ARRC Journal June 2016 | Page 23

Lessons from the Practical Application of Graduated Response Planning at the Land Tactical Level Engagement with G6 enabled access to de- tailed records of email transit, for example during the execute phase of exercise TRI- DENT JAGUAR, where the whole HQ deployed together, approximately 30,000 emails were sent. Analysis of these and data from the ad- ditional exercises was carried out looking at in- ternal vs external branch email traffic, volume and timing of emails sent, and wider connec- tions across the HQ. tion, whilst expected as internal branch busi- ness still continues, enables a view of what proportion of internal branch communication generally occurs face to face. Exercise TRI- DENT JAGUAR provided significant opportuni- ties for cross branch face to face communica- tions and evidence supported that branches were often utilising battle rhythm events to meet individuals to exchange information or make decisions. Studying the inter branch email communica- tion and the connectedness using the yEd tool showed the extent to which branches communicated. The output from this then highlights which branches act as critical nodes linking other branches together or whether they form part of the core network in their own right. Analysis of the data from the initial com- mand element deployment exercise showed several branches forming a central core. As would be expected this core i