Position Title:
Exercise Analyst (Temp-Hire)
Customer:
U.S. Marine Corps (I Marine Expeditionary Force - I MEF)
Location:
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California Clearance Required:
Secret Clearance GC Associates
USA, LLC
(GCA)
Website:
https://www.gcassociates-usa.com GC Associates requires an Exercise Analyst to provide Joint/Combined Training and Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC) support. The technical monitor for this task is the Deputy
G 37, I MEF. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Exercise Analyst must have experience in and be able to complete all functions of the position while under minimal to no supervision in the following areas:
- Conduct analysis on the I MEF exercise planning process in accordance with (a) the
IMEF MAGTF
Development Program and (b) the I MEF exercise standing operating procedure. Provide guidance and recommendations on revising both foundational documents.
- Provide guidance and conduct planning of I MEF, Service, Naval, and Joint exercises and Bilateral/Multilateral events, as well as exercise/event support with a focus on improving force readiness for contingency and crisis operations and deployments.
Complete exercise assessments plans, Exercise/Event Plans of Action and Milestones, Exercise Support Briefs, Exercise Support Observation Reports/Recommendations, as required, Exercise After Action Reviews, and Training/Education Program Analysis Reports.
- Provide SME support on Naval and Joint exercise design, to include the intricacies of theater Security Cooperation, in order to support all elements of the
I MEF MAGTF.
This support will include coordination with relevant higher, adjacent, and coalition force planners and analysts in support of any given I MEF exercise/event.
- Provide SME support to internal I MEF exercise/event processes to include (a)development of design and implementation of exercise storylines, vignettes, and Master Scenario Events Lists and (b) management of "dynamic scripting" during the exercise.
- Conduct analysis of technical and logistical data during exercise life cycles, specifically focusing on recommendations to leverage good practices in support of OPLAN/CONPLAN and theater/service specific objectives. Deliver the Operational Plan (OPLAN) Recommendation Report.
- Assist with the development of exercise-control recommendations for I MEF's efforts to plan and execute MEF/MEF (Forward)-level exercises without support from external exercise-design-and-control organizations.
- Draft official correspondence related to exercise design in support of I MEF Response to Official Correspondence.
- Draft and send I MEF TASKORD/OPORD/Deployment Information Messages as described in the deliverable table.
- For events that the PFM or their designee request support, provide all requested pre-event planning products as described in the deliverable table.
- Support the documentation of conferences, working groups, and meetings through Conference/Working Group/Meeting Reports.
- Provide training courseware and instruction development for I MEF as required by the deliverable table.
- Document trips through Trip Reports as described in the deliverable table.
- Create drafts of information papers, point papers, briefs, and other routine staff products (typically administrative or informational products) as requested by the Government.
- Provide the I MEF Planners' Huddle Products Direction and
I MEF G-3
Huddle Products Direction as required by the deliverable table.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION
- Active Secret security clearance
- Experience supporting military exercises, training events, or operational planning at the Service, Joint, or Combatant Command level
- Familiarity with the Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC) and exercise planning processes
- Experience developing military planning documents, assessments, reports, briefs, and official correspondence
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to coordinate with government, contractor, and multinational stakeholders