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AFRICOM OEF-TS Culture of Maintenance and Logistics Course Brief. Brief to Brig Gen Faulkenberry BG Bray 11 July 2011. Overview. AFRICOM Logistics Engagement Strategy/Activities OEF-TS Train and Equip Strategy/ Activities OEF-TS Culture of Maintenance and Logistics Course Background
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AFRICOMOEF-TS Culture of Maintenance and Logistics Course Brief Brief to Brig Gen Faulkenberry BG Bray 11 July 2011
Overview • AFRICOM Logistics Engagement Strategy/Activities • OEF-TS Train and Equip Strategy/ Activities • OEF-TS Culture of Maintenance and Logistics Course • Background • Current Successes • Ways Ahead
AFRICOM Logistics Engagements Strategy • Enable Partner Logisticians to support counter-terrorism and peacekeeping operations • Conduct activities that build sustainable, transferrable logistics capacity • Focus on phased training to build progressive logistics competencies • TLE Activities • ADAPT – Africa Deployment Assistance Partnership Team (Deployment) • PILOT – Partnership for Integrated Logistics Operations and Tactics (Employment) • VEMAT – Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance Assistance Team (Resource Maintenance and Accountability) • LOGMAT-Logistics Management Assistance Team (Logistics Management and Aircraft Maintenance)
Theater Logistics EngagementsProgram Activities Goal:To support African partners in their endeavors to build logistics capacity through long-term training and engagement activities. CT/PKO Tactical Level Skill ADAPT: Africa Deployment Assistance Partnership Team VEMAT: Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance Assistance Team ADAPT VEMAT Deployment Logistics Foundation at Home Station LOGMAT Employment LOGMAT: Logistics Management Assistance Team PILOT PILOT: Partnership for Integrated Logistics Operations and Tactics Operational Level Skill Ms. M. Jordan/Theater Logistics Engagements / 421-3818/ melissa.jordan@africom.mil
OEF-TS Train and Equip • Strategy • Develop the organic capacities for OEF-TS Partner Nations • Provide a self-sustainable capability for OEF-TS Partner Nations • Develop Regional Centers of Excellence & CT Units • Leverage Existing agreements for combined operations & multi-lateral operations to bring key assets region-wide • Stress Regional Cooperation & Multi-lateral participation in FLINTLOCK • Activities – 20 Current “Cases” & 29 Future “Cases” • Logistics Focus Areas: • Culture of Maintenance and Logistics Course • Logistics Support Companies for Mauritania and Mali • Air Force Capability Improvement for Mauritania and Mali • Ouassa Forward Operating Location, Mauritania
Culture of Maintenance & Logistics Course Background – Officers and NCOs from seven African nations underwent a three-week course designed to provide fundamental mx and log mgt skills • Intent – • Strengthen existing international relationships • Build new ones • Advance Trans-Sahara nations’ Mxs and Log competencies Development/Implementation – Three active duty AF officers wrote (Jan-Apr ‘11) and subsequently taught course at Sheppard AFB, TX May ‘11
Culture of Maintenance & Logistics Course • Class Composition • Mauritania 2 Lts, 1 NCO • Mali 1 Capt, 4 NCOs • Morocco 2 Cols, 1 LtCol • Nigeria 1 Capt, 2 NCOs • Senegal 1 Lt, 4 NCOs • Tunisia 2 Capt, 1 Lt • Chad 3 NCOs • Curriculum Focus Areas • Leadership • Principles of Logistics • Supply • Distribution • Fuels • Vehicles • Aircraft Mx Backshops • TOs & Documentation • Planning and Scheduling • Tools and equipment Mgt • Team Building • LEAN Process Improvement
Culture of Maintenance & Logistics Course Tours and Field Study Excursions Sheppard AFB • LRS warehouse tour (Supply and Distribution) • Vehicle Bay tour (Vehicle Mx) • C-130 and F-15 systems tour (Acft Mx) • Jet Engine Mishap Investigation Shop • Skeet and Trap Range Dallas • Bureau of Printing and Engraving • J.F.K. 6th Floor Museum • Lockheed Martin • Dallas Cowboys Stadium
Capstone Activity: Proposals • Regional Project • Lead by ranking mbr • Students divided into teams composed of at least one mbr from each represented country • Submitted final project which outlined Way Ahead for Mx and Logs trng • Individual Country Project • Students brainstormed chief priorities for advancement wrt Log and Mx in their respective country • Ex. Tunisia – Corrosion Control Pgm
The So What • Ground-breakers • Curriculum/delivery in French • Alumni Forum for Participants • Foundation for follow-up in-country engagements • Building Counter-terrorism capacity • Bridges distance • Enhanced application of air-centric resources • Builds CT-focused logistics capacity
The Next Level • FY11/12 Dates • Sync with other regional continent priorities • Funding: OEF-TS, PREACT • Turnover to AFAFRICA
AFRICOMOEF-TS Culture of Maintenance and Logistics Course Brief Questions? Comments? 11 July 2011
Current OEF-TS CT Capabilities • CT Unit – Chad • MI Unit – Niger • CMO Courses Conducted: Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal • MI Course – Mali, Nigeria, Senegal • CT Training Center: Niger • Communications Interoperability: Algeria-Niger
Additional Capabilities Following Execution of OEF-TS CT Cases for FY09-10 (Funded) • 6 CT Units (1-Nigeria; 1-Senegal; 5 – Mali; 1 – Mauritania) • Tactical Communications (Mali, Mauritania) • Regional CMO Courses • Regional Logistics and Maintenance Course (Aircraft and Vehicles) • Regional Combat Medical Training for CT Units • Maintenance and Logistics Support (Mali) • Maintenance and Logistics Company (Mauritania) • Additional MIBOCAs and MINOCAs • Document Archive System (Senegal) • Airborne ISR, MI Fusion, Intel Training (Mauritania)
Mali – Zone Operations Center Improvements(FY12 TSCTP Title 22 PKO) • Country / Region Supported: Mali, Trans Sahara Africa • Type of Capacity Building (paragraph summary):Provide office and communications equipment to allow the Operations Centers in Tessalit, Timbuktu and Kidal to be more functional and able to coordinate with Bamako and with each other. • Program Highlights: • Equipment: Office equipment, extension of Tenere Harris radio network, extension of MISI/IP-POP system and electrical power. • Training: • Contractor Provided: All technical training associated with this case. • Title 22 Amount Request: $851K (this is a rough estimate) • POC: LTC Allen Pepper, OSC-Bamako, pepperaj@state.gov
Mali – Continuation of ETIA Support(FY12 TSCTP Title 22 PKO) • Country / Region Supported: Mali, Trans Sahara Africa • Type of Capacity Building (paragraph summary): Purchase equipment to continue to support the best maneuverable units in the Malian Army – units that USG has been training and equipping since August 2009. • Program Highlights: • Equipment: Uniforms, weapon cleaning kits, trailers for Land Cruisers, GPS, tough books, night vision devices, tires, motorcycles, vehicle recovery equip. • Training: • Driver training • Motorcycle training • Title 22 Amount Request: $307K • POC: LTC Allen Pepper, OSC-Bamako, pepperaj@state.gov
Regional – Theater Logistics Engagement Program(FY12 TSCTP Title 22 PKO) • Country / Region Supported: Mali, Mauritania, Chad, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria; Trans Sahara Africa • Type of Capacity Building (paragraph summary):The Theater Logistics Engagements program builds capacity by developing professional military logistics units who conduct counter-terrorism operations. The Logistics Theater Security Cooperation office manages and implements training activities that assist logistics organization in developing critical skill-sets in forums that are repeatable, sustainable and indigenously transferrable. • Program Highlights: • Training: • Logistics Company Training • VEMAT – Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance Assistance Training • LOGMAT – Logistics Management Assistance Team • Title 22 Amount Request: $2.5M • POC: Ms. Melissa Jordan, Theater Logistics Engagements Pgm Mgr, OPL-LS, melissa.jordan@africom.mil
Mauritania & Nigeria – Identity Intelligence Operation(FY12 TSCTP Title 22 PKO) • Country / Region Supported: Mauritania & Nigeria, Trans Sahara Africa • Type of Capacity Building (paragraph summary):Provide an Identity Intelligence Operation (IIO) DMS for document and media exploitation purposes and to train the host nation personnel how to use the equipment. • Program Highlights: • Equipment: The DMS is designed to manage personnel and technical security related information provided to or collected by security and counterterrorism organizations and elements at all levels of Defense. DMS has the ability to organize, store and quickly access large volumes of data, resulting in a quicker timeframe that decision makers can be provided information. • The AFIX system is designated to manage finger-point and palm print identification system with fully-scalable search capability. • SEEK is a man portable, multimodal identification and enrollment platform. • Title 22 Amount Request: $500K • POC: Mr. Warren Harris, IKD-Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence, warren.harris@africom.mil
Niger – Counter Terrorism Company(FY12 TSCTP Title 22 PKO) • Country / Region Supported: Niger, Trans Sahara Africa • Type of Capacity Building (paragraph summary):This proposal will (continue) provide the Niger military force with a fully trained and equipped CT unit to be used to patrol the Niger desert. Funding this training unit will provide Niger military with the capability to conduct national and regional CT operations. • Program Highlights: • Equipment: Vehicles, Ammunition and Medical Equipment • Training: (USG) will provide - Human Rights & Gender Based Violence Training, Vehicle Operator and Maintenance Training, and First Aid Training • Title 22 Amount Request: $7.5M cost estimate has been provided. Additional COAs will need to be developed to incorporate funding limitations. • POC: CDR Eric Stallworth , JSOTF, eric.stallworth@africom.mil
Niger – Military Intelligence Train & Equip(FY12 TSCTP Title 22 PKO) • Country / Region Supported: Niger, Trans Sahara Africa • Type of Capacity Building (paragraph summary):This proposal will address gaps and shortfalls in the Nigerian Military Intelligence structure at the National, Operational and Tactical echelons of MI operations. The Nigerian military will be fully trained and equipped MI capability. • Program Highlights: • MI Training include (Intelligence Preparation of the Environment, Weather & Terrain Analysis, Collection, Physical Security and Safeguarding Information) • Training: • USG: Intel mentorship (Analysis and Dissemination), Human Rights and Gender Based Violence • Contractor Provided: Training support modules • Title 22 Amount Request: $750K • POC: Mr. William Brabazon, IKD-SC, william.brabazon@africom.mil
Regional – AES Encryption Upgrades(FY12 TSCTP Title 22 PKO) • Country / Region Supported: Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Niger & Nigeria; Trans Sahara Africa • Type of Capacity Building (paragraph summary):Upgrade all fielded Harris RF-5800H Radios within the countries listed to support AES encryption from the current, Harris proprietary Citadel encryption. • Program Highlights: • By upgrading the current HF radios to an open-standard encryption algorithm, future purchases will not be limited to a single vendor and the ability to have secure, interoperable communications can be realized. • Title 22 Amount Request: $483K • POC: Lorenzo Spencer
Regional – C4 Operations Training Program(FY12 TSCTP Title 22 PKO) • Country / Region Supported: Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Chad & Senegal; • Trans Sahara Africa • Type of Capacity Building (paragraph summary):This program is designed to enhance a PNs ability to conduct CT/MI support missions using communications equipment in-country. After assessing the communication gaps, a series of basic, intermediate and advanced training courses will be provided. • Program Highlights: • Equipment: Communication equipment (Harris Corp) • Training: • Comprised of 11 training engagements beginning in FY12. • Examples of training include – HF equipment and operations, CT Co (ETIA) training, Logistics and Facility Maintenance training, IP/MISI training. • Title 22 Amount Request: $1.55M • POC: Dan Rolle, C4S Coalition Division, danilo.rolle@africom.mil
Regional – C4 Training and Engagement Program(FY12 TSCTP Title 22 PKO) • Country / Region Supported: Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Chad & Senegal; • Trans Sahara Africa • Type of Capacity Building (paragraph summary): Provide training to identified training issues in the ability of the PN personnel to employ their communications assets in support of CT operations. Key to this proposal is developing the PNs ability to operate regionally. • Program Highlights: • Training: • Comprised of 5 training engagements beginning in FY12. • Title 22 Amount Request: $180K – Recommend that this be incorporated into previous initiative. • POC: Dan Rolle, C4S Coalition Division, danilo.rolle@africom.mil
Regional – Military Intelligence Training Program(FY12 TSCTP Title 22 PKO) • Country / Region Supported: Regional, Trans Sahara Africa • Type of Capacity Building (paragraph summary):The Partner Country Military Intelligence Training Program builds capacity by developing the professional military intelligence cadres that provide direct support to national, regional, and continental operations. The MITP manages a suite of courses that develop specific intelligence skill sets, and readies partners to further develop and sustain their own organic intelligence capabilities and capacities. • Program Highlights: • Training: Comprised of a series of training, to include: • Military Basic Officer Course for Africa • Military Intelligence Noncommissioned Officer Course fro Africa • Military Intelligence Professionals Course • Intelligence and Democracy, Critical Thinking & Structured Analysis • Basic Tactical Intelligence Course • Title 22 Amount Request: $2.78M • POC: Mr. Matthew Eggleton, IKD-SCP, matthew.eggleton@africom.mil