U.S. Army
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Nov. 16, 2015) — Soldiers, assigned to the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command’s, or AAMDC’s, Sea Dragons conducted an air and missile defense planning control system, or AMDPCS, training exercise at Helemano Military Reservation, Hawaii, Nov. 2 – 13.
AMDPCS is a system that facilitates the gathering of air defense feeds from alternate locations, consolidating the information in a tactical operation center for a commander and his staff to have visual and informational situational awareness to make informed operational decisions.
The most recent exercise incorporated the same system used by the unit when it conducted training and tested future software in July. However, the current exercise included representatives from the entire staff.
“This exercise was bigger because last time it was mainly two sections conducting specialized training,” said Spc. Christina Williams, an information technology specialist with the 94th AAMDC. “During this exercise, representatives from each of the sections participated.”
The main function of the exercise, Soldier and unit readiness, remained the same.
“The intent of this exercise was to build an expeditionary capability with the AMDPCS equipment,” said Capt. Nathan Pototschnik, the officer in charge of the exercise and an aviation officer with the 94th AAMDC. “It could potentially serve two purposes, tactical, if we were to deploy and set the system up somewhere because we didn’t have hardened facilities to fall in on, or contingency, in the event that a natural disaster happened and we needed to set up our systems on the island.”
The training exercise, which lasted approximately two weeks, included training objectives such as the physical setup of the system, validation of the mission command system, explanation of air defenders’ functions and resources to senior leaders from sister services and proof of systems validation…
