Littoral Interdiction & Sensitive Site Exploitation (LISSE)

A joint force with SOF elements conducts a nighttime interdiction on a littoral objective, followed by time-bound sensitive site exploitation. The exercise emphasizes cross-domain integration, maritime/shore coordination, and evidence handling.

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U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Blake Janas, left, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron officer in charge of planning, real property and environmental compliance, and Tech. Sgt. Joe Vaughan, 386th ECES emergency management technician, inspect the interior of a simulated chemical weapons lab during a sensitive site exploitation exercise within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, July 24, 2025. The exercise included identifying chemical agents, documenting the scene and collecting samples under hazardous conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James Fritz)

Training Audience

Joint/SOF task element; maritime and air components; coalition and interagency liaison cells.

Primary objectives (linked to METs/METLs):

  • Plan and execute interdiction with synchronized surface/air ISR and deconflicted airspace.
  • Conduct SSE to standard: site security, evidence triage, biometrics (simulated), and reporting.
  • Maintain OPSEC/EMCON while managing public safety and host-nation coordination.
  • Translate SSE findings into decision-quality reporting within the exercise timeline.

Environment

Maritime waypoint to shore facility (pier/warehouse mock-up), small craft movement, night-vision conditions, simulated UAS track, controlled pyrotechnics as permitted.

Scenario flow

  1. Approach & Fix
    • Inject: ISR queue shift—primary feed degrades; backup track requires tasking.
    • Inject: Host-nation harbor master requests updated movement window.
  2. Interdict & Secure
    • Inject: Suspect craft diverts toward a no-go area; quick ROE clarification request.
    • Inject: Minor non-combat injury; on-scene casualty care and reporting.
  3. Exploit & Report
    • Inject: Unexpected locked container discovered; decision on breach method and evidence preservation.
    • Inject: Time-bounded request from higher for a 5-line spot report and photo log.
  4. Exfil & Transition
    • Inject: Shore protest activity (simulated); reroute to alternate pickup.
    • Inject: Coalition partner asks for a sanitized summary and evidence chain-of-custody confirmation.

Measures & Assessment

  • Interdiction timing vs. plan; air/surface deconfliction; comms discipline under EMCON constraints.
  • SSE checklists completed; chain-of-custody accuracy; report completeness and timeliness.
  • Safety adherence (water/shore, night ops, pyrotechnics); risk mitigations executed.
  • AAR alignment of observed performance to objectives; documented corrective actions.

AGC support package

Scenario scripting and MSEL, OPFOR behaviors, maritime/shore safety and risk management, liaison role players, ISR/airspace deconfliction injects, comms plans, data capture tools, AAR facilitation, 508-aware products.

Deliverables

CONEX & risk plan, comms/control plan, SSE checklists & photo log templates, inject matrices, observer rubrics, AAR deck, improvement & sustainment plan.

An Accountable Integrator

Ultimately, AGC is an accountable integrator. We don’t just provide components; we connect them—people, plans, places, and processes—into a coherent, outcomes-driven training ecosystem. That is how we support, manage, and train across the SOF community and the wider military and government enterprise: by turning objectives into executable plans, plans into safe and realistic exercises, and exercises into sustained readiness.