HIB - Maxwell Gunter Annex

HINA i r F o r c e G l o b a l F o r c eM a n a g e m e n t – D a t a I n i t i a t i v e( A F G F M – D I )The Air Force GFM-DI is a Joint Staff and Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD)initiative to standardize force structure representation, making it visible, accessibleand understandable across the Department of Defense (DoD).M I S S I O NI n t e g r a t e s i n f o r m a t i o n f r o md i s p a r a t e a p p l i c a t i o n s a n dp r e s e n t s i t a s t h o u g h i t c a m ef r o m a s i n g l e s o u r c eS t a n d a r d i z e s f o r c e s t r u c t u r er e p r e s e n t a t i o n , m a k i n g i tv i s i b l e , a c c e s s i b l e a n du n d e r s t a n d a b l e a c r o s s t h e D o DE s t a b l i s h e s a n i n f o r m a t i o ne x c h a n g e d a t a s t a n d a r de n a b l i n g D o D s y s t e m s t oe x c h a n g e f o r c e s t r u c t u r e d a t ai n a c o m m o n f o r m a t w h i l ee x p l o i t i n g t h e n e t - c e n t r i c d a t ae n v i r o n m e n tPROGRAM CAPABILITIES• Capability to link authorized force structure, resources and capabilities data to supportrisk analysis and decision-making• Method to surge the most ready, best-positioned capabilities on a global basis – acrosstheaters – to meet Combatant Commanders’ needs• Provides insight into the global availability of forces, allowing military planners to doquick-turn, accurate assessments of how force changes will affect the DoDs ability toexecute plans and evaluate associated challenges• Tracks and assesses the capabilities of organizational elements down to individualpersonnel and equipment whether deployed or not, or participating in off-installationtraining events• Rapidly assesses and identifies support requirements for Combat Support and CombatService Support elements• Ensures data is visible, available and useable, when needed and where needed, toaccelerate decision making• Posting of all data to shared spaces to provide access to all users except when limitedby security, policy or regulation• Advances the Department from defining interoperability through point-to-pointinterfaces to enabling the “many-to-many” exchanges typical of a net-centric dataenvironment68