Course Overview

The Shadow Warrior Academy Tactical Mission Network (TMN) course provides structured, hands-on instruction focused on the planning, deployment, administration, and operational support of tactical mission systems in hybrid and cloud-enabled environments. The course emphasizes practical application across End User Device (EUD) onboarding, transport layer connectivity, government cloud administration (IL4), mission application hosting, and secure identity management.

Students progress through a series of instructional modules that integrate theory with guided labs and assessments. The course culminates in a final assessment designed to validate comprehension of TMN concepts, system integration, and operational support workflows. All content is unclassified and intended solely for instructional and training purposes.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Explain the architecture and purpose of Tactical Mission Networks and their role in supporting distributed operations.
  
  

• Onboard and provision End User Devices (EUDs) for mission use, including application installation and secure access configuration.
  
  

• Identify and configure transport mechanisms such as MANET radios, SIM-based connectivity, Wi-Fi, and VPN solutions to support tactical data flows.
  
  

• Administer resources within a government IL4 cloud environment, including user accounts, groups, virtual machines, and mission applications.
  
  

• Deploy and manage TAK, TRAX, and Compass server components in a cloud-hosted or hybrid configuration.
  
  

• Apply identity, access management, and security principles, including RBAC and privileged access concepts, to mission systems.
  
  

• Execute basic operational support tasks, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and sustainment of TMN-enabled services.
  
  

• Demonstrate knowledge mastery through entry checks and post-module assessments aligned to instructional objectives.

Program Of Instruction

Course Schedule

Entry Check

• Pre-Assessment
  Baseline evaluation of student familiarity with tactical networks, cloud concepts, and mission applications.
  
  

Module A – Device Onboarding & Transport

• Module A1: EUD onboarding, provisioning, and application installation
  
  

• Module A2: Transport options (MANET, SIM, Wi-Fi) and connectivity fundamentals
  
  

• Module A3: VPN concepts and secure access considerations
  
  

• Post-Assessments: Module A1, A2, A3

Module B – IL4 Cloud Administration

• Module B1: IL4 environment overview, tenant structure, and administrative access
  
  

• Module B2: Identity management, users, groups, and RBAC configuration
  
  

• Module B3: Virtual machines, networking, and resource provisioning
  
  

• Module B4: Mission application hosting (TAK / TRAX / Compass)
  
  

• Module B5: Organizational support workflows, requests, and sustainment processes
  
  

• Post-Assessments:
  Module B1, Module B2, Module B3, Module B4, Module B5

Module C – Hybrid Cloud, Edge, and Mission Integration

• Module C1: Hybrid cloud architecture and edge compute concepts supporting TMN operations
  
  

• Module C2: CDS configurations and data flow considerations for cross-domain mission environments
  
  

• Module C3: MCS-COP integration, federation, and mission data visualization
  
  

• Module C4: Operational sustainment and troubleshooting across cloud, hybrid, and edge systems
  
  

• Post-Assessments: Module C1, C2, C3, C4
  
  

Course Completion

• Final Assessment
  Comprehensive post-assessment validating understanding of TMN concepts, system integration, and operational support processes.