Liaison and Director of Special Operations; LADS) Integrator

Liaison and Director of Special Operations (LADS) Integrator Northern Strike Plans Group (NSPG)

BAILEY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, LLC (BIT, LLC) Liaison and Director of Special Operations (LADS) Integrator Northern Strike Plans Group (NSPG) — Michigan Army National Guard Lansing, MI Openings 1 position Location Joint Force Headquarters, 3423 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing, MI 48906 (Bldg 30); regular travel to Camp Grayling, MI;
Alpena, MI;
Fort McCoy, WI; and other CONUS locations Schedule Full-Time, Monday–Friday, 0745–1630. Telework authorized up to 2 days/week at COR discretion; on-site remains the standard. Security Clearance SECRET (personnel) Travel Extensive — approximately 15 trips/year to support exercise planning and execution events

Employment Type

Full-Time, Contract — contingent on contract award Anticipated Start Date 20 September 2026 Period of Performance Base Year (12 months) + three 12-month Option Years + possible 6-month extension (FAR 52.217-8)

About the Role Northern Strike (NS) is a JCS J7/JNTC-accredited, HQDA-sponsored, NGB-managed joint Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) that provides readiness-building opportunities for all services and components. Northern Strike 2026 (NS26) executes across a 365-day Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC), with planning led by the Northern Strike Planning Group (NSPG). As the LADS Integrator, you will serve as the primary liaison between conventional forces and Special Operations Forces (SOF), providing SOF planning subject-matter expertise, technical guidance, and mentorship throughout the exercise life cycle.

You'll manage special operations planning within the exercise execution matrix, and during execution, receive, organize, and present special operations support requests to the approval authority for acceptance.

What You'll Do

• Serve as advisor to units — shape unit relationships and act as liaison to conventional forces, providing SOF subject-matter expertise, technical guidance, and mentorship to all SOF participants.
• Facilitate integration, interoperability, and interdependence of Joint, Combined, and Coalition Forces through application of special operations tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Advise participants by reviewing Mission Essential Tasks (METs) to integrate with the Universal Joint Task List and Joint Mission Essential Tasks for Special Forces Integration; tie resource constraints to actionable special operations training and conventional-force handoffs.
• Coordinate external support from other commands, military agencies, and DoD/non-government agencies as required; enable high-quality training and enable decisions/resources available to SOF from a JAGIC/SOF LNO position.
• Coordinate with SOF exercise participants' higher command to ensure training plans meet current command directives.
• Coordinate with operations personnel, leadership, and Range Control to facilitate training of Rotational Training Units (RTUs).
• Attend overlapping Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC) meetings and working groups to provide subject-matter expertise and develop/refine products for rotational training units attending future NS rotations.
• Collect lessons learned and best practices during execution; consolidate lessons learned in writing with the Lessons Learned SME for the After-Action Report, ensuring adherence to current doctrine and forwarding issues through the Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS).
• Coordinate with SOF Centers of Excellence to develop and refine desired training for future exercise evolutions.
• Attend events focused on Special Operations training, tactics, and doctrine, and conduct site visits to SOF commands to elicit exercise participation.
• Request forces via the Joint National Training Capability (JNTC) and funding via the Joint Training Coordination Program (08
  
  JTCP) to enable non-USAF-organic Joint Forces training (artillery, mortars, rockets, helicopter gunships).
• Coordinate with Northern Strike fires, maneuver, and aviation planners on joint fires usage during the exercise; liaise with USAF planners on mobility, Air Interdiction (AI), and personnel recovery (PR).
• Build and help staff the required…