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