Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI)

Program

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Warfighting Development Centers

• TYCOM’s executive agent to train surface

forces in advanced tactics, techniques, &

procedures (TTP)

– All levels and all phases of training

• WTIs are the center of gravity for

accomplishing SMWDC’s mission:

– Increasing the lethality and tactical proficiency of

the Surface Force across all domains

• WTIs are empowered to be the most tactically

relevant warfighters in the SWO community

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WTI Program: Status Report

• 2017

– 87 new graduates!

– 213 total graduates to date: 111 IAMD, 63

ASW/SUW, 39 AMW

• 2018 and beyond

– 3 convenings producing 110 WTIs per year

– Increased shipboard representation

• 23 WTIs already serving in ship or staff tours!

• Long term goal: 1 WTI DH per ship and staff

– Produce subject matter experts (SME)

– WTIs teaching WTIs (self sufficient)

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WTI Baseline Course 4 Aug 2017

WTI Training (WTI DOSP/AW)

2nd DIVO Tour

DH School

1st DH Tour

2nd DH Tour

SMWDC CSG 4/15 NAWDC/UWDC CSCS SWOS And Others! *Training only required for Officers new to the WTI program

LT WTI Production & Specialization

Not all WTIs will complete Grad Ed in their WTI shore tour, but NUMEROUS opportunities exist!

1st DIVO Tour

PDH WTI Production* (limited billets)

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Traditional Track: WTI COI after 2nd DIVO tour

SLT Track: WTI COI after Single Long Tour (SLT)

Allows BOTH WTI & grad ed! Requires DHRB

DOSP: WTI COI during DIVO fleet up

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• Best example of Warfighting first…. AND EARLY!

• Highly competitive & DHRB required

• Engage early with Detailer & CoC (~6 mo.)

• Accelerated Warfighter path also available, but rare

– WTI COI between 1st and 2nd DIVO tours

– DHRB required

Division Officer Paths to WTI UNCLASSIFIED

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WTI Professional Development

• WTI COI+Production Tour = Masters in Tactics

• Production Tours

– Mature as SMEs (assigned or by personal interest)

– WTIs hone skills as instructors/trainers

– Cradle-to-grave ownership of TTP and tactical

development (TACDEV)

• TM 3-20.2-16 NCC1

– Written by LT Aaron Jochimsen (ASW/SUW WTI)

• TM 3-01.10-16 Countering advanced ASCMs in C6F AOR

– Written by LT Rebecca O’Brien (IAMD WTI)

• Specialization Tours

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WTI Production Tour Locations

• SMWDC – Headquarters

– Sea Combat Division

– IAMD Division

– AMW Division

• CSCS – Headquarters

– San Diego

– Norfolk

– Pearl Harbor

– Mayport

– Yokosuka

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• ATRC

• ATGPAC/LANT

• SWOS

• TTGP/L

• CSG-4/15

• ESGs

• EWTGPAC/LANT

• NBGs

• NAWDC

WTI Courses of Instruction

• Anti-submarine/Anti-Surface (ASW/SUW)

• Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD)

• Amphibious (AMW)

• Building an elite cadre – all WTIs are

– Warriors

– Thinkers

– Teachers

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WTI Instructor & Tactics Course

• Two week syllabus – iterative development

• Common across all WTI types

• Instructor skills

• TACSIT management

• Surface force targeting methods

• Full kill chain analysis

• RF/acoustic fundamentals

• Over the horizon C4I/Tactical data links

• Warfighter ethos & combat stress

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ASW/SUW

• Held at Sea Combat Division (San Diego)

• 16 week syllabus (including baseline)

• Pilot course graduated April 2016 (12)

• 63 overall graduates through November 2017

• KW1 AQD

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ASW/SUW Curriculum

• Torpedo, missile, and gun employment/tactics

• Acoustic fundamentals

• TMA and active search

• Countermeasures

• AOMSW employment

• SAG and SAUC operations

• CSG and ARG operations

• ASW and TASW mission planning

• Capstone projects

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IAMD

• Established by Navy Air and Missile Defense

Command (NAMDC) in 2013

– 17 week syllabus (including baseline)

– 14 weeks Dahlgren, 1 week NAS Fallon, NV

– 10 Courses complete (111 graduates)

• KW2 AQD

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IAMD Curriculum

• ATRC Advanced Tactics Course

• SMWDC Immersion

– Hawkeye WTI (NAWDC, Fallon)

– All BMDS Elements

– Mission Planning (C2BMC/MIPS/AMP)

– Naval Space Operations Course

• NNWC/Navy Cyber

– Network Communications

– Electronic Warfare Course (FEWC)

– Instructional / focus area presentations

– Industry/technical expert interface

– Training and assessment skills (lab training)

– Red cell

– Qualification board

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AMW

• Held at SMWDC Division Little Creek, Camp

Lejeune, and SCSC Wallops Island

• 14 week syllabus (including baseline)

• Pilot course graduated May 2016 (9)

• 39 overall graduates through October 2017

• KW3 AQD

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AMW Curriculum

• Amphibious Warfare indoctrination

• Fleet immersion

• Staff planning and battlespace design

• Ship-to-shore planning

• AMW range of military operations

• L-ship core tactics

• SSDS theory, design, and application

• Maritime integration

• Final battle problem

• Capstone

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Candidate Guidelines

• Top Tactical Athletes

• Genuine interest in warfighting

• Personality / Poise / Potential

• May apply to one or more WTI specialties

• Required

– SWO Qualification

– CO’s Recommendation (this is key!)

• Desired

– Shipboard experience in chosen mission area(s)

– Warfare Coordinator / TAO qualification

– Accepted DHRB

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How Do I Apply?

• Contact SWO_WTI@navy.mil to receive an

application

• Submit application with enclosures PRIOR to

your slating window

• You can submit application in advance and if

selected you will be placed in WTI rolling

“Bank”

• Communicate intentions with your detailer

and the WTI program manager in advance

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WTI Selection Boards

• Six WTI selection boards per year

– January

– March

– May

– July

– September

– November

• WTI Slating Process:

– Applicants submit to SWO_WTI@navy.mil

– Divisions hold selection boards

– SMWDC HQ notifies applicants and PERS

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WTI Selection Board Lessons Learned

• Sell yourself to the Boards!

– Including your second requested WTI specialty

• Attention to detail

• Personal letter must reflect genuine desire

and convey potential

• Boiler-plate recommendation letters are

transparent to the board

• Superior performance at sea is a must!

• PFA matters!

• Commitment to Navy career (DHRB) and 3

year production tour carries weight

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WTI Graduate Education

• WTIs are and will continue to be excellent candidates

for FSEP (Fleet Scholar Education Program)

• GEV quotas will be prioritized for WTI use

• Single Long Tour (SLT) DIVO tour expands

opportunities for elite/competitive programs (FSEP,

MIT/WHOI, etc.)

• NPS Distance Learning and War College fleet seminar

programs available year-round

• Service College Quotas (Navy and Army) pre and post

DH tour!

• NPS Fellowship in final planning stages!

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WTI Myth Busters

• You can be a WTI and qualify for “Gucci”

tours (SECNAV Industry, FSEP, NPS); harder,

but not impossible

• There are many opportunities for graduate

education during and post WTI production

tour as well as post-DH

• WTIs are not locked in any specialty track

• WTI Program is open to select LDOs/CWOs

(currently ~10%)

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WTIs in Action… UNCLASSIFIED

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WTIs executing Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT)

Questions UNCLASSIFIED

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Contact: SWO_WTI@navy.mil