Afghanistan Mission Network
| Formation | January 2010 |
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| Purpose | Enabling better Command and Control, decision making and information sharing by connecting coalition forces in the Afghanistan AOR. |
| Headquarters | AMN Secretariat |
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| Products | AMN Joining, Membership and Exit Instructions (JMEIs) |
| Fields | Standardization, Network Management |
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Membership
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NATO Command Structure, DEU, USA, ITA, and TUR. |
| Owner | NATO |
| Website | Afghanistan Mission Network Secretariat |
The Afghanistan Mission Network (AMN) is the primary Coalition, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) network for NATO-led missions in Afghanistan (ISAF, RSM). By providing a common network over which to share critical information, the AMN enabled a shift in information-sharing posture from “need to know” to “need to share,” resulting in an increase in situational awareness among coalition partners. AMN establishes a common information sharing platform that provides standardised services such as email, instant messaging or chat, Common Operational Picture service, VTC, Voice over IP and Web Services for document sharing and application integration to all coalition participants. The effort generated invaluable lessons in how to approach coalition networking in future operations. Based on those lessons learned with AMN, NATO is institutionalising this approach under the Federated Mission Networking initiative.
Initially British Forces integrated their national mission network, called "Overtask" with the NATO provided coalition network. From end 2008 to October 2009 a combined team of United States Central Command, NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency and NATO Communications and Information Systems Services Agency interconnected the coalition network provided by NATO with the Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System (CENTRIXS) of the US. By end of 2009 the federation concept had proven to be feasible and effective and the Afghanistan Mission Network was formally established in January 2010, when the commander of the ISAF Joint Command issued the order "Migration to the Afghanistan Mission Network" to all subordinated elements.
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