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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # MESF Exercise Planning Support SME - **Company:** D2 Government Solutions - **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Office, Verification and Validation (Software), SC Clearance - **Published:** June 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=79e5f132d123afc7 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Team training?, * Active SECRET clearance (required at time of application) * Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance within three (3) months of contract award * Minimum 15 years of operational, training, and readiness experience, including warfare qualification (expeditionary community preferred) * Minimum 5 years of exercise planning or operational planning experience (NECC experience preferred) * Minimum 5 years of Navy expeditionary operational, training, or readiness experience * Minimum 3 years of recent NECC experience (military or contractor within the past 5 years); MESF experience highly desired * Prior service in a Senior Enlisted or Department Head role * Graduate of Maritime Staff Operator Course (or equivalent) preferred * Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience briefing senior leadership * Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite * PMP-RMP certification preferred * Familiarity with AI tools in government or civilian environments highly desired Security Requirements * Must possess and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance (and meet TS/SCI eligibility requirements as outlined) * Ability to obtain and maintain a Common Access Card (CAC) * Must comply with all Navy security policies and complete required training (e.g., Navy e-Learning) ## Description D2 Government Solutions is seeking a MESF Exercise Planning Support Subject Matter Expert (SME) aligned with Objective Area 3 to support the Force Generation Professional Support Services requirement for Maritime Expeditionary Security Group ONE (MESG ONE). This is a contingent position focused on planning, coordinating, and executing integrated training exercises to support MESF operational readiness. Location & Work Schedule * Primary Work Location: MESG ONE, NOLF-IB, Imperial Beach, CA * Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM (30-minute lunch) * Travel: CONUS and OCONUS travel may be required * Training events may occur in forest, desert, littoral, and coastal environments, * Plan, develop, and refine Basic and Advanced Phase integrated training exercises in coordination with Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces units * Ensure alignment with joint and combined exercise objectives * Provide support for: + Exercise design and control + Scenario development (including MSEL development) + Participant evaluation + After-action reviews (AARs) * Support MESF participation in the Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC), including resource allocation, scheduling, and sequencing of training events * Integrate the Intelligence Cycle and Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) processes into exercise planning and execution * Support readiness reporting and deliver: + In-progress reviews (IPRs) + Status updates (written and oral) + Briefings to MESG ONE N7 leadership ## Related Videos - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [Edit Your Future: Queerverse Radical AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/909-edit-your-future-queerverse-radical-ai) - [AI is dead, long live AK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1093-ai-is-dead-long-live-ak) - [Organizational Change Through The Power Of Why - DevSecOps Enablement](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/478-organizational-change-through-the-power-of-why-devsecops-enablement) - [SRE Methods In an Agency Environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/348-sre-methods-in-an-agency-environment) - [Angstfreude - AI and Corporate Culture - The Thrill and the Threat](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100354-angstfreude-ai-and-corporate-culture-the-thrill-and-the-threat) ## Related Articles - [Everything a Developer Needs to Know About MCP with Neo4j](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/604-everything-a-developer-needs-to-know-about-mcp-with-neo4j) - [Dev Digest 134 - Where pixels sing?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/477-dev-digest-134-where-pixels-sing) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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