Exercise Combined Endeavor
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EUCOM annually sponsors Combined Endeavor (CE), the largest command, control, communications and computers (C4) interoperability event in the world. Each year, approximately 1,400 communications professionals from more than 40 NATO and Partnership for Peace countries, and other strategic security partners gather at a main operating base and a virtual forward site to conduct a series of operationally-focused interoperability tests. Multiple remote national sites supporting live troop movements and training are integrated into the overall scenario via High Frequency (HF) radio or satellite links.
- Prepares nations to collaborate, plan and execute complex C4 systems in crisis response and combat operations.
- Builds partnerships for regional and global operations between nations using communication and network systems.
- Trains communication professionals at the largest international C4 exercise in the world to support operations.
- Uses NATO and commercial standards to increase interoperability between nations.
BACKGROUND
Lessons learned and technical solutions from CE are combined into a C4 Interoperability Guide and an interactive C4 Planner’s tool, consisting of more than 16,500 interoperability test results captured since the program began in 1995. The Interoperability Guide takes the guesswork out of deploying multinational C4 networks and has been used extensively in current operations and crises including Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF), NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR), and UN Peacekeeping and Humanitarian missions.
CE explores and resolves multinational tactics, techniques and procedures and builds C4 planning experience and knowledge among participating nations. The overall effect is enhanced joint and multinational C4 interoperability solutions for use in coalition operations and promoting Coalition Information Dominance.
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