsar…quasar….cyberarium….center for really neat research
Care a thon
Connect a thon
Communi a thon
Natural metaphors
Med connect
Ed connect
Civ connect
Eco connect
Cyber ponics
River comms…
Sea-river-oil route for comms…
……………..
Milestones
“Mission link”
link all missions across civ mil comms..
civil authorities
citizen groups
a cooperative arrangement of organizations from across the country and
from multiple disciplines, all falling-in on a common axis and unified
intent for supporting public safety communications in cooperation with
civil and military authorities for disaster relief and homeland defense
The Plan
Formalize an adaptive planning process optimized for operational utility
Operational utility defined – doable and deployable
The Methods synergy sorties
l stealth synergy strikes Operations to establish
Do not displace other resources
The action items
1 establish a on line collaborative site to support initial efforts..
- zope plone
2 establish a reachback site to support initial efforts
utilize SDSU and TSRL
sdsu for multi int fusion , map making , student supported projects…
develop academic support model.
3 establish a needs based, effects based technical vetting process
build and maintain (or acquire and retain) test bed
comms tools will focus on unregulated bandwidth with connectivity to all others
physical infrastructure
personal devices
applications
services
systems
4 initialize contact with core
5 contact other sponsors
6 establish a realtime 24/7 persistent link between
CPA and DC area
Identify emerging tech convergence activities and programs
Identify initial players from
.mil
.gov
.org
.edu
.com
.net
develop a plan for building out the sustainable regional testnet
identify technical requirements for per positioning communications assets
civil munitions
rules of engagement
1 this mission is a .mil problem and has direct .mil support
2 .mil will provide access to all boundaries…of civ mil communications
3 . mil will provide sufficient support to initiate and accomplish mission
requirements for success
comms
sustainable multi path comms linkages
lift
logistic insertion geospatial access…
power
electrical
political
putting initial comms int together...
any and all comms info on iraq....would be great
..mil, .gov, .edu , .com , .org
any info on....
what was
what is
where is it
what is planed
who owns it
who controls it
where are the need statements from the ground...
how can we plug in with out disrupting the system
where are the known "turf,landmines,ricebowls,stovepipes"
Subject: operation cyber-crescent
lin
first mission of the stealth synergy strike force....
we exist....sorta...
met with ginny and terry r tonight,,,,
terry is willing to go personally on risk,,,,starting tomorrow
ginny is there to back up efforts if terry get nuked
both terry and ginny are taking personal risk ...and are to be
commended...and bean counters need to be ......deleted......
here is how things are lining up
1- initial focus will Iraq centric efforts across several domains...
comms, security enhancement.. and multi focal targets of opportunity..
such as...
tele medicine.... law enforcement, public safety ...
and other
"cyber crescent" emergent synergy options...
method of operations will be to establish and activate the core reach back
components, ,,,,we will use the sustainable regional testnet in san diego
in a configuration that will let us rapidly identify technologies and
methods relevant to specific efforts we will identify and engage in in
Iraq
first success,,,
this morning i was in Syracuse and got the upstate medical
center....major
telemed hub and emergency med group...to agree to sponsor a hospital in
Iraq for independent comms....
......more med stuff to follow....success will depend on access....
also san diego state will set up a 24/7 reach back site to support the
"comms int" efforts of mapping all the comms and making that map
available....like ginny did for dod comms....but geospatialized for
iraq....
we will also need you to get people to send us stuff to test.....
we will ramp up the tech vetting process in san diego...
talked with sheriff and cops they will also be willing to support iraq law
enforcement effort....
will work with all groups... .mil /com .gov .org.... .edu
(thats why i built the testnet!!!!!!)
too bad a it takes a war to get stuff like this funded,,,,
more to follow
let me know if im on track,,,,,
.....thanks for caring about those whose life is on the line....
cuz...if not you...than who????
iterate at will
Phase one of the Plan should be short (few pages as possible) defining what you will
do for the "proof of concept" out in San Diego, resources required and
schedule.
Since you have already demonstrated the concept to Dr. Wells, I
think just putting that concept to paper is enough...you may already have
that somewhere.
Phase two of the Plan should address transitioning that
concept to a focused sub-element to the
"Elements of National Power"
(Military, Economical, Education, Information, Agriculture) as you have
described below...
Also, keep in mind that I have much of the civil
infrastructure (Fiber step-sites, LEO,MEO,GEO SATCOM for military and
commercial,
Public Telephone Systems, etc.) documented and that will save
you some time.
I am currently working the CIE Plan for JFCOM and if you would like to use
it as a go-by FOR FORMAT, etc., I will send it to you. Keep in mind, the
Plans we make are always subject to change due to funding, changes in
requirements, etc. so leave yourself wiggle room to adjust.
Operation Cyber Crescent
Aerospace Participation in Operation Cyber
Crescent (OCC)
Facilitate
further development of i3 and SDSU Institute partnership through the VizLab and
server sponsorship
Leverage
direct follow on to FairPlay, through the sustainable regional testnet model
Explore
synergies between the Iraq comms saturation, and Civ/Mil comms architectures
for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense
Collaborate on a rapid “tech-vetting-zoo“ readily accessible to the DC area
-Deployment
of supersaturated comms to the civilian populace
-Develop
a geospatial maps of all civilian/NGO comms in theater including both the physical
and protocol layers
-Establish
links and reachback to parallel coalition sponsors for civilian social
goods/services/institutions --Support and enable local development of community
infrastructure.
-Rigorous
back-end analytical support
-Analysis
includes
*Sensors data streams and network dynamics
*Developmental correlation and fusion for IC customers
*Emergent behavioral trends
*Activity patterns of both non-combatants and insurgents
-Utilize
deep analytical capabilities that address end-to-end hard problems
-Produce
the complex mission-to-efforts mapping and related trend/pattern analysis
*Collection of data will be on new 4 Tb server purchased in FY03
*Utilize available visualization tools available at Aerospace and
OCC partners
-Perform
rapid response studies needed to provide decision makers with actionable
information
-Stop
loss of life
-Catalyze
stability in the civil sector to undermine sympathy for insurgency
-Provides
insight into stabilization TT&P using new techniques
-Leads
to wider participation by other nations
-Applicable
to other asymmetric threats
-Expands
Aerospace end-to-end hard problem analysis process
-Opens
the door for other Aerospace technologies
-Participation
in a key National dilemma
-Expands
our partnership with I3/SDSU Institute
-Enhances
synergistic interplays with rapid and sustainable results using open source
data models
-Proceed
with Aerospace analytical capabilities development and program involvement
Facilitate
further development of i3 and SDSU Institute partnership through the VizLab and
server sponsorship
Leverage
direct follow on to FairPlay, through the sustainable regional testnet model
Explore
synergies between the Iraq comms saturation, and Civ/Mil comms architectures
for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense
Collaborate
on a rapid “tech-vetting-zoo“ readily accessible to the DC area
The
focal cluster for OCC is congealing around Mindtel(I3), SRA, with Aerospace
given an invitation to join…
More to follow…
Here is that more…. From
before…..
Liked the stream... here is one of my own.
the general name of the program: Beautify Iraq
The general message amplified through every means possible (and especially
through acts): Acts of Peace leads to American disengagement more quickly
than acts of violence
The subtext: Iraqis acting in concert for the best long term interest of
The country
Part I: What does it take to create a civil society?
- An understanding that rules matter--and an agreement to
live by those rules rather than the law of the jungle.
How does one facilitate this?
- You can impose it from the top down by force (kind of the
way things have been done over there in the past--definitely not the way we want to go) or
- You can begin to develop rule-enforcement structures that
are apolitical
(Local law enforcement that is paid well enough to stay out of the
protection business) and
- Develop the other fundamental support structures that allow
people to
have faith in local governance:
- Garbage collection and processing
- Water/Sewage treatment and processing
- Electricity production and distribution
- Healthcare provision (better than a butcher
shop please...)
- Social Education (Literacy and Civics) Provide
incentives for activities
that support growth of civic mindedness (Communication sciences, Petroleum
engineering, Tourism--disincentives activities that are potentially
hostile to others (weapons research etc.)
These need to be (or appear to be) totally locally run shows--the problem
is, as time goes on the protection racket business will get stronger and
our ability to influence will get weaker.
This leads to part II.
Part II: How does one prevent the development of a kleptocracy?
- You have to defeat those who would establish the equivalent
of protection rackets
Employ technologies that disrupt traditional
control mechanisms
Employ these technologies in ways that cannot be
easily coopted by the local power structure
Employ reporting mechanisms that break the
communication barrier
(US) Monitor reporting to validate
reports--Many more ideas on this one (headed under the "Keep Iraqs Children Safe" Banner (part of the greater Beautify Iraq Theme) Publicize successful efforts to protect kids (removal of unexploded ordnance etc>)
- You need a way to root out the bad apples with minimal
impact on the rest of the barrel.
Align incentives that help us (No lottery
solutions!!!!)
Money is not as good an incentive as making a
legitimate living, getting married, building a family
My understanding of Arabs is that in general they
are capitalists--to the core.
They are more impressed with making a great deal than they are with
pure wealth.
They enjoy the guile and cleverness associated with the bargaining process--and would rather do that than almost anything else...
Any strategy should try to leverage this tendency if it exists in any
place other than my mind.
- You need a process by which legitimate national leaders can
be identified
(Hard to do with tribes)
We might be able to learn some things from Ghandi
here--
The problem with the Ghandi model is that he ultimately had to face down
the occupier--in this case, I think we would really like to leave albeit
on terms that make us look good. This may be hard to do.
Part III: Spin Control
- This is where we could use the most help--the bad guys are
relying on old-think (The "Lie Big" Strategy) Our strategy must involve getting the
truth out before anyone can rewrite the story. This involves creating a
robust media beast that spins everything against the larger strategy
goals.
An IED attack for example not only hazards U.S. troops but also has the
potential to harm Iraqi civilians. To the extent that innocent civilians
are harmed, the message should be that it could have been prevented if
only someone had spoken out (1-800....) or whatever the equivalent is... After
some time people will start to call if only to avenge their relatives.
This mechanism needs to be in Arabic and reporting to Iraqis with Americans
monitoring follow through (or doing the clearance if need-be)
Why not create a top-notch Iraqi competitor for Al Jazeera? Employing
Real journalists without the terrorist spin... Hmmm.
Part IV: Monitoring the Patient (all the "int"s)
- All systems are created to be remotely monitored. From streetside/rooftop surveillance cameras to wireless systems to whatever.
AI or expert systems used to provide alarm wrt potentially hostile activity.
Primarily used for forensic who did what after the fact--I think
- Need to build an intelligible and coherent picture of what
is going on
that supports USG, IG and NGO/PVO efforts. Should give a view of what is
going on and why in as visual a way as possible (there are problems here
because... Bad actors, no resources, poor infrastructure and no jobs...
all
portrayed visually)
Part V: NGOs and PVOs
- provide support as desired by them (to keep them from
becoming targets)
- Bring them into the general plan (Who can be against
beautifying Iraq and
making it safe for Iraqi children?)
- Keep them away from the messaging parts of the plan. The
NGOs should
follow their own strategies and objectives. They should not tied to USG
messaging efforts.
- Like the Iraqis, NGOs and PVOs are potentially critical
partners in strategy development--that said, the strategy for Beautify Iraq should
ultimately belong to Iraqis--it is something that they ultimately need to
execute (It may even start as a jobs program of some sort where Iraqis are
employed by their government to do things like cleaning roads,
marking off hazardous sites or doing other activities that facilitate the quick and
easy removal of hazardous materials etc.
End of stream... sorry if it is overly jumbled. You can iterate/elaborate
on the themes above with Environment/Ecology, Development, International
Prestige, History & cultural heritage, Safety (addressed) etc. etc.
Interesting perspective, and obviously a needed meme to plant. Between
both streams of consciousness, an additional thought comes to mind; how
are we to, IRT track the success/failure of supersaturated comms, or
beautification, in a tangible fashion?
Just for funzies, I've started today, to build a monitoring environment,
to establish a visual representation of the distribution of efforts, so as
to link stability to OCC (Operation Cyber Crescent) services
established... Could be expanded to more "social policy" efforts such as you speak of. May or may not be useful/ provide window for US policy makers to see value thereof...