{"id":54945,"date":"2022-07-06T13:51:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T13:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/06\/us-navy-collecting-tactical-training-data-it-once-shunned\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:02:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:02:57","slug":"us-navy-collecting-tactical-training-data-it-once-shunned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2022\/07\/06\/us-navy-collecting-tactical-training-data-it-once-shunned\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy collecting tactical training data it once shunned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 When the U.S. Navy hosted its first advanced tactical training event for surface ships in 2016, it purposely avoided collecting much data: The ships didn\u2019t need another assessment, the thinking went; instead, they needed rigorous training ahead of linking up with the rest of the carrier strike group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six years later, that is changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The commander of the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center told Defense News the organization wants to do a better job collecting information to identify trends that could improve future advanced training events and improve other commands\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/training-sim\/2018\/07\/10\/us-navy-adding-new-training-to-pre-deployment-work-ups\/\" target=\"_blank\">training in the work-up cycle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SMWDC conducts a Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training exercise with surface ships \u2014 the cruisers and destroyers in a carrier strike group, the ships in an amphibious ready group, littoral combat ships and patrol ships that deploy independently \u2014 sandwiched between the basic phase of training and the final graduation exercise and certification event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For each scenario in this SWATT, the center\u2019s staff helps the ship crew run through the process of planning the mission, briefing the plan to the crew, executing the mission, and debriefing on lessons learned. The scenarios run the range of missions the ships could be called upon to perform, and they get progressively more difficult throughout SWATT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warfare tactics instructors collect the information for a thorough debrief, but \u201cwe weren\u2019t collecting data to show trends,\u201d SMWDC Commander Rear Adm. Chris Alexander said. \u201cWe weren\u2019t collecting data to show trends for a ship moving through a SWATT, and we weren\u2019t collecting trends from SWATT to SWATT to SWATT.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the last year SMWDC leadership has thought more critically about that approach. The new idea is to collect enough data on SWATTs to inform the rest of the training pipeline, both upstream and downstream, according to Alexander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnce we get it right, I will be able to go back and tell [Afloat Training Group]: \u2018You gave us this ship out of the basic phase, you said that they were certified in this mission area, yet we see this weakness,\u2019 \u201d he said. \u201cOr better yet: \u2018We always see this weakness. ATG, you need to fix your training.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data collection would also let SMWDC go to Carrier Strike Group 4 and Carrier Strike Group 15, which oversee the final integrated training and certification of a carrier strike group, and give them advanced notice of their destroyers\u2019 and cruisers\u2019 strengths and weaknesses as they join with the aircraft carrier and the air wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A data analytics working group at SMWDC in more recent years had begun compiling some data at the end of SWATTs to understand what training worked well \u2014 and didn\u2019t. But the group\u2019s final report might have come four or five months later, at which point the ships were probably already on deployment and therefore wouldn\u2019t benefit from performance insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the effort to collect more and better data, \u201cwe\u2019ve added a final performance review that we modeled off the Air Wing Fallon final brief,\u201d Alexander said, referring to the comparable advanced tactical training the air wing receives in Nevada ahead of the integrated carrier strike group training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SMWDC gives the ships an initial observation right after the final event and owes a fuller report within 10 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe also invite ATG, we invite strike group[s] 4 and 15, we invite the [type commanders] there so that everybody can hear the strengths and weaknesses,\u201d he said. \u201cAs we develop these long-term trends, we can we have an audience that can then act on those recommendations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SMWDC has worked with Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona in California on the data collection, as well as the speedier data analysis at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe biggest challenge has been, just, let\u2019s decide on what metrics we\u2019re collecting and how we\u2019re going to collect those metrics,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cAnd let\u2019s not make the data collection so onerous that the [warfare tactics instructors] can\u2019t do any of the training. We\u2019re trying to strike a fine balance where we can continue to train, but at the same time we\u2019re collecting the right data points that we can better inform the training.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SMWDC conducted a SWATT earlier this year with this more rigorous data collection effort in place, and Alexander said the command would continue to iterate until it refined its understanding of what data is needed and how to collect it in the least intrusive way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander said previous commanders at SMWDC had tried to focus SWATTs on higher-end skill sets, helping crew members better prepare for complex scenarios they could face on deployment. The problem was, he explained, crews varied greatly in their proficiency coming into SWATT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you can\u2019t crawl, you can never get to that high-end portion of SWATT,\u201d he said, explaining his return to a crawl-walk-run approach compared to previous efforts to get to walk-run-sprint during SWATTs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy emphasizing that crawl piece is not to diminish the fact that we want to expose the ships to the high-end fight: I absolutely want to do that,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cBut we also need to be honest; we need to recognize that some of the ships need reps and sets and just the very, very basics of surface warfare. They need to be given an opportunity at the basics\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd if we skip over those basics, it doesn\u2019t matter what we do at the high end; they\u2019re not learning anything because they don\u2019t have that underpinning of how to execute those tactics,\u201d he added, noting some ships are still coming into SWATT struggling to get their radars on and communicate with the ships sailing next to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander also noted that the crews coming to SWATT at a more skilled level shouldn\u2019t have to linger at that basic level of training. A better feedback mechanism between the entire training ecosystem could help flag which ships need a more help and which are already excelling, allowing Afloat Training Group, SMWDC and the training strike groups to better tailor their training to ships\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe intent is to inform all of the training commands to make this better,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cI\u2019m not trying to oversell this: This is an iterative process, we\u2019re slowly getting better. But my ultimate goal is some point that I can reach back and I can tell the training commands behind me: \u2018Hey, you\u2019ve got to improve in these areas because we\u2019re continuously seeing weaknesses.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SMWDC is also expanding SWATTs to include all surface ships in all geographic locations \u2014 including patrol ships in U.S. 5th Fleet and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/05\/25\/expeditionary-strike-group-7-conducts-mine-countermeasure-exercise-noble-vanguard\/\" target=\"_blank\">mine countermeasures<\/a> ships in U.S. 7th Fleet \u2014 and to introduce more experimentation into these at-sea events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander said SWATTs are being leveraged to test new gear and new tactics as well as new types of coordination with Navy SEALs and other services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one recent SWATT, the ships conducted an air defense exercise with U.S. Air Force aircraft that conducted a combat air patrol role. 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