70^th MORSS Wrap-up: “Military Operations Research at the Next Frontier”

Dr Steven E. Pilnick, Naval Postgraduate School, 70^th MORSS Program Chair, spilnick@nps.navy.mil

The 70^th MORS Symposium, held 18-20 June 2002 at the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, was a tremendous success. Mr Walter W. Hollis, Fellow of the Society and Deputy Under Secretary of the Army, Operations Research, offered the Sponsor’s welcome, and Mr Mike Bauman, Director, TRADOC Analysis Center, welcomed MORS to Fort Leavenworth on behalf of the Commanding General of the US Army Combined Arms Center. The keynote speaker was Lieutenant General Benjamin S. Griffin, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, US Army. General Griffin was previously a Division Commander and is the senior active duty Army OR analyst.

The core of the Symposium, thirty-three different working groups and seven composite groups, lead by extraordinary volunteer chairs, co-chairs and advisors, put on an excellent program of relevant and high quality presentations. One of the working groups, Warfighting Experimentation, transitioned from provisional status to regular status at the 70^th MORSS, reflecting both the hard work of the members of that working group and MORS commitment to support current trends in the Department of Defense. Jack Keane’s highly effective coordination of all the working groups and composite groups earned him more work. Jack will be the Program Chair for the 72^nd MORSS at NPS, Monterey in 2004.

The line-up of Special Sessions at the Symposium included a thread of sessions devoted to some of the new “frontiers.” These theme special sessions included Homeland Security led by LTC George Stone, and Counter Terrorism, and Transformation led by Bob Clemence.

The “frontier” theme of the Symposium was also reflected in the venues for the two big social functions. Our Tuesday evening mixer was held at the Frontier Army Museum on Fort Leavenworth. Food and drink stations were located amidst displays of blue and gold Army cavalry uniforms, prairie schooners and other old, authentic, reconstructed, animal drawn vehicles that are part of their priceless collection known by old timers as “The Old Rolling Wheels.” The Wednesday night dinner activity featured both a remarkable venue and world famous cuisine – Kansas City style barbeque. The venue was the Steamboat Arabia Museum, and dinner was catered by Kansas City Masterpiece Barbeque and Grill! An unscientific sampling of attendee comments indicated that this was a truly successful social event, thanks in large part to all the details arranged by our Natalie Kelly.

One of the innovations at the 70^th MORSS was a Job Fair organized at the request of the MORS sponsors to highlight government civilian OR opportunities. Corinne Wallshein ably coordinated this inaugural event, which will be continued at the 71^st MORSS.

Site support at Fort Leavenworth was extraordinary thanks to the participation of a great number of people from CGSC and the post, and almost the entire staff from TRAC headquarters and TRAC Leavenworth. At the forefront of that remarkable site effort were Patrick Smock and Rumi Dodson. Special mention is also due to June Fowler and MSG LaWanda Cooper who stepped up to run the Guest Program during the Symposium.

The entire program staff pulled together over the two years leading up to the Symposium: COL Mike McGinnis (Advisor), COL Bill Adams (Deputy for Logistics), Pat McKenna (Deputy for Operations), Lee Dick (Deputy for IT), Sue Iwanski (Special Sessions), Jack Keane (WG/CG), Don Bates, LTC George Stone, Kayte Sullivan, and Mike Leonard (WG/CG staff), Sherry Barnes (Posters), Bill Dunn (Demonstrations), Dr. Andy Loerch (Tutorials), Denis Clements (Prize session), Jay Wilmeth (Jr./Sr. Analyst Sessions), Mike Garrambone and Gene Visco, FS (Heritage session) and COL Jeff Appleget (Plenary). Also, the Symposium would not have been held without the tremendous dedication and support of the MORS Staff, Brian Engler, Natalie Kelly, Cynthia Kee, Corrina Ross-Witkowski and Jarvey Nelson.

The 71^st MORS Symposium will be held next year, June 10-12, 2003, at the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Virginia. Pat McKenna, Program Chair, is already off and running with a great program committee.

70^TH MORSS SPONSORS’ JOB FAIR

Corinne Wallshein, Air Force Studies and Analysis Agency, corinne.wallshein@pentagon.af.mil

The first Job Fair for Operations Research (OR) Civilian Analysts was held at the 70^th MORSS under the direction and support of the six MORS Sponsors. The sponsor’s job fair representatives were Dr George Akst (MCCDC, USMC), Mr Herb Cupo (N81, Navy), Ms Pat Cook (AMSAA, Army), Mr Pete Byrne (JCS/J8), Mr Ron Moore (OSD/PA&E), and Ms Corinne Wallshein (AFSAA, Air Force). Job fair representatives brought information on the OR civilian work force composition in their organization. Each of the Sponsor’s job fair representatives queried their service/ organization for interest in having their current OR civilian position openings posted in this forum. Of the six Sponsors, five had open or projected OR civilian analyst vacancies. Job fair representatives supplied information on how to apply for vacancies and what specific vacancies were available or anticipated in the near future.

Numerous color brochures were available detailing Army organizations with OR civilian analyst positions. The Army employs about a thousand civilian OR analysts, the highest number in the Department of Defense. The Navy is actively recruiting individuals to fill civilian OR positions within its Headquarters staff and throughout its seven Human Resources Service Centers located worldwide. On the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations, N81 and N70 in particular perform strategic planning and readiness assessments for which Operations Research is a critical core competency. Additional information can be found at http://www.donhr.navy.mil. The Marine Corps has multiple openings this summer and fall to expand the OR civilian work force at MCCDC in Quantico, Virginia. The Navy, Army, and OSD/PA&E have continuous vacancy announcements posted on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) World Wide Web site, http://www.usajobs.opm.gov, for civilian OR analysts. The Air Force Personnel Center’s Scientist and Engineering Career Program (SECP) includes the civilian OR analyst series. Mr Ron Garcia, SECP, explained the role of the career program and brought a detailed listing of career program covered Air Force OR analyst positions for interested attendees. Air Force’s Office of Aerospace Studies (OAS), located at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, set up a booth at the job fair to detail civilian OR analyst opportunities within their organization. OAS Deputy Director, Lt Col Roxann Oyler, and Technical Director, Mr Tony Bellach, discussed job particulars with interested attendees.

MORS attendees were notified of the job fair in the June PHALANX and by an announcement poster in Bell Hall, the main building of the Command and Staff General College, at the symposium. During the three sessions, approximately 60 MORS members visited the Job Fair to learn more about OR civilian analyst positions. Job fair attendees were encouraged to leave a resumé if they were interested in an OR civilian analyst position. Questions by the attendees focused on civil service benefits since MORS members are generally familiar with the type of work. In particular, MORS members contemplating civilian OR positions were interested in learning about pay and benefit policies. Salaries for grades GS-13 to GS-15 OR civilian analyst positions range from $65K to $125K, depending on factors such as seniority and job location. Benefits for new employees include health insurance, life insurance, long-term care insurance, the Thrift Savings Plan and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Information on benefits can be found on OPM’s web site, http://www.opm.gov. Salary tables can be found at http://www.opm.gov/oca/02tables/indexGS.htm. Occupational requirements for civilian OR analyst positions in the General Schedule (GS)-1515 job series, are at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-IV/B/GS1500/1515.htm.

We plan to have another job fair at the 71^st MORSS and use lessons learned to make it more visible and valuable to MORS attendees and Sponsors. If you have any ideas to make next year's job fair more effective, please e-mail them to corinne.wallshein@pentagon.af.mil.

71^st Symposium Kick-off
Pat McKenna, United States Strategic Command, 71^st MORSS Program Chair, mckennap@stratcom.mil

Jack Keane, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Program Co-Chair, jack.keane@jhuapl.edu

Start planning now to be one of the few, the proud, the analysts who attend the 71^st MORS Symposium to be held at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA 10-12 June 2003. Our theme is Military Operations Research for Tomorrows Warrior. Warriors are everywhere: fox holes, fighter planes, loading docks, planning cells, strategy cells, etc. The military operations research community can trace its roots to those activities that benefit the warrior. With this year’s theme, the 71^st MORS Symposium team is striving to return to our roots and reinvigorate the analytic community’s connection with the warrior. In your projects this year, you are encouraged to ask the question “How does this help the warrior accomplish their mission?”

Work on the 71^st symposium began before the 70^th symposium ended. A strong core staff is in place. Details on whom we are and how to get a hold of us are shown below. We can always use more help! If you want to get involved, please contact anyone on the Program staff. In upcoming Phalanx articles we will provide more information on special sessions, planned social activities, spouse events, and all the other great things that happen at symposia.

Hope to see you all next June.

Position	Name	Phone	E-mail
71^st Program Char	Pat McKenna	402-294-1654	mckennap@stratcom.mil
Program Co-Chair	Jack Keane	240-228-8886	jack.keane@jhuapl.edu
Deputy Chair - Information Technology	Lee Dick	540-455-8373	leedick@office21solutions.com
Deputy Chair – Special Sessions	John Ferguson	703-312-2364	JFERGUSON@northropgrumman.com
Asst Special Session Coordinator	Gwen Delano	540 653-5047	gdelano@jwac.osis.gov
Education Session Coordinator	Mike Garrambone	937-476-2516	mgarrambone@dytn.veridian.com
Prize Paper Coordinator	Kirk Yost	703-695-8592	kirk.yost@pentagon.af.mil
JR-SR Session Coordinator	Jay Wilmeth	703-312-2366	jwilmeth@logion.com
Heritage Session Coordinators	Dean Free Mike Garrambone	937-476-2516	mgarrambone@dytn.veridian.com
Demo Coordinator	Greg McIntyre	706-696-9490	Greg.mcintyre@osd.pentagon.mil
Tutorial Coordinator	Ted Bennett		BennettT@navo.navy.mil
Poster Coordinator	Sherry Barnes	540-653-3929	Sbarnes@jwac.osis.gov
“Hot Topics” Coordinator	Greg Keethler	719-554-7744	Greg.Keethler@peterson.af.mil
Job Fair Coordinator	Corinne Wallshein	703-588-6900	Corinne.wallshein@pentagon.af.mil
Deputy Chair – WG/CG Coordinator	Don Bates	703-696-9490	donald.bates@osd.pentagon.mil
Asst WG/CG Coordinator	George Stone	703-696-9490	George.stone@osd.pentagon.mil
Plenary Session Coordinator	Mark Reid	719-596-9750	mreid@ara.com
VIP Coodinator	Bob Batcher	202-736-7396	BatcherRT@T.state.gov
Social Coordinator	Natalie Kelly	703-933-9070	morsvpa@aol.com
Quantico Site Coordinator	Maj. Darrin Whaley	703-784-5722	whaleydl@mccdc.usmc.mil

WG/CG Coordinator:	Don Bates	703-696-9490	donald.bates@osd.pentagon.mil
Deputy Coordinator:	George Stone	703-696-9490	george.stone@osd.pentagon.mil
Deputy Coordinator for Security:	Bill Dunn	703-575-2800	wdunn@iitri.org
CG A Strategic Defenses
CG A Chair:	Debbie Lott	703-806-5561	lott@caa.army.mil
WG 1 Strategic Operations	Doug Anson	505-667-0965	anson@lanl.gov
WG 2 NBC Defense	J. Krause Wilson	225-952-8191	krause.wilson@ieminc.com
WG 3 Arms Control and Proliferation	Tom McIlvain	703-824-3148	tmcilvain@acsdefense-dc.com
WG 4 Air & Missile Defense	Bob Strider	256-955-5981	striderb@smdc.army.mil
CG B Space/C4ISR
CG B Chair:	COL Patrick D. Vye	703-604-7111	vyep@saalt.army.mil
WG 5 OP Contribution of Space Systems	Col T.S. Kelso	937-476-2509	ts.kelso@peterson.af.mil
WG 6 C4ISR	John Furman	703-883-6342	jfurman@mitre.org
WG 7 OR & Intel Analysis	Mark Youngren	703-883-6446	youngren@mitre.org
WG 8 IO/IW	Capt Jonathan T. Hamill	310-363-3753	jonathan.hamill@losangeles.af.mil
WG 9 EW/Countermeasures	Daniel R. McGauley	256-876-9225 x361	drm@amherst.com
WG 10 Unmanned Systems	Gary E. Engel	314-233-1316	Gary.e.engel@boeing.com
WG 11 Mil Environ Factors	John Hummel	630-252-7189	jhummel@anl.gov
CG C Joint Warfare
CG C Chair:	Terry McKearney	619-822-3568	mckearne@nosc.mil
WG 12 Land/Exp Forces	Steve Reise	913-684-9119	reises@trac.army.mil
WG 13 Littoral Warfare	Gordon Hall	850-235-5713	hallga@ncsc.navy.mil
WG 14 Power Projection	Dennis Lester	505-853-7395	lesterd@afotec.af.mil
WG 15 Air Combat Analysis	Debbie Hall	937-476-2533	dehall@dytn.veridian.com
WG 16 SOF/OOTW	COL Tim Hope	703-806-5617	hope@caa.army.mil
WG 17 Joint Campaign Analysis	LTC Barry Bazemore	913-684-9187	bazemorebe@trac.army.mil
CG D Resources
CG D Chair:	Herb Shukiar	310-393-0411 x7175	herb@rand.org
WG 18 Mobility	Col Johnson
WG 19 Logistics, Reliability, Maintainability	Jane Krolewski	410-278-4657	hock@amsaa.army.mil
WG 20 Manpower/Personnel
CG E Readiness/Training
CG E Chair:	Lt Col Greg McIntyre	703-696-9490	greg.mcintyre@osd.pentagon.mil
WG 21 Readiness	Rebecca Kirk	703-829-2094	rkirk@cna.org
WG 22 Analytic Support to Training	Maj Linda Kotulan	703-806-5547	kotulan@caa.army.mil
WG 23 Bat Prep, Cas Sust & Medical Planning	James Zouris	619-553-8389	zouris@nhrc.navy.mil
CG F Acquisition
CG F Chair:	Chuck Walters	703-681-4024 X 171	charles.walters@osd.mil
WG 24 MOEs	Maj Barry Ezell	757-467-1695	bcezell@aol.com
WG 25 T&E	Frank Gray	505-846-9828	frank.gray@afotec.af.mil
WG 26 AoAs	Bruce Wyman	703-416-3168	bruce.wyman@pentagon.af.mil
WG 27 Cost Analysis	Maj Justin Maul	703-602-9263	justin.maul@pentagon.af.mil
WG 28 Decision Analysis	Chris Zaffrum	540-653-5947	czaffra@nswc.navy.mil
CG G Advances in Military OR
CG G Chair:	Hugh Dempsey	757-788-5822	dempseyh@monroe.army.mil
WG 29 M&S and Wargaming	Jeff Dubois	937-476-2566	jdubois@dytn.veridian.com